Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams told the representatives of the Anglican Consultative Council (ACC) meeting here May 5 that he wants the Anglican Communion be “more cohesive and more theologically aware.”

During his 40-minute presentation on the recommendations of the Windsor Continuation Group’s final report, Williams said that he does not have “complete and absolute confidence that the Anglican Communion in something like the form it had 20 years ago is going to survive this crisis” over authority and differing theological perspectives.

He told those participating in the May 2-12 gathering that there “may or may not be a lasting division” in the communion, “but before we do say goodbye to each other in the communion, we owe it to the Lord of the church to have those conversations and to undertake that effort at listening to one another and taking one another seriously in the Gospel.”