The Anglican Communion

The Episcopal Church (TEC) is one of the 38 autonomous member provinces that together make up the Anglican Communion. This fellowship of member provinces, or churches—77 million Anglicans spanning 164 nations—adheres on the basis of each province’s communion with, and recognition by, the See of Canterbury, headquartered at Lambeth Palace in London, England.

The official Web site of the Anglican Communion may be found here.

Below are links to Anglican Communion related items on this site (beginning with the most recent):

St. Andrew's Draft, Anglican Covenant, February 2008 (links to the second draft Covenant and a study guide prepared for The Episcopal Church)

Episcopal Church House of Bishops: "A Response to Questions and Concerns Raised by Our Communion Partners"
September 25, 2007 (link to Episcopal Life Online posting of statement released at the conclusion of the House of Bishops meeting in New Orleans, LA)

Episcopal Life Online article: Bishops provide 'clarity' in response to Primates' communiqué (September 25, 2007)

2007 Proposed Covenant (links to the draft Covenant proposed to the February 2007 Primates Meeting and responses)

Meeting of the Primates of the Anglican Communion in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, February 2007 (links to documents and responses, including study guides from Executive Council and the House of Bishops and responses from Bishop Ely and others in the Diocese of Vermont.)

"The Heartlands of Anglicanism," by Njongonkulu Ndungane, Archbishop of Cape Town. "A reflection issuing a strong call for the Primates of the Anglican Communion to uphold the 'broad rich heartlands of our Anglican heritage.' He argues that this must be 'the territory on which we debate our future.' He adds, 'It is not something to be fought out at the limits of conservatism or liberalism, as if they were the only possibilities before us.'"

General Convention 2006 page with links to resolutions responding to the Windsor Report

"Following the Money," by Jim Naughton, Diocese of Washington. Spring 2006. An article on the funding sources for some of the groups involved in controversies in The Episcopal Church and the Anglican Communion.

Anglican Covenant for Communion in Mission, proposed by the Inter-Anglican Standing Commission on Mission and Evangelism and commended to the members of the Communion by the Anglican Consultative Council, June 2005.

Episcopal Church responses to the Windsor Report (links to documents and statements from the House of Bishops)

Communiqué from the meeting of the Primates of the Anglican Communion in Dromantine, Northern Ireland, February 2005

Lambeth Commission on Communion (links to the Windsor Report and related items)

Meeting of the Primates of the Anglican Communion at Lambeth Palace, October 2003 (links to statements)