Status With Regard To The Anglican Communion
The AMiA claim that it remained part of the worldwide Anglican Communion through the Province of Rwanda was recognized by many Anglican primates, including George Carey, who was Archbishop of Canterbury (head of the Anglican Communion) at the time of the formation of AMiA.
Archbishop Carey's comments from his final address to the Anglican Consultative Council in 2002 were:
I have been clear in my condemnation of the schism created by AMiA and the actions of those Primates and other bishops who consecrated the six bishops. Sadly, I see little sign of willingness on the part of some bishops in the Communion to play their part in discouraging teaching or action that leads some conscientious clergy to conclude that they have no option other than to leave us for AMiA.Many in the AM took issue with the above statements, holding that they were very much a part of the Anglican Communion through the oversight of the Church of the Province of Rwanda. Nonetheless, the AM was not formally in communion with the Church of England or recognized as being in communion with the worldwide Anglican Communion by any of its four instruments of communion. The current Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, has taken the same line on the standing of the AM by refusing to invite any Anglican Mission bishop or representative to the 2008 Lambeth Conference.
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