GLOBAL SOUTH ACTS ON ALTERNATIVE PRIMATIAL OVERSIGHT
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Report from:
Global South Steering Committee Meeting, Nov 15-17, 2006 The Global South Steering Committee, at the request of the Global SouthPrimates, recently met with bishops and representatives of eight AnglicanCommunion Network Dioceses who have appealed to the Archbishop of
Canterbury and the Global South Primates for various forms of Alternative
Primatial Oversight. Representatives of other Windsor-compliant Dioceses
and the more than one hundred congregations that are now separated from
the Episcopal Church also joined us.Respective presentations were received expressing the increasingly difficultand, in some cases, untenable situations in which they attempt to live outapostolic faith and historic order. We were distressed to hear of thelegalistic and autocratic environment in which some now find themselves asthey seek to remain faithful Anglicans within The Episcopal Church.The Steering Committee will be making its report and recommendation to theGlobal South Primates when they next meet and will also be sharing them withthe Archbishop of Canterbury. Deeply touched by the oftentimes painful andgravely disconcerting testimonies that we heard, the Global South SteeringCommittee feels morally and spiritually compelled to reassert its deepestsolidarity with these orthodox and faithful bishops and representatives.We express our unequivocal support and heartfelt recognition for their faithful
stand and struggles. We urge all faithful members and parishes of these
concerned dioceses to remain steadfast in their commitment to Christ as our
one and only Lord and Savior during these turbulent days. We will do all in
our power to bring about the desired outcome of the Windsor process so that
the refined global Anglican Communion can be faithful to its vocation as part
of the One, Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church.
