November 27, 2009

Following the resolution passed at ACC-14 (14.05) ‘The Bible in the Life of the Church' a Steering Group has been appointed to take the work forward. It meets for the first time with the Chair, Archbishop David Moxon, Bishop of Waikato, New Zealand at the Anglican Communion Office from November 30th to December 3rd, 2009.

The work of the project will be undertaken in six regional groups hosted, in the main, by theological colleges within the Communion and a number of ‘user groups' who will test out the work of the regional groups. Each regional group will have a coordinator who will be a member of the Steering Group. The Regional Groups are located in East Africa (St Paul's, Limuru, Kenya), Southern Africa (University of KwaZulu-Natal and the Anglican House of Studies), North America (University of the South, Sewanee, USA), SE Asia (Trinity Theological College, Singapore), Oceania (drawing on the resources of the theological colleges in Melbourne, Australia) and Europe (Queen's Foundation, Birmingham, England).

In addition to the co-ordinators of the Regional Groups the Steering Group will have three ‘theological consultants' from Nigeria, Cuba and USA.

After this meeting the outline of the work of the project and progress reports will appear on the Anglican Communion website. There will also be further postings on ACNS.

Resolution 14.05: ‘The Bible in the Life of the Church'

The Anglican Consultative Council:

• Welcomes the presentation by Archbishop Phillip Aspinall and the Director of Theological Studies on the proposed project ‘The Bible in the Life of the Church';

• Asks the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Secretary-General to appoint a Steering Group to direct the project until ACC-15;

• Encourages the development of the project along the lines presented, asking that the Steering Group take account of the work of, and work collaboratively with, the Listening Process and the Inter-Anglican Standing Commission on Unity, Faith and Order;

• Asks Provinces to contribute to the ongoing costs of the Project over the next three years;

• Asks that a report on the project be presented to ACC-15.

For further information about the project do contact staff who are involved in the project – Clare Amos: clare.amos@anglicancommunion.org or Stephen Lyon: stephenplyon@gmail.com

Anglican Communion News Service, London