12th Covenant Affirmation
The Anglican Church of Melanesia adopted the Anglican Communion Covenant in November.
Sudan Adopts Covenant
Canon Alyson Barnett-Cowan informs the Anglican Communion’s Standing Committee of Sudanese Anglicans adopting the Covenant.
Yes to Covenant, Pastoral Care
The Anglican Church of Southern Africa has adopted the Covenant and urged completion of pastoral-care guidelines for same-sex couples.
Hong Kong Adopts Covenant
The Hong Kong Anglican Church joins six other provinces in accepting the proposed agreement.
Scotland: No to Covenant
Archbishop David Chillingworth: “We invoke the history of Samuel Seabury, consecrated in 1784 by the Scottish bishops as the first bishop of the church in the United States of America.”
Anglicanism’s Big Island
By John Martin
Is the Church of England an island of or an island off Anglicanism?
Wales on Covenant: Amber
“I think we need to reaffirm our strong commitment to each other through the saving power of Christ revealed in the Gospels.” — Gregory Cameron, Bishop of St Asaph.
Covenant Voting Continues
The proposed Anglican Communion Covenant has failed to achieve support from a majority of dioceses in the Church of England, but the communion’s Secretary General has said the global discussion will continue.
Spatial Catholicity
By Mark D. Chapman
Conflict over what is necessary to salvation is part of what it is to be a catholic Christian. The local needs therefore to relate to the universal. Catholicity cannot be limited purely to one’s own context.