Monday, June 23, 2008

Jerusalem bishop calls GAFCON participants to reconciliation, not division

http://www.episcopalchurch.org/79901_98105_ENG_HTM.htm

[Episcopal Life Online] 23 Jun 2008--Anglican Bishop in Jerusalem Suheil Dawani has called on participants of the Global Anglican Future Conference (GAFCON) to approach their summit in a spirit of "peace, reconciliation and goodwill," saying that "it is crucial to the Anglican witness here in Jerusalem and to the wider world that this is so."

Dawani, who has expressed concerns that the June 22-29 conference would import "inter-Anglican conflict" into his diocese and made earlier calls for it to be moved, addressed GAFCON participants during a June 22 service of Evening Prayer at St. George's Anglican Cathedral in Jerusalem.

The full text of Dawani's address is available here.

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