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An Interim Report Of The Special Commission On The Episcopal Church And The Anglican Communion

Membership

The Rt. Rev. Mark S. Sisk, Co-ChairNew York, II
The Rev. Dr. Ian T. Douglas, Co-Chair Massachusetts, I
Ms. Sarah Dylan Breuer Maryland, III
The Rev. Dr. A. Katherine Grieb Virginia, III
The Rev. Dr. Mark Harris Delaware, III
The Rt. Rev. Dorsey F. Henderson Jr.Upper South Carolina, IV
The Rt. Rev. Katharine Jefferts SchoriNevada, VIII
The Rt. Rev. Henry Louttit Georgia, IV
The Rev. Charles E. Osberger Easton, III
The Rev. Canon Rosemari G. Sullivan Virginia, III
Mrs. Katherine Tyler ScottIndianapolis, V
The Rev. Francis H. Wade Washington, III
Mr. Christopher Wells Northern Indiana, V
The Rev. Sandra A. Wilson Newark, II

Meetings

November 7, 2005February 13–15, 2006March 27, 2006
December 20, 2005March 6–7, 2006

Summary of Work

The Special Commission on the Episcopal Church and the Anglican Communion (SCECAC) was constituted late in 2005 by the Presiding Bishop, the Most Rev. Frank T. Griswold, and the President of the House of Deputies, the Very Rev. George L. Werner. The Commission’s charge is to help the 75th General Convention consider recent developments in the Anglican Communion with a goal to maintaining the highest degree of communion possible. The SCECAC will review for Convention the recommendations, requests, and resolutions of key inter-Anglican texts made since the last General Convention. The primary documents are: The Windsor Report of the Lambeth Commission on Communion, the Communiqué of the Primates Meeting in Dromantine, February 2005, and the Resolutions of the 13th Meeting of the Anglican Consultative Council (ACC) in Nottingham, June 2005.

SCECAC is committed to assisting the 75th General Convention to consider constructively all that has transpired in the Anglican Communion since the 74th General Convention. SCECAC will help the 75th General Convention respond to the Windsor Report, the Primates Meeting Communiqué, and the ACC Resolutions by reflecting upon the terms of the discussion, and offering suggestions for moving forward together. SCECAC also will consider, as appropriate, other texts and voices from the Communion, including pastoral statements and resolutions from the House of Bishops of the Episcopal Church, the Executive Council of the General Convention, the Archbishop of Canterbury, and other pertinent theological texts and reports. SCECAC seeks to affirm our commitment to, and indeed strengthen, the fullest level of communion with our brothers and sisters in Christ in the Anglican Communion through the response the General Convention will make on behalf of the Episcopal Church.

Since the SCECAC was constituted in the later part of this triennium, this report is an interim report. The Commission will continue to meet in the first quarter of 2006 and will offer a full report to the 75th General Convention approximately 60 days prior to Convention.