An Anglican Covenant, finances and the political divisions within the Communion and across the world will be among topics of debate at next month’s meeting of the Anglican Consultative Council.
Seventy-five Archbishops, bishops, clergy and lay delegates from the Anglican Communion’s 38 provinces are scheduled to attend the May 1-13 meeting at the Pegasus Hotel in Kingston, Jamaica. Over the course of the 11-day meeting, the delegates will receive reports from a variety of pan-Anglican groups and networks, endorse a new budget and elect officers, receive a presentation on the work of the Windsor Continuation Group, and review the proposed Anglican Covenant.
Public worship services with Jamaican Anglicans will be held on May 3 at an opening worship service at the National Arena in Kingston and on May 12 at the Cathedral of St Jago de la Vega, Spanish Town, on May 12. However, the highlight of the meeting would be “consideration of a Covenant for the Provinces of the Anglican Communion,” a press statement from the ACC said on April 3.
The delegates will attend an “information plenary” on the Covenant on the morning of May 4, followed by small group discussion. On Friday May 8 the delegates will hold a “decision-making plenary” and will be asked to endorse or reject the Covenant, but will not be empowered to amend the final document. The ACC could also return the Covenant with suggested revisions to the Design Group tasked by the Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Rowan Williams with drafting the document.
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