[Christianity Today UK] 14 Jul 2008--The bishop who leads the Anglican Communion’s Consultative Council (ACC) – the church’s major forum, says churchgoers worldwide do not want to hear bishops talking about division and schism.
The Rt Rev John Paterson, the Bishop of Auckland in New Zealand, is five years into his six year term as chair of the Anglican Consultative Council (ACC). Speaking to the meeting of the Diocesan Synod in the Diocese of Hereford, where he is staying prior to attending the Lambeth Conference next week, the bishop stressed the importance of the ACC as the only body with representatives from the Episcopacy, the clergy and the lay people who sat in the pews every week.
“Our ability to meet and to talk is in jeopardy at the moment,” he said and added, “The bishops are about to converge in Canterbury for the Lambeth Conference, but we know only too painfully that a good number of bishops will not be present.
"How can we work through the issues that trouble us, the issues that divide us, if we are not all present in the same room, sitting around the same table, worshipping together in the presence of our Lord?” asked Bishop Paterson.
Churchgoes? Or liberal church leaders like Bishop Paterson? Dear reader, please take note how liberal Anglican church leaders are talking it up before the 2008 Lambeth Conference. The game is afoot.
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