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ACNS LC022 - 20 July 1998

Opening plenary for Lambeth Conference will focus on scripture

The first plenary session of the Lambeth Conference, scheduled
for 11:30 a.m. Tuesday (July 21) in the two main plenary halls,
will focus on "The Bible, the World, and the Church," helping to
establish the central role scripture will play in the conference.

Conference planners stressed that the Bible should "receive a
quite prominent place fairly early in the conference," so that
"interpretation of the Bible is integrated with the deliberations
of the conference on its key topics," said Dr. David Ford, Regius
Professor of Divinity at Cambridge University and coordinator for
the plenary.

The plenary will feature video interviews with bishops and
spouses commenting on 2 Corinthians, which is the focus of their
daily Bible studies. It also will include a theatrical
interpretation of Jacob's encounter with God by the Riding Lights
Theatre Company, followed by an address by Dr. Ford.

For further information, contact:

Lambeth Conference Communications
Canterbury Business School
University of Kent at Canterbury
Telephone: 01227 827348/9
Fax: 01227 828085
Mobile: 0374 800212

http://www.lambethconference.org