At the request of the Archbishop of Canterbury, Professor Gerald West (University KwaZulu-Natal, Southern Africa) has convened an international group to prepare Bible studies for the Lambeth Conference. Members of the group came from DR Congo, USA, UK, Tanzania, and India.
The Archbishop of Canterbury has encouraged as many as possible in the Communion to make such preparation a priority.
The conference bible studies will be based on the "I am" sayings in John's Gospel, and recommended pre-reading is the People's Bible Commentary (PBC) Commentary on John's Gospel by Richard Burridge. You can download the reading plan here and follow along with the bishops as they read through the Gospel and the commentary. You can order the new edition of the commentary, which includes a day-by-day, week-by-week reading plan and a new foreword by the Archbishop of Canterbury, from the Bible Reading Fellowship. I've ordered a copy, and I'm planning on following the preparatory reading leading up to the Lambeth Conference.
The conference bible studies themselves,
specially prepared by the Bible Study group on the “Signs in John’s Gospel”, will be available in May on the Lambeth Conference website, designed as a series of studies for use in the Communion around the time of the Conference.I'll be keeping an eye open for those as well.
What I am thinking is, in the midst of the tempest in the Anglican teapot and the controversy surrounding the Lambeth Conference, what would happen if people across the Anglican Communion read and study along with the bishops? What might grow out of conversations stemming from our reading and studying together?
Anyone interested?
Peace,
Jeffri
Sounds like a great idea.
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