Lambeth Commission on Communion

The Archbishop of Canterbury, the Most Rev. Rowan Williams, appointed the 17-member Lambeth Commission on Communion following a specially called meeting of the Primates of the Anglican Communion to discuss concerns resulting from the election of the Rev. V. Gene Robinson as Bishop Coadjutor of the Diocese of New Hampshire, consent to his election by the General Convention meeting in Minneapolis in July, 2003, and the decision by the Diocese of New Westminster, Canada to authorize rites for the blessing of same gender unions.

The commission was charged with addressing "the ways in which provinces of the Anglican Communion may relate to one another in situations where the ecclesiastical authorities of one province feel unable to maintain the fullness of communion with another part of the Anglican Communion."

The commission issued its report, The Windsor Report, on October 18, 2004. Below are links to the report, the commission's web site (with links to a variety of documents and resources), two articles about its recommendations, responses to the report, and a resource for discussion.

Communiqué from the Primates of the Anglican Communion, meeting in Ireland, February 21-24, 2005.

Episcopal Church Response, index page

The Windsor Report (read online or download pdf)
Hard copies of the report may be purchased from Hopkins Bookhop at the Cathedral in Burlington.

The Windsor Report: Summary of Key Points and Recommendations prepared by Anne Brown for January 2005 discussions with Bishop Ely (download 64kb four-page pdf)

"Lambeth Commission issues report" (expanded version of Mountain Echo article, Nov. 2004, including lists of what the report does and does not do/recommend)

Summary of Recommendations from The Windsor Report, prepared by Episcopal News Service

Lambeth Commission on Communion

Bishop Thomas Ely's initial response, to the Diocese of Vermont, October 19, 2004

Presiding Bishop Frank Griswold's preliminary reflections, October 18, 2004

The Middle Way: A Congregational Resource for Discussiong the Lambeth Commission Report
by the Rt. Rev. Steven Charleston, President and Dean, Episcopal Divinity School (downloads 200kb pdf)