Photo-call in Trafalgar Square
during the 1995 Primates Meeting

Preparations for
Lambeth 1998

Canterbury Cathedral from the University campus

Seven hundred and forty four bishops have received invitations for themselves and their spouses.

Space is reserved, as it was in 1978 and 1988, at the University of Kent in the city of Canterbury Cathedral, the mother church of the Anglican Communion. Meetings will be held in the university sports hall, which is flexible enough for large (1,200 people) or small (50 people) meetings or worship services. The large, plenary sessions will include bishops, official observers and consultants, support staff and media.

The international Lambeth Design Group, headed by Archbishop Keith Rayner of Australia, has set before the 1998 Conference four themes to stimulate discussion and study.

Called to Full Humanity:

What does it mean to be truly human, as individuals and in community? What are the forces which enhance, and which threaten, our humanity?

Called to live and proclaim the Good News:

How is the Church to ensure that the faith is faithfully handed on from generation to generation and that it is effectively interpreted in word and deed to the world?

Called to be faithful in a plural world:

Anglicans are used to living with a plurality of views within their communion. But modern cultures are often much more radically pluralistic. What are the implications of pluralism within your own region for the life of the Church? How in that context can the Church be a sign of God's rule.

Called to be One:

What is the meaning of the unity for which Jesus prays? How do the Christian Churches achieve Christ's bond to each other in a world where economic and commercial forces bind people together and where political and cultural tensions tear them apart?

Further preparations for Lambeth 1998 include a communications system with simultaneous translation capability for English, French, Japanese, Swahili, and Spanish. Appropriate commercial as well as in-house media facilities will be in place to provide live media coverage and video resources.

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