Jenan Taylor
11 October 2023
A motion calling on Synod to affirm the diocese remains in full communion of the Archbishop of Canterbury and supports him, and the other instruments of the Anglican Communion, has been withdrawn ahead of the Melbourne Synod.
The Instruments of Communion motion called on Synod to affirm the diocese remained in full communion of the Archbishop of Canterbury and supported him and the Lambeth Conference, Primates’ Meeting and the Anglican Consultative Council.
It was put forward by Trinity College Theological School Ministry Education Centre director, the Reverend Dr Fergus King.
In February, the Global South Fellowship of Anglican Churches rejected the Archbishop of Canterbury as head of the global church.
The fellowship declared the Church of England was no longer the “mother church” of the Anglican Communion.
It came after the Church of England’s General Synod voted to allow clergy to bless couples who were in same-sex unions.
Bishop Alison Taylor seconded the motion.
