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Communiqué from the Inter-Anglican Standing Commission on Ecumenical Relations

Montego Bay, Jamaica

4 December - 10 December 2004

The Inter-Anglican Standing Commission on Ecumenical Relations (IASCER) met
in Montego Bay, Jamaica from Sunday, 4th to 10th December 2004. The Most
Revd Drexel Gomez, Primate of the West Indies, welcomed the commission on
behalf of his province and the Bishop of the Diocese of Jamaica and the
Cayman Islands.

IASCER continued with its work reviewing the present international
ecumenical dialogues involving Anglicans, and provincial and regional
initiatives towards unity with other Christians. The commission addressed
relations with the Oriental Churches as a matter of particular concern. The
commission also considered the Windsor Report and its ecumenical
implications as part of the process of consultation and reflection
requested by the Primates' Standing Committee through the work of the
Reception Reference Group under the chairmanship of the Most Revd Peter
Kwong, Archbishop of Hong Kong. The response prepared by IASCER will be
submitted to the Reception Reference Group.

The Commission received reports on the work of the Inter-Anglican
Theological and Doctrinal Commission (IATDC), the International Anglican
Liturgical Consultation (IALC), and the Faith and Order Commission of the
World Council of Churches, especially its recent plenary meeting in Kuala
Lumpur, and discussed the process in hand for the reconfiguration of the
ecumenical movement in the twenty-first century, composing a statement
concerning the future work of the World Council of Churches. It also drew
up guidelines to be commended to the Communion concerning ecumenical
participation in ordinations.

The Commission thanks the Right Revd Alfred Reid, the Bishop of Jamaica and
his staff and colleagues, especially his secretary, Ms Meg McGibbon, for
the warmth of their welcome and the hospitality received. Members of the
commission joined local Anglican congregations for worship on the Sunday.

IASCER consists of representatives from each international dialogue
involving Anglicans, including the multilateral dialogue of Faith and
Order, and of certain other commissions and networks, and consultants who
bring particular regional or theological expertise.

Present at the meeting in Jamaica were: the Revd Prebendary Dr Paul Avis,
the Revd Canon Alyson Barnett-Cowan, the Revd Canon Gregory K Cameron
(Secretary), the Revd Dr William Crockett, the Rt Revd Christopher Epting,
the Revd Dr John Gibaut, the Rt Revd Dr John Gladstone, the Most Revd
Drexel W Gomez (Chair), the Revd Canon Jonathan Gough, the Rt Revd John
Hind, the Revd Jane Namugenyi, the Revd Canon Luke Pato, the Rt Revd Dr
Geoffrey Rowell, the Revd Sarah Rowland Jones and the Revd Canon Professor
J Robert Wright. Mrs Christine Codner and the Revd Terrie Robinson of the
Anglican Communion Office provided administrative assistance for the meeting.

The next meeting of IASCER is scheduled for December 2005.

http://www.aco.org/ecumenical/commissions/iascer/index.cfm

For further information contact

The Revd Canon Gregory K Cameron
Anglican Communion Office, London
Email: gregory.cameron@anglicancommunion.org

Fax: +44 (0)20 7313 3900
Tel.: +44 (0)20 7313 3999

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