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Resolution 14.01:  Ecumenical Affairs (Ecumenical)
Resolved, 09.05.09, 11.05.09(clause b)

> The Anglican Consultative Council:

(a)	thanks the members and staff of the Inter-Anglican Standing
Commission for Ecumenical Affairs (IASCER) for their fruitful labours
over the last ten years, and commend the Report â??The Vision Before  Usâ??,
compiled on behalf of the Commission by the Revd Sarah Rowland Jones,
for study as a benchmark ecumenical volume in the Provinces of the
Anglican Communion;

(b) endorses the "Four Principles of Anglican Engagement in Ecumenism"
set out in that Report as a key description of the Anglican approach
towards ecumenical activity and goals, adopts the following shorthand to
describe them, and commends them to the Churches of the Communion;

1.  The Goal: the full organic unity of the Church

2. The Task: recognising and receiving the Church in one another

> 3. The Process: unity by stages

4.  The Content: common faith, sacraments and ministry

(c)	welcomes the Resolutions of IASCER set out in the Report, and
endorses those relating to the administration of the â??the two  sacraments
ordained by Christ himself â?? Baptism and the Supper of the  Lordâ??(Lambeth
Quadrilateral) and urges their adoption throughout the Anglican
Communion in the light of the importance of convergence on the
administration of these sacraments in ecumenical relations;

(d)	reaffirms the â??Guidelines on Ecumenical Participation in
Ordinationsâ?? set out in the report of IASCER as describing the best
practice for Anglicans in this area;

(e)	requests the Standing Committee to commission a review of the
processes for the reception of ecumenical texts, as recommended in the
Resolution 02.08 of IASCER;

(f)	welcomes the continuing work of the various dialogue commissions
of the Anglican Communion at present operating, namely the Anglican Old
Catholic International Co-ordinating Council, the Anglican Lutheran
International Commission and the Anglican Methodist International
Commission for Unity in Mission;

(g)	looks forward to the Report of the ARCIC Preparatory Commission,
and the commissioning of a third phase of the Anglican Roman Catholic
International Commission, and the resumption of the work of the
International Anglican Roman Catholic Commission for Unity and Mission
and the International Commission for Anglican Orthodox Theological
Dialogue;

(h)	urges the resumption of the work of the Anglican Oriental
Orthodox International Commission along the lines set in IASCER
Resolution 04.04 point 4

(i)	noting the favourable response recorded in the Lambeth Indaba
Reflections to the reports â??The Church of the Triune Godâ?? of  the
International Commission for Anglican - Orthodox Theological Dialogue
and â??Growing Together in Unity and Missionâ?? of the  International
Anglican Roman Catholic Commission for Unity and Mission, commends them
to the Provinces of the Communion for study and response as detailed in
IASCER Resolutions 07.08 and 08.08, and requests that Provincial
responses be submitted to the Anglican Communion Office by the end of
June 2011 for consideration by the subsequent meeting of the
Inter-Anglican Standing Commission for Unity, Faith and Order;

(j)	welcomes the IASCER Report with respect to the World Council of
Churches and urges the Churches of the Anglican Consultative Council to
continue their support of, and their participation in, the life of the
WCC;

(k)	urges Anglican Christians around the world to gather informally
with other Christians around Godâ??s Word, in prayer and in service.

Resolution 14.02:  Evangelism and Church Growth Initiative (Mission)
Resolved 09.05.09

> The Anglican Consultative Council:

(a) 	notes the aspirations and desire of the Bishops at the 2008
Lambeth Conference â??to develop a worldwide vision and strategy of  church
planting, growth and missionâ?? (Lambeth Indaba P.13),

(b) welcomes the renaming of the department from Mission and Evangelism
to Mission Department,

(c) 	endorses Resolution 2 of the Joint Standing Committee of the
Anglican Consultative Council and the Primates of the Anglican Communion
of November 2008 and the work already undertaken to set up an Evangelism
and Church Growth Initiative.

> Resources

RESOLUTION 2: MISSION DESK AT THE ANGLICAN COMMUNION OFFICE
THAT the Joint Standing Committee of the Primates of the Anglican
Communion and the Anglican Consultative Council receive the report on
the future of the Mission Desk at the Anglican Communion Office, agree
to its renaming and encourage the Secretary General to proceed with the
setting up of and Evangelism and Church Growth Network.

Resolution 14.03:  Anglican Relief and Development Alliance (Mission)
Resolved, 11.05.09

> The Anglican Consultative Council:

(a)	acknowledges the request from the Bishops at the 2008 Lambeth
Conference to enhance a more collaborative approach to existing relief,
development and advocacy activities in the Anglican Communion, and the
support for this initiative from the Primatesâ?? meeting in Alexandria  in
February 2009,

(b)	welcomes and receives the report from the Anglican Relief and
Development Consultation in January 2009;

(c)	affirms the recommendation to form an alliance of Anglican
relief and development agencies to improve co-ordination in development,
relief and advocacy work across the Communion, and to share experiences
of best practice;

(d)	encourages the steering group, established after the January
2009 Consultation, with the Anglican Communion Office and Lambeth
Palace, to advance this recommendation, seeking the widest Communion
participation.

Resolution 14.04:  Local efforts in Relief and Development (Mission)
Resolved, 12.05.09

The Anglican Consultative Council asks the Anglican Communion Office to
investigate means by which relief and development initiatives at local
level, in congregations, dioceses, provinces and other groups across the
Communion might be encouraged and strengthened.

Resolution 14.05:  â??The Bible in the Life of the Churchâ??
(Theological Studies)
Resolved, 09.05.09

> The Anglican Consultative Council:

(a)	welcomes the presentation by Archbishop Phillip Aspinall and the
Director of Theological Studies on the proposed project â??The Bible  in
the Life of the Churchâ??;

(b)	asks the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Secretary-General to
appoint a Steering Group to direct the project until ACC-15;

(c)	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;

(d)	asks Provinces to contribute to the ongoing costs of the Project
over the next three years;

(e)	asks that a report on the project be presented to ACC-15.

Resolution 14.06:  Network on Inter-Faith Concerns
(Theological Studies)
Resolved, 09.05.09

> The Anglican Consultative Council:

(a)	welcomes the varied work done by NIFCON in the field of inter
faith concerns;

(b)	commends the report Generous Love: the truth of the Gospel and
the Call to Dialogue for study in the Anglican Communion

(c)	endorses NIFCON's priorities for the next phase as set out in
their Report, in particular its desire to offer training resources in
the field of engagement with other faiths, and to assist the Anglican
Communion in responding more effectively to the situation of Christian
minorities living in difficult contexts.

(d)	welcomes the appointment of Most Revd Mouneer H Anis and Rt Revd
Tim Stevens as Presidents of NIFCON.

Resolution 14.07:  Theological Education in the Anglican Communion
(Theological Studies)
Resolved, 11.05.09

> The Anglican Consultative Council:

(a) 		thanks the current members of TEAC for their work and
contribution to the development of theological education in the Anglican
Communion;

(b)	welcomes the new phase of the Working Party;

(c) 	endorses the proposed structure and tasks as set out in the
submission received;

(d)		welcomes the establishment of the informal network
â??Connecting Anglican Women in Theological Educationâ?? and  asks those
responsible for the work of TEAC to support and encourage its further
development;

> WINDSOR PROCESS RESOLUTIONS

Resolution 14.08:  The Windsor Continuation Group
Resolved, 08.05.09

> The Anglican Consultative Council:

(a)	thanks the Archbishop of Canterbury for his report on the work
and recommendations of the Windsor Continuation Group,

(b) 	affirms the recommendations of the Windsor Continuation Group,

(c)	affirms the request of the Windsor Report (2004), adopted at the
Primatesâ?? Meetings (2005, 2007 and 2009), and supported at the  Lambeth
Conference (2008) for the implementation of the agreed moratoria on the
Consecration of Bishops living in a same gender union, authorisation of
public Rites of Blessing for Same Sex unions and continued interventions
in other Provinces;

(d)	acknowledges the efforts that have been made to hold to the
moratoria, gives thanks for the gracious restraint that has been
observed in these areas and recognises the deep cost of such restraint;

(e)	asks that urgent conversations are facilitated with those
Provinces where the application of the moratoria gives rise for concern;

(f)	encourages the Archbishop of Canterbury to work with the
Standing Committee and the Secretary General to carry forward the
implementation of the Windsor Continuation Group Report recommendations
as appropriate,

(g)	asks the Inter-Anglican Standing Commission on Unity, Faith and
Order to undertake a study of the role and responsibilities in the
Communion of the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Lambeth Conference, the
Anglican Consultative Council and the Primatesâ?? Meeting; the
ecclesiological rationale of each, and the relationships between them,
in line with the Windsor Continuation Group Report, and to report back
to ACC-15;

(h)	calls the Communion to pray for repentance, conversion and
renewal; leading to deeper communion.

> Resolution 14.09:  IASCUFO Study
> Resolved, 11.05.09

The Anglican Consultative Council, in the light of the Resolution 14.08
of ACC-14 on the WCG Report, asks that the report of the study
undertaken by IASCUFO includes a study of the existing papers developed
within our Communion and of current best practices in governance for
multi-layered complex organizations, and makes recommendations to ACC-15
on ways in which the effectiveness of the Instruments of Communion may
be enhanced.

Resolution 14.10:  The Anglican Communion Covenant
Resolved, 08.05.09

> The Anglican Consultative Council:

(a)	thanks the Covenant Design Group for their faithfulness and
responsiveness in producing the drafts for an Anglican Communion
Covenant and, in particular, for the Ridley Cambridge Draft submitted to
this meeting;

(b)	recognises that an Anglican Communion Covenant may provide an
effective means to strengthen and promote our common life as a
Communion;

(c) 	asks the Archbishop of Canterbury, in consultation with the
Secretary General, to appoint a small working group to consider and
consult with the Provinces on Section 4 and its possible revision, and
to report to the next meeting of the Standing Committee;

(d)	asks the Standing Committee, at that meeting, to approve a final
form of Section 4;

(e)	asks the Secretary General to send the revised Ridley Cambridge
Text, at that time, only to the member Churches of the Anglican
Consultative Council for consideration and decision on acceptance or
adoption by them as The Anglican Communion Covenant;

(f)	asks those member Churches to report to ACC-15 on the progress
made in the processes of response to, and acceptance or adoption of, the
Covenant.

> Resolution 14.11:  The Listening Process
> Resolved, 06.05.09

> The Anglican Consultative Council

(a)	thanks Canon Philip Groves for his facilitation of the Listening
Process since 2005 and for his report to Anglican Consultative Council;

(b)	recognises that listening is a long term process and is linked
to the â??gracious restraintâ?? asked for in the Windsor  Continuation Group
Report;

(c)	notes that the report requested that the Instruments of
Communion to commit themselves to a renewal of the Listening Process,
and a real seeking of a common mind upon the issues which threaten to
divide us (paragraph 25);

(d)	welcomes the proposal for a Continuing Indaba Project and urges
its implementation as soon as possible;

(e)	expresses its profound thanks to Dr David Satcher, Director of
the Satcher Health Leadership Institute at the Morehouse School of
Medicine, for his generous financial support for this project.

> NETWORK RESOLUTIONS

Resolution 14.12:  Colleges and Universities of the Anglican Communion
(CUAC)
Resolved, 06.05.09

> The Anglican Consultative Council

(a)	gratefully acknowledges the work of the CUAC (the Colleges and
Universities of the Anglican Communion) network in supporting and
enlarging educational ministry throughout the Communion

> (b)	asks that Provinces

i.	identify and support Anglican-related institutions of higher
learning in their region

ii.	urge such institutions to participate in the CUAC network in
order to effect mutually useful student and faculty study experiences
and exchanges

iii.	give attention to the training and experience of future leaders
and scholars for Anglican institutions of higher education in their
regions;

(c)	asks the network to encourage and advise on the establishment of
new institutions of higher education in Provinces where no such
institutions exist.

Resolution 14.13:  Theological Institutions (from CUAC)
Resolved, 06.05.09

The Anglican Consultative Council notes that there is an evolving field
of knowledge in contemporary Anglican Studies, and that both current and
future leaders of the Communion would benefit from learning about
Anglicanism in more than one context. It therefore encourages
â?¢	schools of theology, seminaries and programmes of ministry to
develop inter-Anglican courses which involve the study and research of
the variety of Anglican contexts, and specifically to include
inter-Anglican study projects with students of at least one other very
different Province
â?¢	the ACO Department of Theological Studies, to co-operate with
CUAC in the development of such programmes
â?¢	theological colleges, seminaries and programmes of study to
explore the possibility of using these relationships to develop a
permanent inter-Anglican network of institutions of theological studies.

Resolution 14.14:  Anglican Communion Environmental Network
Resolved, 11.05.09

The Anglican Consultative Council supports the Archbishop of Canterbury
in his thoughtful reflection and witness in the areas of the
environment, the global economy and our support of vulnerable people and
communities, and encourages Provinces:

(a)	to weigh the environmental as well as the financial costs of all
church activities;

(b)	to assist transition to a carbon-neutral world by accepting,
year on year, a five percent reduction in the carbon footprint of the
Churches;

(c)	to celebrate a liturgical â??Season of Creationâ?? as an  integral
part of the churchâ??s yearly pattern of worship and teaching;

(d)	to advocate access to drinkable water as an inviolable human
right;

(e)	to encourage faith communities to understand that energy is part
of Godâ??s provision, and that renewable energy should become the  standard
and fossil fuels be used only when renewable energy is temporarily
unavailable;

(f)	to provide means for Anglicans to develop competencies in
environmental stewardship and theological reflection on the
sustainability of creation and the appropriate use of science and
technology;

(g)	to advocate sustainable restorative economies with national
governments, the United Nations through the Anglican Observers Office,
and local constituencies.

Resolution 14.15:  International Anglican Family Network
Resolved, 05.05.09

The Anglican Consultative Council affirms the value of International
Anglican Family Network's work to the Communion, particularly the
publication of their newsletters, welcomes the network's proposal to
hold a third regional consultation on family issues in Oceania in 2010
and urges Provinces to support this proposal in every way they can.

(in English)

The Anglican Consultative Council requests the Standing Committee to
explore ways of encouraging the translation of basic Anglican
theological works into languages other than English, and their
dissemination, as well as supporting the formation of teachers for the
theological colleges of those provinces and dioceses whose national
language is other than English.

> Resolution 14.17:  Anglican Health Network
> Resolved, 05.05.09

> The Anglican Consultative Council

(a) 	welcomes the establishment of the Anglican Health Network as an
official Network of the Anglican Communion

(b)	commends the objectives of the Network to the Provinces.

Resolution 14.18:  Anglican Indigenous Network
Resolved. 05.05.09

> The Anglican Consultative Council:

(a)	asks those member Churches whose governments have not yet signed
the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples to
encourage their governments to become signatories;

(b)	asks that, where there exist indigenous people who are
minorities, member churches cooperate with indigenous Anglican leaders
to ensure the provision of theological education and ministry training
at all levels that takes account of indigenous cultural contexts and
traditions;

(c)	calls upon member Churches to value, honour and incorporate the
wisdom of the elders of indigenous peoples in their midst in efforts to
address global climate change and the sustainability of creation;

(d)	recognizes the on-going disastrous effects that colonialism has
had on indigenous peoples and their families and calls on member
Churches, where there exists indigenous people who are minorities, to
take appropriate and necessary steps to assist the healing of indigenous
families, including the protection of women and children from violence
and human trafficking.

> References

United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous
Peoples:  (http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/unpfii/en/drip.html )

Resolution 14.19:  Anglican Communion Legal Advisersâ?? Network  (ACLAN)
Resolved, 05.05.09

> The Anglican Consultative Council

(a)	thanks the Anglican Communion Legal Advisersâ?? Network for the
work undertaken so far;

(b)	commends the Principles of Canon Law Common to the Churches of
the Anglican Communion for study in every Province;

(c)	invites Provinces and others to submit comments on the
Principles of Canon Law Common to the Churches of the Anglican Communion
to the Convenor by 30 June 2010;

(d)	requests the Editorial Committee of the network to submit a
report on the responses received to the following meeting of the
Standing Committee; and

(e)	encourages the Provinces to use the network as a resource in
dealing with legal issues in their Provinces.

Resolution 14.20:  International Anglican Liturgical Consultations
Resolved, 11.05.09

The Anglican Consultative Council receives with thanks the Report of the
International Anglican Liturgical Consultations.

Resolution 14.21:  The Anglican Episcopal Church of Brazil
(from the Anglican Peace and Justice Network [APJN])
Resolved, 08.05.09

The Anglican Consultative Council expresses solidarity with the Anglican
Episcopal Church of Brazil (Igreja Episcopal Anglicana do Brasil) in its
prophetic stand on behalf of rural black and quilombo communities who
â??are experiencing a delicate and tense moment due to imminent  judgment
of ADI No. 3239 by the Brazilian Federal Supreme Court.â??
Resources: letter from the Primate of Brazil - to be added
Resolution 14.22:  Community Rebuilding (from APJN)
Resolved, 11.05.09

> The Anglican Consultative Council:

a.	acknowledges with admiration and gratitude the vital work of
local churches in rebuilding communities that have been devastated by
violence and conflict;

b.	urges Anglican and Episcopal development and aid agencies and
other Church and secular NGOs, where appropriate, to increase their
support through local churches, in order to hasten the implementation of
social development programmes that address food security, education,
sustainable livelihoods, health care, womenâ??s development and  internally
displaced persons.

> Resolution 14.23:  Conflict (from APJN)
> Resolved, 12.05.09

> The Anglican Consultative Council:

(a)	remembers people in places of conflict and injustice everywhere,
especially in
â?¢	Pakistan, where blasphemy laws allow persecution under law of
Christians, and encourage religious extremism
â?¢	Philippines, where killings and disappearances of church workers
and others working in civil society have occurred
â?¢	Sri Lanka, where a humanitarian crisis threatens hundreds of
thousands of innocent civilians on the north eastern coastal belt of Sri
Lanka
â?¢	Sudan, where its peoples desperately seek an end to conflict,
suffering and death
â?¢	Zimbabwe, where previous government policies have created
intolerable conditions that have destroyed the infrastructure of the
country
â?¢	Other places, including Democratic Republic of Congo, India,
Madagascar, Nepal, and Nigeria

(b)	commends the efforts and witness of the Churches in all these
areas

(c) 	encourages the Provinces of the Anglican Communion to support
prayerfully and practically fellow Christians and all who live in
situations of conflict, hostility and injustice

(d)	calls upon the Provinces of the Anglican Communion to pursue,
with their governments and all other parties, the end of these and all
other conflicts and injustices.

> Resolution 14.24:  Korea (from APJN)
> Resolved, 12.05.09

> The Anglican Consultative Council:

(a)	notes the suffering arising from the continued division of
Korea,

(b)	offers its prayers and support for the continuing efforts of the
Anglican Church of Korea for reunification;

(c)	commends the humanitarian efforts of the Anglican Church of
Korea for the relief of the starving population in North Korea and
expresses its gratitude for the international co-operation demonstrated
in this project;

(d)	laments that the political situation in the Korean peninsula and
the surrounding nations has worsened in recent months;

(e)	considers that re-engagement in dialogue and collaboration is
the best forward to achieve reunification and calls on all countries
involved to desist from confrontation and to re-open conversations and
collaboration;

(f)	supports the recommendations of the worldwide Anglican Peace
Conference entitled â??Towards Peace in Koreaâ?? (TOPIK) in  2007, organised
in response to resolution ACC13.49, and asks the Standing Committee to
consider the ways in which these recommendations may be carried forward;

(g)	urges the continuation of TOPIK initiatives until a permanent
peace is reached on the Korean peninsula.

> Resources:
> for the TOPIK report:
> http://www.anglicancommunion.org/acns/news.cfm?mode=entry&entry=5DD5CD02
> -96C6-814E-5BBA61139628A8F9

The recommendations are set out there as follows:

To Member Churches of the Anglican Communion

ï?§	Utilize existing Anglican resources, particularly the Anglican
Peace and Justice Network, for learning about and sharing information on
peacemaking.
ï?§	Create a task force, authorized by the Archbishop of Canterbury
and working with the Anglican Peace and Justice Network, to initiate
future programs, including a similarly-designed peace conference in
another part of the world such as the Middle East.
ï?§	Authorize that task force to create peace-focused educational
and liturgical materials for churches throughout the Communion.
ï?§	Build on the work of the World Council of Churches' "Decade to
Overcome Violence."
ï?§	Provide programs in conflict resolution for those in theological
and ministry formation, specifically creating an Institute for
Peace-Training within the Anglican Communion.
ï?§	Encourage the development of grassroots, parish-based peace
training programs.

> To The Anglican Church of Korea

ï?§	Organize a further peace conference which would include a wider
range of participation, particularly from North Koreans, young people,
women, those of other faiths and those from regions under-represented at
this conference.
ï?§	Sponsor the translation and publishing of the stories of
Koreans' experiences into at least English and Japanese.

To The Anglican Consultative Conference and Lambeth Conference
ï?§	Initiate a specifically Anglican follow-up to the WCC Decade to
Overcome Violence.
ï?§	Provide time in the agenda for Lambeth 2008 for discussion of
the issues raised by this conference.

> Resolution 14.25:  Middle East (from APJN)
> Resolved, 09.05.09

The Anglican Consultative Council meeting in Kingston, Jamaica between
May 2-12, 2009, in response to the challenge in a sermon on May 3, 2009,
of the Archbishop of Canterbury to be a people of hope to those in need
of justice, forgiveness and reconciliation,

a.	deplores violence wherever it is used in conflict in the land of
Israel/Palestine and affirms its desire that a robust peace process in
the Palestinian/Israeli conflict leading to a two state solution should
be pursued by all parties without delay

b.	expresses its deep concern about recent and continuing events in
Gaza, and supports and draws attention to the â??Statement on the
situation in Gazaâ?? issued by the February 2009 Primates meeting.

c.	laments the fact that current Israeli policies in relation to
the West Bank, in contravention of UN Security Council resolutions, have
created severe hardship for many Palestinians and have been experienced
as a physical form of apartheid.

d.	noting that a just peace must guarantee the security and
territorial integrity of  both Israel and the future state of Palestine
so that all the people of the area can live in peace and prosperity,
applauds President Barack Obama for his commitment to work for a just
peace for both Palestinians and Israelis, and calls on him and all
governments of the Middle East to work in co-operation with the United
Nations for the creation of a Palestinian state alongside the State of
Israel as defined by UN Security Council Resolutions,

e.	welcomes the Arab League statements which indicate a readiness
to make peace with the state of Israel, the resolution of the
Arab-Israeli conflict, and the normalization of relations, and calls on
the Israeli government to respond favourably to the Arab proposal in an
effort to end all forms of belligerence on the basis of international
law.

f.	calls on Israel to

(i)	end its occupation of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip
(ii)	freeze immediately all settlement building with the intention to
abandon its settlement policy in preparation for a Palestinian state
(iii)	remove the separation barrier (wall) where it violates
Palestinian land beyond the Green Line
(iv)	end home demolitions, and
(v)	close checkpoints in the Palestinian territories

g.	recognising that the city of Jerusalem is holy to Christianity,
Islam and Judaism and is not therefore the monopoly of any one religion,
upholds the view that members of all three faith groups should have free
access to their holy sites.

h.	calls on all people of faith and good will to pray and work for
peace so that justice and reconciliation may be achieved for all the
people of Palestine and Israel.

Resolution 14.26:  Peace-making Dialogues (from APJN)
Resolved, 05.05.09

> The Anglican Consultative Council:

a.	urges Anglicans everywhere to be bold in preaching
reconciliation and facilitating peace-making dialogues in every
situation of war and conflict;

b.	supports the concept of healing through the processes of
truth-telling, repentance, and restorative justice;

c.	urges all in provincial leadership positions, especially those
in theological education, to implement programmes of conflict-resolution
skills training as a contribution to developing effective and bold
prophetic voices for Godâ??s justice in all societies;

d.	commends to the Provinces of the Anglican Communion the
educational resources on conflict transformation and reconciliation
identified and promoted by the Anglican Peace and Justice Network on the
ACO website.

Resolution 14.27:  Post-Conflict Resolution (from APJN)
Resolved, 05.05.09

> The Anglican Consultative Council:

a.	welcomes with appreciation the report of the Anglican Peace and
Justice Network entitled â??Community Transformation: Violence and the
Churchâ??s Response,â?? and thanks the provinces of Rwanda and  Burundi for
hosting the APJN in September and October 2007

b.	celebrates the leadership exercised by the Provinces of Burundi
and Rwanda, as well as Congo, Sudan, and Melanesia, in establishing
post-conflict programs of reconciliation and healing, as highlighted in
the report

c.	calls for increased solidarity from member Churches of the
Anglican Communion with the Provinces in the Great Lakes Region, and
recommends the establishment of partner relationships, where common
witness and support may help in the prevention or resolution of
conflicts in the region and communities may be more immediately rebuilt.

> Resolution 14.28:  Sudan (from APJN)
> Resolved, 05.05.09

> The Anglican Consultative Council:

a.	draws the attention of member Churches to the Statement on Sudan
issued by the Primates at their meeting in Alexandria in February 2009;

b.	asks its member Churches to urge the African Union, the United
Nations, and their own governments to be more assertive in seeking a
commitment from the Government of Sudan to implement the Comprehensive
Peace Agreement without further delay;

c.	urges its members to offer continued prayers and advocacy for a
cessation of violence in Darfur, for resumption of peace talks with the
Lordâ??s Resistance Army and the disarming of other marauding groups,  for
safe passage for aid organizations, and for the protection of civilian
populations throughout the country;

d.	appeals to those Anglican leaders who are in dialogue with
Muslim leaders around the world to share from their experience, insights
and wisdom on how best the interreligious dimensions of the conflict in
Sudan can be reduced.

Resolution 14.29:  Towards Effective Anglican Mission (from APJN)
Resolved, 11.05.09
The Anglican Consultative Council expresses appreciation for the Towards
Effective Anglican Mission (TEAM) Gathering in Boksburg, South Africa in
March 2007 and commends the TEAM report to the Provinces as a resource
in addressing the Millennium Development Goals and the alleviation of
poverty in its many forms.

Resolution 14.30: Anglican Refugee and Migrant Network
Resolved, 05.05.09

> The Anglican Consultative Council

(a) 	welcomes the re-establishment of the Anglican Refugees and
Migrant Network as an official Network of the Anglican Communion,

(b)	thanks the Province of Hong Kong for hosting the Network, and

(c)	commends the objectives of the Network to the Provinces.

> Resolution 14.31:  Anglican Urban Network
> Resolved, 12.05.09

The Anglican Consultative Council affirms the work of the Anglican Urban
Network.

Resolution 14.32:  The International Anglican Womenâ??s Network (IAWN)
Resolved: 05.05.09

> The Anglican Consultative Council:

(a)	receives the report from International Anglican Womens Network,
commends the network for its work and commitment, and encourages it to
continue to raise and promote women's concerns in church and society;

(b)	urges full implementation of ACC Resolution 13.31 (b.ii) across
the Communion and encourages Provinces, through the IAWN Provincial
links, to report on further progress made to ACC-15;

(c)	requests that appointments to all Inter-Anglican Standing
Commissions, and all other inter-Anglican Committees, design groups, or
appointed bodies follow resolution ACC 13.31 (b.i) to provide equal
representation of women on each body;

(d)	unequivocally supports the elimination of all forms of violence
against women and girls, including trafficking, and encourages all
Provinces to participate in programmes and events that promote the
rights and welfare of women, particularly as expressed in the Beijing
Platform for Action and the United Nations Millennium Development Goals;

(e)	recognising the importance of appropriate allocation of
financial resources, recommends implementation of the principles of
gender budgeting throughout the Communion, and requests Provinces to
report on progress made to Anglican Consultative Council-15.

> References

(ACC Resolution 13.31.b) Anglican Consultative Council acknowledges the
MDG goal for equal representation of women in decision making at all
levels, and so requests
	i	the Standing Committee to identify ways in which this
goal may appropriately be adapted for incorporation into the structures
of the Instruments of Unity, and other bodies to which the Anglican
Consultative Council nominates or appoints
	ii	all member churches to work towards the realisation of
this goal in their own structures of governance, and in other bodies to
which they nominate or appoint
and to report on progress to ACC-14

For the Beijing Platform:  www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/Beijing/platform

> For the MDGs: www.un.org/millenniumgoals

Resolution 14.33:  International Anglican Youth Network
Resolved, 05.05.09

> The Anglican Consultative Council:

(a)	urges every Province to ensure that at least one person,
actively involved in youth ministry in their Province, participate in
the International Anglican Youth Network;

(b)	encourages every Province to dedicate one Sunday each year as
â??Ministries with Young People Sundayâ??;

(c)	requests each Province to take up a special offering annually to
support ministries with young people, of which a part would be for the
work of the International Anglican Youth Network;

(d)	requests each Province to contribute financially to the work of
the International Anglican Youth Network.

> OTHER RESOLUTIONS

Resolution 14.34:  The Compass Rose Society (CRS)
Resolved, 11.05.09

> The Anglican Consultative Council:

(a)	thanks Bishop Philip Poole, President of the Compass Rose
Society, for his presentation on behalf of the Society;

(b)	thanks the Society for its generous financial support for the
work of this Council and for mission in the Anglican Communion;

(c)	asks the Provinces to consider how they might support the work
of the Compass Rose Society, including recruiting new members

(d)	asks the Standing Committee to consider and implement steps to
strengthen the relationship between the Compass Rose Society and the
Anglican Consultative Council, including:
i. 	identifying areas of Anglican Consultative Council work that may
be supported by CRS;
ii. 	appointing a liaison person from Anglican Consultative Council
to the Board of CRS
iii. 	working with the Secretary General to plan strategic visits to
further mission in the Anglican Communion and the mission of the CRS,
and
iv. 	inviting regular reports from the CRS to the Standing Committee.

> Resolution 14.35:  Finance
> Resolved, 11.05.09

> The Anglican Consultative Council:

(a)	adopts and approves the Statement of Accounts for the years
ending 31 December 2006-2008;

(b) approves the budget presented to the meeting for 2009 and the
projections for the years 2010 and 2011;

(c)	asks each Province to meet its requested budget contribution,
which includes a projected increase of 3% each year.

Resolution 14.36:

The Iberian Churches and the Extra-Provincial Jurisdictions
Resolved, 12.05.09

> The Anglican Consultative Council:

(a)	noting the long history of communion of the Spanish Reformed
Episcopal Church and the Lusitanian Church with the Churches of the
Anglican Communion, requests the Standing Committee to consider their
admission to full membership of the Anglican Consultative Council;

(b)	asks the Standing Committee to set up a review of the
relationship of all the extra-Provincial jurisdictions with the Anglican
Consultative Council.

Resolution 14.37:

Anglican Consultative Council and the Primatesâ?? Meeting
Resolved, 12.05.09

> The Anglican Consultative Council:

(a)  	welcomes the presence of the Primatial members of the Standing
Committee as full members of the Anglican Consultative Council, and

(b)  	asks the Primates to include an equal number of non-Primatial
members of the Standing Committee as non voting participants in the
Primates' Meeting.

Resolution 14.38:  Terminology (Standing Committee)
Resolved, 12.05.09

> The Anglican Consultative Council

(a) 	notes that the former â??Joint Standing Committeeâ?? is  named as the
â??Standing Committeeâ?? under the new constitution;

(b)	amends the resolutions of this Anglican Consultative Council
meeting so that the title â??Joint Standing Committeeâ?? is  replaced with
the title â??Standing Committeeâ?? wherever appropriate.

> Resolution 14.39:  Resolution of Thanks
> Resolved, 12.05.09

The Anglican Consultative Council expresses its profound thanks for the
hard work and leadership of those who take leave from us especially
o	The Rt Reverend John Paterson for his gentle and steady hand as
Chair, Vice-Chair and member of the Anglican Consultative Council since
1990
o	Professor George Koshy as Vice-Chair and member of Anglican
Consultative Council since 1990
o	The Rt Reverend Gregory K Cameron as Director of Ecumenical
Affairs since 2003 and Deputy Secretary General since 2004.

> Resolution 14.40:  Resolution of Thanks
> Resolved, 12.05.09

The Anglican Consultative Council adopts the following letter,
greetings, and expression of thanks.

TO THE ANGLICANS OF JAMAICA

This Anglican Consultative Council meeting in Kingston Jamaica gives
thanks to the people of the Diocese of Jamaica and the Cayman Islands
for their exceptionally warm welcome and generous hospitality.   Led by
the Bishop of Jamaica, the Rt Revd Alfred Reid, together with the
suffragan bishops of Jamaica, the Rt Revd Harold Daniel, Bishop of
Mandeville; the Rt Revd Howard Gregory, Bishop of Montego Bay, the Rt
Revd Robert Thompson, Bishop of Kingston, those belonging to the diocese
have gone out of their way to welcome the participants in this meeting
of the Anglican Consultative Council and have been exceedingly generous
with their time and resources. The service of welcome in the sports
arena on Sunday 3 May, and the visits to some 32 parishes of the diocese
over the weekend of 9-10 May were highlights for many and will long stay
in the memory of those who participated.  Such events as ACC-14 take a
huge amount of planning and we are hugely indebted to the work of  the
Local Arrangements Committee led by Bishop Robert Thompson and all those
others who worked alongside him in these services, and in all the other
arrangements so necessary to the smooth running of the meeting.

Daily worship and prayer frame the life of  Anglican Consultative
Council meetings.  Canon Collin Reid headed the Chaplaincy Team which
ably led our morning and evening worship, and were available daily as
chaplains to the meeting. Our thanks go to those who led the music: we
all go home with new songs in our hearts to share with our congregations
on our return home.

Volunteers, led by the Revd Michael Elliott,  from local churches have
hugely assisted the smooth running of the meeting.  We are indebted to
them for their assistance in so many ways and for being available at all
times to do what was needed in the office, and as ushers, information
givers, providing transport - the list is endless.  Thank you.

While members of ACC-14 were engaged in the business of the Council,
those accompanying them enjoyed the programme of visits and excursions
arranged for them by the local hosts. All those involved in this
programme greatly enjoyed and valued the opportunities to see something
of  Jamaican life and culture. We recognise the huge amount of work
involved in making the arrangements and would like to extend our thanks.

We are extremely grateful for all that you have given us.  We wish to
assure the people of Jamaica that we will continue to hold them and the
work and witness of the Anglican Church of Jamaica in our hearts and
prayers.

> PRAYERS AND GREETINGS

The members of the Anglican Consultative Council received with
appreciation greetings from the President of the Pontifical Council for
Promoting Christian Unity Cardinal Walter Kasper on behalf of His
Holiness Pope Benedict XVI;  from the Ecumenical Patriarch, His All
Holiness Bartholomew, Archbishop of Constantinople New Rome; from the
President of the International Old Catholic Bishops' Conference of the
Union of Utrecht, Archbishop  Joris Vercammen, Archbishop of Utrecht,
and from the Obispo Maximo of the Iglesia Filipina Independiente, the
Most Revd Godfredo J David.

The Council was pleased to welcome as ecumenical participants: Canon
John Gibaut and the Revd Paul Gardner [from the World Council of
Churches];  Monsignor Mark Langham [the PCPCU]; Metropolitan Nikitas
[The Ecumenical Patriarchate]; Bishop Michael Pryse [Lutheran World
Federation]. We extend our thanks to our ecumenical participants for
their willingness to stand alongside us and to offer prayer, greetings
and participation as their gift to us.  We assure them of our continued
prayer commitment to them as fellow sisters and brothers in the body of
Christ.

The Anglican Consultative Council sends greetings to our ecumenical
dialogue partners, to His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI, to His All
Holiness Bartholomew Ecumenical Patriarch, to Archbishop Joris
Vercammen, to Ishmael Noko, General Secretary of the Lutheran World
Federation, and to George Freeman, General Secretary of the Methodist
World Council, and to all faithful Christians and we wish to assure them
of our prayers for their work and witness and for the unity of the
Church.

> EXPRESSION OF THANKS

This meeting gives thanks for the work of all those whose God-given
gifts have contributed to this meeting and whose dedication and service
have enabled the Council to do its work, at this meeting and in the
period since ACC-13 on behalf of the Anglican Communion.

> Our thanks go to:

The President, the Most Revd and Rt Hon. Dr Rowan Williams,
The Chair, the Rt Revd John Paterson,
The Vice Chair, Professor George Koshy
Secretary General of the Anglican Communion, Canon Kenneth Kearon
the members of the Joint Standing Committee   2005 -2009
the members of Finance Committee  2005 â?? 2009

Additionally, in the conduct of this meeting, our thanks go to:
those who led the bible studies (Clare Amos, Kumara Illangasinghe and
Janet Trisk)
those who led the discernment groups (Mwita Akiri, Josephine Hicks, Rose
Hudson-Wilkin, Ezekiel Kondo, Humphrey Peters) and the ecumenical
streams (John Gladstone, Sue Moxley, Elizabeth Paver, James Tengatenga),
and
the members of the Resolutions Committee (Tony Fitchett Chair, Philippa
Amable, Ian Douglas, John Gladstone, John Stuart and Gregory Cameron,
Secretary)
We offer particular thanks for the innovative design of the Anglican
Consultative Council meeting, and for those responsible in developing
and sustaining this, to the Secretary General and to Stephen Lyon and
Sue Parks.

Our thanks go to the members of the Anglican Communion Networks who gave
freely of their time to resource and inspire this meeting by sharing the
work of the Networks.  Their presence greatly enhanced and informed our
deliberations.  Additionally, this Council notes that a great deal of
the work and witness of the Anglican Communion is undertaken through the
Networks of the Anglican Communion. We thank them for their faithfulness
and commitment to God's mission.

> THE CONFERENCE STAFF

This meeting of the Anglican Consultative Council expresses its profound
thanks to those who have staffed this Conference, and through their work
â?? before, during and after the meeting â?? have enabled the  smooth running
of ACC-14:

Kenneth Kearon (Secretary General), Gregory K Cameron (Deputy Secretary
General), Michael Ade, Clare Amos, Stuart Buchanan, Lynne Butt,  Rachel
Carnegie, Christine Codner, David Craig, Suminder Duggal, Paul Feheley,
Andrew Franklin, Yoshimi Gregory, Phil Groves, Gill Harris-Hogarth, Ian
Harvey, John Kafwanka, Stephen Lyon,  Fiona Millican, Sue Parks, Dorothy
Penniecooke, Terrie Robinson, Joanna Udal, Neil Vigers, Hellen Wangusa.
Interpreters: Paul Cho, Dominique Macneill, Eddie Marques-Picon

We also thank the staff and management of the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel who
provided a comfortable home in which to do our work.

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