Deeper Understanding of Anglicanism Needed, Group Says
Episcopal News Service. February 6, 1998 [98-2086E]
(ENS) Church leadership throughout the Anglican Communion needs to have a deeper understanding of Anglican heritage, Bishop David Birney told the governing council of the African Network of Institutions of Theological Education Preparing Anglicans for Ministry (ANITEPAM) at a recent meeting in Harare, Zimbabwe. Birney, who is the Anglican Consultative Council's (ACC) envoy to ANITEPAM, said that Canon John Peterson, secretary general of the ACC, was concerned that the substantial number of priests who prepared for the ordained ministry in non-Anglican institutions need training in Anglican polity, liturgy and history if they are to be effective in African provinces. The council proposed to address this issue by circulating a soon-to-be-published workbook on Anglicanism among the residential programs in Africa and by developing a coordinated approach to placing Anglican resources in the hands of theological educators.