Important Meeting of the CAPA Bishops

I write today in light of the issuance of an important Communique from the CAPA Primates (Council of Anglican Provinces of Africa). They met this past week for three days in Mauritius and issued an important statement as a result of their meeting.

It calls for three important actions to be taken:

1. A special meeting of the Anglican Primates to consider the way forward in light of the House of Bishops recent statement.
2. To finalize the Anglican Communion Covenant which will provide a common ground for inclusion in the Anglican Communion and define what it truly means to be an Anglican.
3. To delay the 2008 Lambeth Conference until each province of the Anglican Communion has had a chance to review the Covenant and make a decision on whether or not to sign it.

Only those Provinces that have signed the Covenant would be allowed to attend the Lambeth Conference, thereby putting all participants on common ground with a clear understanding of what it means to be "Anglican."

These three goals, in my opinion, are all worthy of immediate consideration by the ABC (Archbishop of Canterbury), and will provide one last hope of holding the Anglican Communion together. Please keep the ABC and all the Primates in your prayers during the next few months as important decisions will be made. To read the full text of the CAPA Communique, go here.