Resolutions of ACC-9
Resolution 1: Christian Unity
Resolved, that this Joint Meeting of the Primates of the Anglican Communion and the Anglican Consultative Council affirms the unity in Christ of all Christians, and our commitment to work for the reconciliation of the churches.
Resolution 2: World Council of Churches
Resolved, that this Joint Meeting of the Primates of the Anglican Communion and the Anglican Consultative Council affirms its support of the World Council of Churches and recommends that the Provinces of the Anglican Communion respond seriously to the study book on the Understanding and Vision of the World Council of Churches to be distributed in 1993, and that copies of these responses be sent to the Anglican Communion Office;
That an ad hoc group be gathered for a study of the relationship between the World Council of Churches and the Anglican Communion, along with other Communions within the total ecumenical movement; and the report of this group be sent to the Provinces for further comment before a final document is presented to the Anglican Communion and the WCC through the ACC.
Resolution 3: Relations with the Roman Catholic Church
Resolved, that this Joint Meeting of the Primates of the Anglican Communion and the Anglican Consultative Council, while acknowledging that there has been widespread Anglican disappointment with the official Roman Catholic response to the ARCIC I Final Report, issued on 5 December 1991, nevertheless gives thanks to God that, throughout the Anglican Communion, local initiatives with Roman Catholics are being maintained and in some Provinces are increasing; takes note of new initia-tives particularly in inter-church families, clergy conferences, joint theolog-ical education, co-operation of bishops, movement of clergy (noting the Canadian pastoral guidelines), common witness, and service in the local community.
Encourages the development of local initiatives on a wide range of issues and urges those engaged in them to reflect on their theological significance, the sharing of this work between the churches of the Anglican Communion and the Anglican members of ARCIC II to be facilitated by the Ecumenical Secretary.
Recommends that ARCIC II proceed as a matter of priority with its man-date to give attention to the official responses of both Churches, as well as the issue of methodology raised by the Archbishop of Canterbury.
Resolution 4: Relations with the Oriental Orthodox
Resolved, that this Joint Meeting of the Primates of the Anglican Communion and the Anglican Consultative Council recommends that the next meeting of the Anglican/Oriental Orthodox Forum, meeting in May 1993, formulate in a clear and succinct statement, the agreement on Christology between Anglicans and the Oriental Orthodox Churches that was envisaged in the Communique of their last meeting. We proposed that the agreement may be brought by the Archbishop of Canterbury to the attention of the Member Churches of the Communion.
Resolution 5: Relations with Baptists
Resolved, that this Joint Meeting of the Primates of the Anglican Communion and the Anglican Consultative Council notes the action taken by the Joint Standing Committees at Kanuga, 1992:
'that this Meeting resolves
Resolution 6: Relations with the Orthodox
Resolved, that this Joint Meeting of the Primates of the Anglican Communion and the Anglican Consultative Council notes the action taken by the Joint Standing Committees at Kanuga, 1992:
'That this meeting resolves
Resolution 7: Relations with the Old Catholic Churches
Resolved, that this Joint Meeting of the Primates of the Anglican Communion and the Anglican Consultative Council recommends that
Resolution 8: Relations with the Lutheran Churches
Resolved, that this Joint Meeting of the Primates of the Anglican Communion and the Anglican Consultative Council warmly welcomes the proposed Anglican/Lutheran Agreements in both the USA and Europe and recommends that the ACC:
Send to the Member Churches of the Anglican Communion and the Churches in Full Communion the text of the Episcopal-Lutheran dialogue in the USA, Toward Full Communion and Concordat of Agreement, 1991 and The Porvoo Common Statement, the text of the conversations between the Church of England, the Church in Wales, the Episcopal Church of Scotland, the Church of Ireland and the Nordic and Baltic Lutheran Churches, together with the Apostolicity and Succession document of the Church of England by the end of 1993 for study, comment and report back to the Anglican Consultative Council and to the Provinces concerned.
Resolution 9: Forum on Bilateral Dialogues
Resolved, that this Joint Meeting of the Primates of the Anglican Communion and the Anglican Consultative Council recommends the Christian World Communions convene the Forum on Bilateral Dialogues to study the methodology of ecumenism and the difficulties encountered in:
Resolution 10: Anglican Centre in Rome
Resolved, that this Joint Meeting of the Primates of the Anglican Communion and the Anglican Consultative Council while regretting that it is not able to contribute to the Financial Appeal of the Anglican Centre in Rome from the core budget, encourages initiatives undertaken in the Provinces in support of the Appeal.
Resolution 11: Week of Prayer for Christian Unity
Resolved, that this Joint Meeting of the Primates of the Anglican Communion and the Anglican Consultative Council notes with regret the many different times during the year at which the Week of Prayer is observed and recommends that the Faith and Order Commission of the World Council of Churches be requested to examine current practice with a view to establishing a common observance throughout the world.
Resolution 12: Churches of Bangladesh, India and Pakistan
Resolved, that this Joint Meeting of the Primates of the Anglican Communion and the Anglican Consultative Council, recognising the mature experience of the Churches of Bangladesh, India and Pakistan in the development of full communion between Christians of different traditions, recommends that efforts be made to encourage deeper engagement of those Churches in the Ecumenical Advisory Group and the Inter-Anglican Theological and Doctrinal Consultation.
Resolution 13: Date of Easter
Resolved, that this Joint Meeting of the Primates of the Anglican Communion and the Anglican Consultative Council in the light of experience in Europe and throughout the world where Christians of both Eastern and Western traditions live and work together, and for our common witness, recommends that the Churches of East and West continue their efforts to establish a common date for the celebration of Easter.
Resolution 14: Episcopal Authority and Oversight
Resolved, that this Joint Meeting of the Primates of the Anglican Communion and the Anglican Consultative Council, having received and considered communications from the International Bishops' Conference on Faith and Order and from the Episcopal Synod of America,
Resolution 15: Revised Common Lectionary
Resolved, that this Joint Meeting of the Primates of the Anglican Communion and the Anglican Consultative Council:
Welcomes the publication of the Revised Common Lectionary (1992), which is now offered for use throughout the world, as a notable way forward in ecumenical liturgical co-operation, and
Commends it to the Provinces and Member Churches of the Anglican Communion for study, testing, and consideration of its use, and for evaluation to be reported to the Co-ordinator for Liturgy.
Resolution 16: Advisory Body on Prayer Books
Resolved, that this Joint Meeting of the Primates of the Anglican Communion and the Anglican Consultative Council, in reference to Resolution 18 of the Lambeth Conference 1988 (requesting the appointment of an Advisory Body on Prayer Books of the Anglican Communion), endorses the general recommendation made in the Report of the Co-ordinator for Liturgy and in particular the recommendation that the various Conferences, Councils, and Provinces of the Anglican Communion recognise and use these Consultations as the appropriate channels through which liturgical issues can be discussed and liturgical norms discerned; and
Requests the Co-ordinator for Liturgy to facilitate work in this area.
Resolution 17: Liturgical Revision
Resolved, that this Joint Meeting of the Primates of the Anglican Communion and the Anglican Consultative Council recognises the need for clear educational materials to facilitate understanding of continuity elements of liturgy described by Resolution 18 of the Lambeth Conference and Section 3.2 of Appendix A of the Report of the Co-ordinator for Liturgy ('An Advisory Body on Prayer Book Revision: A Statement on Behalf of the International Anglican Liturgical Consultation'), viz.:
the public reading the Scriptures in a language understood by the people and instruction established on them;
the use of the two dominical sacraments (baptism with water on the threefold Name and Holy Communion with bread and wine in intentional obedience to our Lord's command);
episcopal ordination to each of the three orders by prayer with the laying-on of hands;
the public recitation and teaching of the Apostles' and Nicene Creeds;
and
the use of other liturgical expressions of unity in faith and life which nurture the people of God and reflect awareness of ecumenical liturgical developments.
Resolution 18: Christian Initiation
Resolved, that this Joint Meeting of the Primates of the Anglican Communion and the Anglican Consultative Council, urges the Provinces and Member Churches of the Anglican Communion to study and reflect on 'Walk in Newness of Life,' the statement on initiation of the 1991 International Anglican Liturgical Consultation, with a view to further discussion of the issues it has raised at a future meeting of the Primates and the Anglican Consultative Council.
Resolution 19: Filioque Clause
Resolved, that this Joint Meeting of the Primates of the Anglican Communion and the Anglican Consultative Council, urges the Provinces and Member Churches of the Anglican Communion to respond to the requests of the 1978 and 1988 Lambeth Conferences, ACC-4, and ACC-8, that, in the words of Lambeth 1988, 'in future liturgical revisions the Niceno-Constantinopolitan Creed be printed without the Filioque clause', and to inform the Office of the Anglican Communion of their action.
Resolution 20: Translation of Study Documents
Resolved, that this Joint Meeting of the Primates of the Anglican Communion and the Anglican Consultative Council, welcomes the provision made in the budget for translation of documents distributed for study into the languages of the Communion and requests the Secretary General to explore ways in which translation may be encouraged.
Resolution 21: Calendar Revision
Resolved, that this Joint Meeting of the Primates of the Anglican Communion and the Anglican Consultative Council, adopts the following principles, criteria, and process for the recognition of men and women who have lived godly lives by including them in the calendars of the Churches for remembrance, having in mind that the revision of calendars is an on-going process which is one of the ways in which the Church holds the Christian hope before the people of God, to enable their growth as a holy temple in the Lord (Eph. 2.21).
PRINCIPLES AND CRITERIA
The following principles and criteria are suggested:
Process
Each Province should develop its own process for the liturgical commemoration of holy people. The process should include the following.
Resolution 22: Co-ordinator of Liturgy and International Anglican Liturgy Consultation
Resolved, that this Joint Meeting of the Primates of the Anglican Communion and the Anglican Consultative Council commends the work of the Revd Paul Gibson, Co-ordinator of Liturgy, and endorses his continued co-operation with the International Anglican Liturgical Consultation, and be it further
Resolved, that this Meeting encourages the Provinces to respond positively to appeals for financial assistance to further the work of the International Anglican Liturgical Consultation.
Resolution 23: Network for Inter-Faith Concerns
Resolved, that this Joint Meeting of the Primates of the Anglican Communion and the Anglican Consultative Council establishes a network of correspondents throughout the Anglican Communion, at no cost to the core budget, for Inter-Faith Concerns as mandated by Resolutions 20 and 21 of the 1988 Lambeth Conference, and be it further
Resolved, that the Network functions in accordance with the Guidelines for Anglican Consultative Council Networks agreed at the Anglican Consultative Council Standing Committee in 1988, and be it further
Resolved, that the Revd Nigel Pounde be appointed as the Convenor of the Network for a period of three years, responsible to the Standing Committee of the Anglican Consultative Council, and be it further
Resolved, that the Joint Standing Committee of Primates and Anglican Consultative Council nominate no fewer than three nor more than five persons to draw up terms of reference for the Network and to act as an advisory group for an initial period of three years.
Resolution 24: Inter-Anglican Theological and Doctrinal Commission
Resolved, that this Joint Meeting of the Primates of the Anglican Communion and the Anglican Consultative Council:
Resolution 25: The Palestinian Deportees and the Middle East Peace Process
Resolved, that this Joint Meeting of the Primates of the Anglican Communion and the Anglican Consultative Council calls on the Israeli Government to comply immediately with United Nations Resolution 799, returning Palestinian deportees to their homes in the West Bank and Gaza; and be it further
Resolved, that the United Nations and member nations thereof enforce Resolution 799 and other resolutions having to do with the Israeli occupation of the West Bank and Gaza with the same rigour as is being applied against Iraq; and be it further
Resolved, that this Meeting encourages the peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians and also the talks between Israel and the Vatican. It also urges the inclusion of the local indigenous Christians in all discussions on the future of Jerusalem, the position of Christians, and the holy places of that city; and be it finally
Resolved, that this Resolution be shared with the United Nations by the Anglican Observer; with the Governments of Israel, Palestine, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan and the Vatican by the President Bishop of the Episcopal Church in Jerusalem and the Middle East; and with the Government of the United States by the Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America; and that other members of the Joint Meeting of the Primates of the Anglican Communion and the Anglican Consultative Council be urged to encourage their governments to do likewise.
Explanation
At its May meeting in Amman, Jordan, the Anglican Refugee and Migrant Network called on Anglican Churches throughout the world to use their influence with their respective national governments to eradicate conditions creating refugees. The Amman meeting suggested a Day of Observance for Refugees during Epiphany, when the Holy Family was forced into flight into Egypt.
Meeting during Epiphany 1993 in Cape Town, the members of this Joint Meeting raised their voices on behalf of the many thousands of refugees, homeless and displaced persons of the world, and particularly on behalf of the 417 Palestinians recently deported from their homes by the Israeli Government and forced to subsist in a barren no-man's land.
We believe that resolutions of the United Nations should be enforced consistently. As they are now being enforced against Iraq, so should they be enforced against Israel, which by its act of deportation has violated both international law and the provisions of Resolution 799. The Resolution is clear and unequivocal: return the deportees to their homes.
We continue to pray for and support the peace process now underway among Israelis, Palestinians and their Arab neighbours. We welcome recent action of the Israeli Parliament to permit direct contact with the Palestine Liberation Organisation. We are grateful for the efforts of the President Bishop of the Episcopal Church in Jerusalem and the Middle East in promoting equally peace for Israel and Palestine. We urge that local, indigenous Christians of Jerusalem not be by-passed or absented from discussions on the future of Jerusalem, the holy places and, above all, on the living, indigenous Christian communities of the land. Their unique voices are essential to a just and peaceful future and must be heard.
Resolution 26: Bosnia-Herzegovina
Resolved, that this Joint Meeting of the Primates of the Anglican Communion and the Anglican Consultative Council expresses its anguish and deep sorrow over the violent conflict in Bosnia-Herzegovina and adjacent territories of the former Yugoslavia, especially the apparently deliberate policies of mass rape of Muslim women and other abhorrent acts of 'ethnic cleansing'; and be it further Resolved, that the definition of war crimes, the evidence of which in Bosnia-Herzegovina is already being gathered by the world community, be broadened to include rape as a weapon of war; and be it further
Resolved, that the United Nations and the European Community find ways and means to secure a political solution to the conflict and assure free access of humanitarian organisations to minister to the needs of the wounded, prisoners, refugees and displaced peoples in the region; and be it further
Resolved, that members of the Anglican Communion pray unceasingly and support wholeheartedly all local efforts for peace and reconciliation in this and other situations of violent conflict, taking special note of the global repercussions of ethnic and religious intolerance and hatred; and be it finally
Resolved, that this Resolution be shared with the United Nations and the European Community by the Anglican Observer to the United Nations.
Explanation
Compounding the inhumanity of the events of the last months in the former Yugoslavia, the savage rape of thousands of women in Bosnia happens as we carry on with our ordinary tasks in a presumably civilised world. Though the horror of it stretches our credulity, we know it is a reality for women from girlhood through old age. The most intimately violating of crimes is being used to terrorise and demoralise a people. These women and their families must have the prayers of the faithful everywhere, and our firm intention to work with every means at hand to end this horror and all other acts of 'ethnic cleansing', which inflame religious and ethnic prejudice and promote hatred instead of the peace at the heart of all true religion.
Resolution 27: HIV/AIDS Education and Prevention
Resolved, that this Joint Meeting of the Primates of the Anglican Communion and the Anglican Consultative Council having considered the world-wide HIV/AIDS pandemic that is acute in many countries of the world, is moved with deep concern and compassion for those infected with the HIV virus, those suffering from AIDS, and their families, especially the orphaned children.
Notes with sorrow and regret that some governments are not admitting the extent of this disease; urges them to disclose the facts regarding HIV/AIDS in their respective countries as a first step towards developing the measures and means necessary to deal with this disease.
Endorses and supports the work of HIV/AIDS education and prevention throughout the Anglican Communion and urges the encouragement, strengthening and expansion of existing HIV/AIDS education and prevention programmes.
Urges all governments, all Churches, and all religious bodies to do all in their power to fight this killer of people.
Commends the Province of the Church of Uganda on its comprehensive programme of HIV/AIDS education and prevention developed in co-operation with ECUSA, the United States Agency for International Development and agencies of the United Nations, under the title of Church Human Services - Uganda; endorses this model of international partnership and commends it to other Provinces of the Anglican Communion; expresses appreciation for the willingness of the Church of Uganda to respond to requests from other Provinces for technical assistance in developing programmes to combat HIV/AIDS in their own countries.
Resolution 28: Development and Deployment of Nuclear Weapons
Resolved, that this Joint Meeting of the Primates of the Anglican Communion and the Anglican Consultative Council calls upon the Churches of the Anglican Communion to support any initiatives to seek an advisory opinion from the International Court of Justice as to whether the development and deployment of nuclear weapons and the threat to use them are legal under existing international law, and further
Resolved, that the text of this resolution be conveyed to the Secretary General of the United Nations and that the Provinces be requested to convey their responses to the Anglican Communion Office and to the Anglican Observer at the United Nations.
Resolution 29: Sudan
Resolution 30: Cyprus
Resolved, that this Joint Meeting of the Primates of the Anglican Communion and the Anglican Consultative Council, having in mind the many United Nations Resolutions since 1974 concerning the Turkish invasion of the Island of Cyprus and especially that the Turkish Government should withdraw its troops from the Island, this Joint Meeting of the Primates of the Anglican Communion and the Anglican Consultative Council re-affirms its belief in the rule of law and the unity of the Island of Cyprus and the authority of the United Nations and asks that the United Nations Resolutions on Cyprus be implemented as soon as possible.
Resolution 31: Nuclear Wastes
Resolved, that this Joint Meeting of the Primates of the Anglican Communion and the Anglican Consultative Council, noting that the people of the South Pacific face the economic and ecological ravages of the dangers in dumping wastes and poisonous gases and that a similar resolution of the Anglican Consultative Council in 1990 had apparently achieved no result, asks the Anglican Observer at the United Nations to convey to the Secretary General of the UN our concern for an immediate end to these practices.
Resolution 32: Bougainville
Resolved, that this Joint Meeting of the Primates of the Anglican Communion and the Anglican Consultative Council, endorses the statement released by the Anglican bishops of the South Pacific Anglican Council on the situation on the island of Bougainville in Papua New Guinea and assures the people of Bougainville and their government of its prayers.
South Pacific Anglican Bishops Statement on Bougainville
As Bishops from Anglican Dioceses in Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu and Polynesia, we have met together and discussed the situation on Bougainville. We recognise that the conflict there is a complex issue and the result of many different factors.
However, at the present time innocent people are suffering from the absence of stable government and the lack of essential services such as health and education. In order that help can be given to people who have now been the victims of war for a number of years, we make the following appeals:
Therefore, we Bishops of the South Pacific Anglican Church meeting in the Solomon Islands pray fervently that 'the sound of weeping and of crying will be heard no more . . . but peace and harmony may reign, and the wolf and the lamb will feed together' as children of God (Isa. 65.19, 25).
Resolution 33: Haiti
Resolved, that this Joint Meeting of the Primates of the Anglican Communion and the Anglican Consultative Council, bearing in mind the continued unrest and the suspension of civil order in Haiti and regretting the suffering and hardship being experienced by the people of that country:
Resolution 34: Peacemaking and Demilitarisation
Resolved, that this Joint Meeting of the Primates of the Anglican Communion and the Anglican Consultative Council expresses its profound hope for the success of two peace processes now underway on behalf of peace in the Philippines and the Middle East, and further hopes for the successful implementation of the peace agreement in El Salvador.
Urgently calls upon our Member Churches throughout the world to support our partner Province, the Philippine Episcopal Church, as it encourages a peace process to bring about a just peace to the 23-year-old conflict in that country. We affirm the efforts of the Peace and Justice Network in assisting parties as they seek to come together to reconcile the root causes of the conflict.
Resolution 35: Debt and Sustainable Development
Resolved, that this Joint meeting of the Primates of the Anglican Communion and the Anglican Consultative Council, recognising the terrible consequences of the debt burden, especially among the third world countries, recommends that the Anglican Peace and Justice Network and the United Nations Observer create a Debt and Alternative Development Working Group for addressing the burden placed on poor people through foreign debt which undermines genuine development; and the following strategies be implemented, and that the following statement be issued:
Further recommends that the next Lambeth Conference place the issue of debt and development on its agenda.
Resolution 36: Democracy and Empowerment
Resolved, that this Joint Meeting of the Primates of the Anglican Communion and the Anglican Consultative Council encourages Provinces and partner Churches of the Anglican Communion to be active in working towards the creation of a substantive, participatory democracy in those countries where it is at present only a formal structure or non-existent:
Resolution 37: Sexual Abuse
Resolved, that this Joint Meeting of the Primates of the Anglican Communion and the Anglican Consultative Council urges all Provinces to work to end sexual abuse and exploitation of women and children throughout the Anglican Church, and calls on congregations to provide pastoral care to victims of sexual abuse and exploitation; and further expresses its shame that there is evidence of cases of sexual abuse within the Anglican Church and calls on congregations to provide pastoral care to victims of sexual abuse and further condemns commercial practices of sexual exploitation, such as 'mail order brides' and child prostitution.
Resolution 38: Women's Encounter
Resolved, that this Joint meeting of the Primates of the Anglican Communion and the Anglican Consultative Council notes the Report of the participants in the Anglican Encounter: A Celebration of Hope, 1992 and draws to its attention the opening paragraphs
At this midpoint of the Ecumenical Decade of Churches in Solidarity with Women, we challenge the church to take the Decade more seriously, and to recognise that the Decade is not just about women's participation in the church, but is about solidarity with all women in all aspects of their lives. We challenge the church to commit its resources (of money, personnel and attention) to supporting the aims of the Decade. We call upon the church to affirm the alternative economic, political and relational models that women are offering to the world.
Resolution 39: Refugee and Migration Network
Resolved, that the Joint Meeting of the Primates of the Anglican Communion and the Anglican Consultative Council affirms the value of an on-going Anglican Refugee and Migration Network and requests the Joint Standing Committees of the Primates and the Anglican Consultative Council to include in the Inter-Anglican budget as a priority from January 1993 sufficient funds and staff time to resource a quarterly information newsletter among members of the Refugee and Migration Network.
Resolution 40: Youth
Resolved, that this Joint Meeting of the Primates of the Anglican Communion and the Anglican Consultative Council:
Resolution 41: Anglican Observer at the United Nations
Resolved, that the Joint Meeting of the Primates of the Anglican Communion and the Anglican Consultative Council receives with pleasure the Report of the Anglican Observer at the United Nations and acknowledges:
Resolution 42: International Aid Programmes
Resolved, that this Joint Meeting of the Primates of the Anglican Communion and the Anglican Consultative Council:
Resolution 43: MISAG II
Resolved, that this Joint meeting of the Primates of the Anglican Communion and the Anglican Consultative Council, noting the excellent work done by MISAG II, as recorded in their final report, Towards Dynamic Mission, recommends:
Resolution 44: The Decade of Evangelism
Resolved, that this Joint Meeting of the Primates of the Anglican Communion and the Anglican Consultative Council, having noted from the reports of various provinces that the vision of the Decade of Evangelism has made, and will continue to make, an impact in the life and ministry of the Church throughout the Communion; and
That in those parts of the Communion where the vision is taken seriously; there is spectacular growth in the Church; recommends:
Resolution 45: Peace Award
Resolved, that the Joint Meeting of the Primates of the Anglican Communion and the Anglican Consultative Council, noting the crying need for peace in the world, and the need to encourage people to work for peace and the exemplary involvement of Anglicans in peace and justice issues, recommends:
Resolution 46: Spirituality
Resolved, that this Joint Meeting of the Primates of the Anglican Communion and the Anglican Consultative Council:
Resolution 47: New Provinces of Burundi, Rwanda and Zaire
Resolved, that this Joint Meeting of the Primates and the Anglican Communion and the Anglican Consultative Council welcomes the creation of the Province of Burundi, the Province of Rwanda, and the Province of Zaire and requests the Primates to add them to the list of Member Churches of the Anglican Communion, and that they be added to the Schedule of Membership of the Anglican Consultative Council.
Resolution 48: New Province of Korea
Resolved, that this Joint Meeting of the Primates of the Anglican Communion and the Anglican Consultative Council welcomes the progress towards the creation of the new Province of Korea in April 1993 and requests the Primates to add it to the list of member Churches of the Anglican Communion following its inauguration, and that it be added to the Schedule of Membership of the Anglican Consultative Council.
Resolution 49: Inter-Anglican Information Network
Resolved, that this Joint Meeting of the Primates and the Anglican Communion and the Anglican Consultative Council:
Resolution 50: Appreciation for Trinity Parish
Whereas, the initial consultations about the potential for telecommunications to be of service to the Anglican Communion were convened by the Parish of Trinity Church, New York City, and
Whereas, Trinity made possible the demonstration and use of the Inter-Anglican Information Network at the 1988 Lambeth Conference, and
Whereas, that parish has provided grants for the development of telecommunication staffing initially in one location and now, in three regions of the Communion, and
Whereas, it continues to make possible the demonstration and use of telecommunications at key international meetings of the Communion, and
Whereas, Trinity is helping leaders in provinces and dioceses in the global south begin the use of telecommunication in order to have more frequent and regular contact with others in their own region and throughout the Communion,
Resolved, that the Joint Meeting of the Primates of the Anglican Communion and the Anglican Consultative Council, expresses its deep gratitude to the Parish of Trinity Church, New York City, and its Trinity Grants Program and staff, for their foresight and commitment to assisting the Anglican Communion in the exploration and development of communication systems to serve the Communion. We acknowledge gratefully the substantial grants to the Anglican Consultative Council from Trinity Church which have made possible the creation of the Inter-Anglican Information Network in faithful response to a 1988 Lambeth Conference resolution asking that such a network be established.
Resolution 51: Model of Representation in the Anglican Consultative Council
Resolved, that the Anglican Consultative Council, adopts the proposed model of representation set out below and directs that the constitution of the Anglican Consultative Council be amended accordingly.
Group | Size of Province | Representation |
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Group 1. | Provinces over 1,000,000 | 1 bishop + 1 priest + 1 lay person |
Group 2. | Provinces between 250,000 and 1 million person | 1 bishop or 1 priest + 1 lay |
Group 3. | Provinces less than 250,000 | 1 person (preferably lay) |
Resolution 52: Guidelines for Provincial Constitutions
Resolved, that this Joint Meeting of the Primates of the Anglican Communion and the Anglican Consultative Council, directs the addition of the following clause to the 'Guidelines for Provincial Constitutions and Metropolitical Authority' agreed to at ACC-4 (Resolution 16).
At the consecration of a Bishop, the Bishop should undertake canonical obedience in all things lawful to the Metropolitan and to the upholding of provincial and diocesan constitutions.
Resolution 53: Cohabitation outside Marriage
Resolved, that this Joint Meeting of the Primates of the Anglican Communion and the Anglican Consultative Council refer the Report of Working Group III on co-habitation outside marriage to the Family Network for consideration and further work on this subject.
Resolution 54: Irregular Episcopal Consecrations
Resolved, that this Joint Meeting of the Primates of the Anglican Communion and the Anglican Consultative Council, requests the Primates, when a threat of irregular episcopal consecration appears imminent, to review the situation and take such action as they deem appropriate.
Resolution 55: Budget Priorities
Resolved, that this Joint Meeting of the Primates of the Anglican Communion and the Anglican Consultative Council, receives the report on priorities and budgets from Working Group III of this meeting and refers it along with a summary of points made in the discussion to the Joint Standing Committees for further study; and
that the Joint Standing Committees be authorised to take appropriate action; and
that the Joint Standing Committees be asked to report the results of the study and any actions taken to the next meetings of the Primates and the Anglican Consultative Council.
Resolution 56: Contributions to the Inter-Anglican Budget
Resolved, that this Joint Meeting of the Primates of the Anglican Communion and the Anglican Consultative Council, recognising the failure of some Provinces to meet their financial quotas and the inevitable effect this will have on weakening the infrastructure of our Communion calls on all Provinces to:
Resolution 57: Inter-Anglican Budget for the Triennium 1994-96
Resolved, that this Joint Meeting of the Primates of the Anglican Communion and the Anglican Consultative Council approves the Budgets presented by the Inter-Anglican Finance Committee for the Triennium 1994-6 (see page 129/32) with the recommendation that the identification of priorities taken by the meeting be taken into account when the budget is reviewed.
Resolution 58: Revised allocation of contributions to the Inter-Anglican Budget
Resolved, that this Joint Meeting of the Primates of the Anglican Communion and the Anglican Consultative Council accepts the revised allocation of contributions to the Inter-Anglican Budget as set out on page 133.
Resolution 59: Appointment of Secretary General
Resolved, that the Anglican Consultative Council, authorises the Standing Committee to appoint for a specified term, with option for renewal, the next Secretary General on the advice of the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Selection Committee.
Resolution 60: Charitable Trustees Incorporation Act 1872
Resolved, that whereas the coming into effect of the Charities Act 1992 abolishes the office of Official Custodian for Charities, the decision of the Standing Committee to incorporate the Anglican Consultative Council under the Charitable Trustees Incorporation Act 1872 is hereby endorsed, and they are empowered to take whatever steps are necessary to ensure this.
Resolution 61: Common Seal
Resolved, consequent upon the incorporation of the Council under the Trustees Incorporation Act 1872 it is resolved that the following Bye-law be added to the Council's Constitution under powers given in Clause 2(0) of the Constitution, and the Bye-laws renumbered appropriately:
The Seal of the Council shall not be affixed to any Instrument except by authority of a Resolution of the Standing Committee, and in the presence of the Secretary of the Standing Committee or the Chairman of the Standing Committee, and the said member shall sign every instrument to which the seal shall be so affixed in their presence the Seal to be at all times in the custody of the Secretary.
Resolution 62: Inclusive Language
Resolved, that this Joint Meeting of the Primates of the Anglican Communion and the Anglican Consultative Council, urges the Joint Standing Committees of the Primates and the Anglican Consultative Council, to ensure that, as much as possible, gender-inclusive language is used in all future documents, presentations and acts of worship of the Anglican Consultative Council and Primates meetings.
Resolution 63: ACC-10
Resolved, that this Joint Meeting of the Primates of the Anglican Communion and the Anglican Consultative Council
Resolution 64:Secretary General
Whereas, the Revd Canon Dr Samuel Van Culin has served the Anglican Communion well and faithfully for more than a decade as the first Secretary General of the Anglican Consultative Council and more recently as Secretary General of the Anglican Communion, and whereas, in both positions, he has been at the heart of the development of the Anglican Consultative Council, the Primates' Meeting, and the Lambeth Conference, and whereas, this will be the last meeting of both the Primates and the Anglican Consultative Council at which he will be acting as Secretary General, though serving until the end of 1994, now therefore be it
Resolved, that this Joint Meeting of the Primates of the Anglican Consultative Communion and the Anglican Consultative Council gives thanks to God for his many gifts, wisdom, character, devotion to his task, diplomacy, sensitivity to the diversity of the Communion, energies and supporting friendship and expresses a deep gratitude for his many contributions to the Anglican Communion and its individual members.
Resolution 65: Southern Africa
Resolved, that this Joint Meeting of the Primates of the Anglican Communion and the Anglican Consultative Council give thanks to God for the encouraging developments that have occurred in Southern Africa in recent years.
We give particular thanks for the achievement by Namibians of their political independence and for the end of the devastating civil war in Mozambique. We salute the Right Revd Dinis Sengulane, a member of the Anglican Consultative Council, for his uncompromising stand against violence and for his role in helping to bring about peace. We give thanks for the announcement of elections in Lesotho. We pray for a return to multi-party democracy in that land and for movement towards free political activity and democracy in the Kingdom of Swaziland.
In South Africa we thank God for the movement, however slow and halting, towards a non-racial democracy. We pay tribute to the millions of South Africans who sacrificed so much to bring pressure on the minority government to change its course, and we acknowledge the courage of President F.W. de Klerk in finally responding to that pressure in February 1990, by lifting the ban on political organisations and freeing political prisoners such as Nelson Mandela. We share with our brothers and sisters in South Africa their frustration at the slow pace of constitutional talks. We identify with them in condemning the failure of the Government to act vigorously to end the violence which wracks the country. We are shocked that despite three years of talks about democracy there is scant evidence of any meaningful improvements to the lives of ordinary South Africans. We call on the country's political leaders not to play with the lives of people by tactics of clinging to power, of point-scoring, of grandstanding and brinkmanship. We call for the speedy introduction of interim arrangements for multi-party rule, pending elections for a constituent assembly to draw up a new constitution. We appeal to all parties to work for the holding of an election during 1993 and we call for an end to the racist system of conscripting white South Africans for military service. On the issue of sanctions, we believe the international community should be guided by representatives of the victims of apartheid. We stand by Archbishop Tutu's call that sanctions be lifted only when the Government takes effective action to end the violence or there is multi-party control of the security forces.
We note that Anglican leaders in South Africa, led by the bishops of the Province, are putting all political leaders and parties under the critical scrutiny to which the Government was subjected in the days when many other parties were outlawed. We applaud this new development in the prophetic ministry of the South African church. We pledge our support to both our Province and other churches in South Africa when they speak out for the weak and the marginalised and against those who misuse power.
Finally, we would be ungrateful guests if we did not express heartfelt thanks to our host Province for the generous and unstinting hospitality they have shown to us, gathered from the four corners of the earth. Truly we have been received as sisters and brothers in Christ and for this we are grateful beyond words.