Anglican Communion Primates to attend online Primates’ Meeting

19 November 2021 • Persistent link: iarccum.org/?p=3874

Anglican Communion Primates to attend online PrimatesMeeting next week.

The Anglican Communion Primates will meet online on Monday 22 and Tuesday 23 November, for consultation, discussion and prayer.

The Primates will meet via video conference. They will reflect on their ministries and discuss a range of issues for the church and for the world, including COVID19; COP26; ministry to refugees; and the forthcoming Lambeth Conference.

The PrimatesMeeting is one of Anglicanisms fourInstruments of Communionand helps to bind together theindependent but interdependentprovinces.

The last PrimatesMeeting was also held virtually, in November 2020. But plans are in place for an inperson PrimatesMeeting in March 2022.

The PrimatesMeeting was first developed by the thenArchbishop of Canterbury, Donald Coggan. It aims to provide the senior archbishop or presiding bishop from each province with space forleisurely thought, prayer and deep consultation.”

On Friday 19 November, a welcome event will be held for new primates.

The Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, has said: “As primates meet online from all over the world, my hope is that it will be a time of encouragement and prayer for one another. I look forward to this chance to listen deeply and learn about the challenges my fellow primates face and the hopes they have for the future of our Church. May God bless us with His Spirit, so we can seek to discern His call for us together.”

A communiqué from the meeting will be issued next week.