Communion Partner Bishops Urge Support of Covenant

September 8, 2009

Seven bishops who met with the Archbishop of Canterbury at Lambeth Palace on Sept. 1 have issued a statement urging widespread support for the Anglican Communion Covenant, which is still in draft form.

The statement came from Bishops Mark J. Lawrence (South Carolina), Gary R. Lillibridge (West Texas), Edward S. Little, II (Northern Indiana), William H. Love (Albany), D. Bruce MacPherson (Western Louisiana), Michael G. Smith (North Dakota) and James M. Stanton (Dallas).

The statement was released Sept. 7 by Bishop MacPherson.

The seven bishops, who all belong to Communion Partners, asked “bishops, priests, deacons and laypersons of The Episcopal Church who support the adoption of the Anglican Communion Covenant to record such endorsement on the Communion Partners website.”

The bishops also expressed their hope that General Convention will approve the covenant in 2012. the rest