Letters to the Churches

May 2008

The Archbishop of Canterbury  has sent this open letter to the bishops of the Anglican Communion, in advance of the Lambeth Conference.

 

June 2007

Praying and listening for the voice of God in a time of strike

"Please read this out at all services in all parishes in the Diocese of Johannesburg on Sunday 17 June.  

Issued by the Dean of Saint Mary’s Anglican Cathedral on behalf of the Management Team of the Diocese of Johannesburg"

 

April 2007

First in a series of letters from College Student SA.

 

Christmas 2005

Celebrating Unique Christian Spirituality

"At Christmas the world is confronted with a reality it cannot change. Whether we believe it or not, whether we like it or not, Jesus Christ was born and we cannot alter that fact."

 

3 May 2005

"Servant of the Servants of God: A Pastor's Spirituality.", an essay by Robert M Schwartz.

This essay examines the roles of the ordained minister and the rest of the church from a Roman Catholic, post Vatican II perspective. It has much to say about Every Member Ministry.

"Vatican II insisted that the priesthood of the ordained and the priesthood of the baptized are different in kind and not only in degree. They are different ways of participating in the one priesthood of Christ and the Church. The council also affirmed that these two ways of participating in Christ's priesthood are related to one another by their very nature. Neither the priesthood of the ordained nor the priesthood of the laity stands alone."

 

27 May 2003 [Anglican Communion News Service 3450]

Pastoral Letter from the Primates of the Anglican Communion. The Primates of the Anglican Communion sent this pastoral letter to all bishops, clergy and people of our churches, with the desire that it be read or distributed at public worship on the Feast of Pentecost, 2003. [ It provides an insight into what the Archbishops see as major issues and the stance they collectively take as guides of the Anglican Communion. ]

 

12 June 2002

This message, concerning HIV/AIDS, comes from the Christian Members of the African Religious Leaders Assembly and was sent on 10 July 2002 by the Provincial Executive Officer, The Revd. Canon Luke Lungile Pato, to all Bishops in the Church of the Province of Southern Africa with the instruction that it is to be read in every Church. [Also accessible, with related material from other sources, from the HIV/AIDS section of the main site.]

 

16 April 2002

This Statement on HIV/AIDS by the Primates of the Anglican Communion states the direction in which Anglicans have agreed to move. [Also accessible, with related material from other sources, from the HIV/AIDS section of the main site.]

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