Communion Partners

originally posted at http://communionpartners.org/?p=64 104th Archbishop of Canterbury Lambeth Palace London, England SE1 7JU Your Grace: You will be sent a hard copy of this letter, statement and the list of signatories, but because of our desire to put this material in front of you soon, we are e-mailing this correspondence as well.  We must share with you that this letter will also be made public via the trusted websites of the The Livng Church and The Anglican Communion Institute. Enclosed, please find a statement of the Communion Partner Rectors who welcome and declare ou

Originally posted at CommunionPartners.org. A group of Bishops of the Episcopal Church and the Anglican Communion have issued a statement on the polity of the Episcopal Church with which we as Rectors of churches in the Episcopal Church are in full agreement. Our understanding of the seat of authority in the Episcopal Church, as elaborated by the Constitution and Canons of the Episcopal Church, is consistent with that elaborated in the Bishops' statement.

On behalf of the Advisory Committee of the Communion Partner Rectors, and on behalf of our Bishops and Primatial colleagues, we wish to acknowledge the remarks recently published from Bishop Iker and Bishop Duncan at the Charleston conference hosted by 'Mere Anglicanism.' They speak of wanting the Communion Partners and Common Cause to support one another. For our part we will continue to pray for solid progress at the level of Covenant Design Committee work and for the Instruments of Communion, especially the Primates Meeting shortly to commence.

COMMUNION PARTNERS

In the context of discussions about the Episcopal Visitors concept announced by the Presiding Bishop at the House of Bishops meeting in New Orleans, we the undersigned have considered a need to maintain and strengthen

Communion Partner Rectors

As a fellowship of Communion Partner Rectors, we welcome and support the release of the Communion Partner Bishops' Statement.  As this initiative moved forward, we felt it crucial to have the support of a growing group of rectors from Episcopal parishes throughout the United States and we will form a counterpart to Partner Bishops and Partner Primates.  We believe it important that we are a broad partnership, extended across dioceses of various levels of Communion commitment.