Functions
According to the 1968 resolution, the council has eight functions:
- To share information about developments in one or more provinces with the other parts of the Communion and to serve as needed as an instrument of common action.
- To advise on inter-Anglican, provincial, and diocesan relationships, including the division of provinces, the formation of new provinces and of regional councils, and the problems of extraprovincial dioceses.
- To develop as far as possible agreed Anglican policies in the world mission of the Church and to encourage national and regional Churches to engage together in developing and implementing such policies by sharing their resources of manpower, money, and experience to the best advantage of all.
- To keep before national and regional Churches the importance of the fullest possible Anglican collaboration with other Christian Churches.
- To encourage and guide Anglican participation in the ecumenical movement and the ecumenical organisations; to co-operate with the World Council of Churches and the world confessional bodies on behalf of the Anglican Communion; and to make arrangements for the conduct of pan-Anglican conversations with the Roman Catholic Church, the Orthodox Churches, and other Churches.
- To advise on matters arising out of national or regional Church union negotiations or conversations and on subsequent relations with united Churches.
- To advise on problems on inter-Anglican communication and to help in the dissemination of Anglican and ecumenical information.
- To keep in review the needs that may arise for further study and, where necessary, to promote inquiry and research.
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