St. Andrew's Draft

Prior to the opening of the Lambeth Conference, over 20 Deputations met with their bishops to provide them with their comments on the 2nd draft of the proposed Anglican covenant, known as the “St. Andrew’s” draft.

According to a spokesperson for the Anglican Communion office, the comments made by the bishops at the Lambeth Conference will be “collected” and given to the covenant design group (cdg) for their consideration at their next meeting in September. 

Reading the comments made by deputations about the St. Andrew’s draft caused me to think about another covenant. The “Covenant for Communion in Mission is the work of the Anglican Communion’s Inter-Anglican Standing Commission on Mission and Evangelism (IASCOME). The Anglican Consultative Council forwarded The “Covenant “to those bodies of the Anglican Communion tasked to consider the Anglican Covenant as commended by the Windsor Report”.

In November, 2006, the Episcopal Church Executive Council passed a resolution commending the Covenant for Communion in Mission for study. I do not recall it getting much attention.

The introduction to the Covenant for Communion in Mission states:

We believe the Covenant for Communion in Mission can provide a focus for binding the Communion together in a way rather different from that envisaged by the Windsor Report.

The Covenant for Communion in Mission is document worthy of discussion and prayerful consideration.