The Anglican Church of Aotearea / New Zealand / Polynesia is set to debate the Covenant at their Synod:
Synod primed for covenant debate
From AnglicanTaonga.org
Will this church sign up to the Anglican covenant? We won’t know, for sure, for another two years.
But we’ll have a clearer picture of where things are heading shortly after the 59th session of the General Synod/Te Hinota Whanui begins in Gisborne on May 8.
The entire morning of the first full day of business – Monday, May 10 – is being devoted to an airing of the covenant.
The General Secretary of the Church, the Rev’d Michael Hughes, says that session has been designed to be as fruitful as possible.
For a start, some of the leading opinion-shapers in this church – each chosen to represent different shades of opinion on the draft covenant – have also been asked to contribute papers on it, and these have been included in the agenda.
Read it all HERE
Bosco Peters urges the Synod to put all the documents about the Covenant online and able to be examined and discussed.
put General Synod online
From Bosco Peters’ Liturgy blog
New Zealand’s General Synod papers are typed up on a computer and, hence, the papers are digital prior to being printed off. Rev. Peter Carrell has been reading the 2010 General Synod papers and is discussing them on his website. Peter is not a member of General Synod – hence, there is clearly nothing confidential or secret about these papers.
After the meeting of General Synod, the proceedings of General Synod are published – this publication includes these papers.
I urge the province (the provincial secretary) to place the General Synod papers, motions, and other material online now. In the interests of transparent governance. In the interests of being a church living in the 21st century. In the interests of increasing interest in the decision-making processes of our church. In the interests of increasing understanding of our church.