Inter-Anglican Standing Committee on Unity, Faith and Order (IASCUFO)
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Members of the Inter-Anglican Standing Committee on Unity Faith and Order at their meeting in Seoul, Korea. Photo credit: ACNS ~ 9 Dec. 2011
Inter-Anglican Standing Commission on Unity, Faith and Order (IASCUFO) meeting in the Emmaus Centre, Dublin ~ 19 Sept. 2012
Members of IASCUFO meeting in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Photo credit: IASCUFO/Anglican Communion Office ~ Dec. 2024
The Inter-Anglican Standing Commission on Unity, Faith and Order (IASCUFO) is one of the main places where the Anglican Communion does its theological and ecclesiological reflection.
It is a permanent commission of the Anglican Communion and reports to the Instruments of Communion. Full information about IASCUFO is available on the Anglican Communion website here.
Its brief is to advise the Instruments and member churches on matters of doctrine, ecclesiology, liturgy, canon law, and ecumenical relations.
IASCUFO is a wide-ranging and representative group, involving members from different parts of the Anglican Communion in Africa, Asia, South and North America, Europe, and Australia.
IASCUFO’s mandate is to:
- Promote the deepening of Communion between the Churches of the Anglican Communion, and between those Churches and the other churches and traditions of the Christian oikumene
- Advise the Provinces and the Instruments of Communion on all questions of ecumenical engagement, proposals for national, regional or international ecumenical agreement or schemes of co-operation and unity, as well as on questions touching Anglican Faith and Order
- Review developments in the areas of faith, order or unity in the Anglican Communion and among ecumenical partners, and to give advice to the Churches of the Anglican Communion or to the Instruments of Communion upon them, with the intention to promote common understanding, consistency, and convergence both in Anglican Communion affairs, and in ecumenical engagement
- Assist any Province with the assessment of new proposals in the areas of Unity, Faith and Order as requested.
Documents
- IASCUFO Communiqué 2009
8 Dec. 2009
- IASCUFO Communiqué 2011
12 Dec. 2011
- Unity, Faith & Order Paper No. 1 ~ Towards a Symphony of Instruments: A Historical and Theological Consideration of the Instruments of Communion of the Anglican Communion
2012
- IASCUFO Communiqué 2012
19 Sept. 2012
- Unity, Faith and Order: Report to ACC 15
Aukland, New Zealand, 1 Nov. 2012
- Instruments, Gifts, Signs and Stewardship
2013
- IASCUFO Communiqué 2013
12 Dec. 2013
- Receiving The Church: Towards a Common Vision in the Anglican Communion
2014
- IASCUFO Communiqué 2014
10 Dec. 2014
- IASCUFO Communiqué 2015
14 Dec. 2015
- IASCUFO Report to ACC-16 ~ Intentional Discipleship in a World of Differences
Lusaka, Zambia, Apr. 2016
- Receiving One Another’s Ordained Ministries
Apr. 2016
- IASCUFO Communiqué 2016
7 Dec. 2016
- IASCUFO Communiqué 2017
7 Dec. 2017
- Unity, Faith & Order Paper No. 2 ~ Communion in Ministry and Mission
2018
- IASCUFO Communiqué 2018
12 Dec. 2018
- Unity, Faith and Order: Report to ACC 17
Hong Kong, 1 May 2019
- IASCUFO Communiqué 2019
11 Dec. 2019
- Unity, Faith & Order Papers No. 2 & 3 ~ God so Loved the World
2021
- Anglican Communion: Unity, Faith and Order, 2008 to 2022
2022
- IASCUFO Communiqué 2022
7 Dec. 2022
- Unity, Faith and Order: Report to ACC 18
Accra, Ghana, 12 Feb. 2023
- Good Differentiation: A proposal to the ACC from IASCUFO
Accra, Ghana, 12 Feb. 2023
- IASCUFO Communiqué 2023
15 Dec. 2023
- IASCUFO Communiqué 2024
6 Dec. 2024
- The Nairobi-Cairo Proposals: Renewing the Instruments of the Anglican Communion
6 Dec. 2024