The Anglican Peace and Justice Network welcomes the Lambeth Call on Reconciliation.
We particularly engaged by the following statements:
‘We are participants in systems that cast each of us in different roles in different contexts, creating division, disagreement, and conflict both among us and within us. We recognize that without justice and accountability, God’s reconciliation is not fully realized. Instead, oppression continues, impairing the humanity of all caught up in those systems.’
‘Recognising that those in power have sometimes used talk of reconciliation to maintain status and impede efforts towards justice and wholeness, we seek a Communion-wide focus on a renewal of this ministry.’
We welcome the invitation to work with the Archbishop of Canterbury’s Peace-building team and the Anglican Communion Fund to report on ways to develop peace-building response and support for individual peace builders in Provinces experiencing acute conflict.
Revd Canon Dr Phil Groves – Chair on behalf of the Standing Committee.