Pan-Anglican Congress

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The first Pan-Anglican Congress was held in

Lambeth Conference held in July of the same year. Designed as a consultation on mission, the Congress was a meeting of some 17,000 people attended both by clergy and laity.[1]

The Congress was initiated by

SPG. Principal meetings were held at the Royal Albert Hall in South Kensington.[2]

The Congress marked a period of organizational transition for Anglican church mission work and a growing recognition of the cultural diversity, organizational autonomy, but interlinked character of member churches of the Anglican Communion.[3]

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References

  1. ^ Stephenson, Alan (1978). Anglicanism and the Lambeth Conferences. London: SPCK. pp. 114–116.
  2. ^ "Church Congress". The Evening Post (Wellington, NZ). 22 July 1908.
  3. ISBN 978-0-19-280693-2
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