ANGLICAN COVENANT: Wide-ranging opinions on the St Andrew’s Draft

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[Church Times] 27 Feb 2009--Synod members had the oppor­tunity to comment in detail on the House of Bishops’ draft response to the St Andrew’s Draft of the Anglican Cov­enant before the response is finalised.

In the past, the Anglican Com­munion had been held together by a common ministry, similar (though not the same) ways of worship, and the so-called “bonds of affection”, said the Bishop of Rochester, Dr Michael Nazir-Ali, introducing the debate on Thursday morning last week. But, “in a rapidly globalising world and a fast developing Communion, these are no longer enough.”