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MCU Conference 2008

Saving the soul of Anglicanism:

the nature and future of the Anglican Communion

Tuesday 8 - Friday 11 July 2008
High Leigh Conference Centre
Hoddesdon, Herts, UK

Booking form: Word .pdf (Draft programme liable to alteration: Word .pdf)

The Conference will be chaired by the Archbishop of Wales, The Most Rev Dr Barry Morgan.

The Conference Chaplain will be Sarah Lamming, Group Curate for the Handsworth Group of Parishes (Birmingham Diocese)

Conference Speakers & Outline Timetable (all subject to confirmation)

     
Tuesday July 8th
     
Revd Dr Charlotte Methuen

Revd Dr Charlotte Methuen

‘In the which the pure Word of God is preached and the Sacraments be duly administered': The Ecclesiology of the Church of England in the context of the European Reformation.

lecture and discussion

Lecturer in Church History at the University of Oxford and Canon Theologian of the Diocese of Gloucester (Press release .pdf)

     
Wednesday July 9th
     
Bishop Michael Jackson, Clogher

Bishop Michael Jackson

Anglicanism, blessing or curse - the Irish experience

Bishop of Clogher and Philosopher

     
Bishop Trevor Mwamba

Bishop Trevor Mwamba

Anglicanism, blessing or curse- the African experience.

Bishop of Botswana and Dean of the Province of Central Africa

Biography (.pdf)

Dancing Sermons by Bishop Mwamba

     
Bishop Frank Griswold

Bishop Frank Griswold

The Episcopal Church and the future of the Anglican Communion.

Former Presiding Bishop of TEC

Biography (TEC official site)

     
Thursday July 10th
     
Revd Dr Marilyn McCord Adams

Revd Dr Marilyn McCord Adams

The proposed Anglican Covenant and its implications for the Communion.

Regius Professor at Oxford and Canon of Christ Church.

Speech at the 2006 MCU Conference

     
Revd Dr Janet Wootton, absailing

Revd Dr Janet Wootton

A Dissenter's view of Anglicanism and Establishment.

lecture and discussion

Rev Dr Janet Wootton is Director of Studies for the Congregational Federation.

Until the end of 2003, she was minister of Union Chapel, Islington, an inner city church with an active homelessness project and a varied music programme. She is a hymnwriter, editor of Worship Live, and is involved in editing the Feminist Theology Journal.

She has recently edited This Is Our Story: Free Church Women's Ministry,

     
Bishop Gene Robinson

Bishop Gene Robinson

My story and my hopes for the future

Bishop of New Hampshire

Biography: Diocesan official site; Wikipedia

     
Friday July 11th
Andrew Brown, journalist

Andrew Brown

A Journalist's view of Anglicanism

Andrew Brown is an English writer and journalist. His interests cover biology, religion, and technology - especially where they overlap. His books include The Darwin Wars: The Scientific Battle for the Soul of Man and In the Beginning Was the Worm Finding the Secrets of Life in a Tiny Hermaphrodite.

Recent articles in The Guardian.

 

 

The Most Rev Barry Morgan, Archbishop of Wales



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Also in the Conference:  

Workshops on:

The African Agenda, Bishop Trevor Mwamba

The work of the Mother's Union (MU) in Africa.

Dialogue with bishops from the Celtic Fringe


Small groups will run through the Conference


The Annual Meeting of the MCU will be on Thursday July 10th at 2.30pm


 

 

         
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