The Archbishop met with the Vice-President of Burundi, Dr Martin Nduwimana, in London. The meeting took place at Lambeth Palace yesterday evening and the two discussed the continuing difficulties faced by Burundi after a 12-year civil war.
Church and Nation share 'common work'
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, has heard from South African President Thabo Mbeki that church and nation share 'common work' in relation to the Millennium Development Goals. The two met this morning [Friday 9th March 2007] during the Archbishop's visit to South Africa. They discussed a range of subjects related to the region including the Goals, which have been a key theme of the TEAM conference (Towards Effective Anglican Mission), attended by Dr Williams, in Boxburg this week.
'Break down barriers between people'
Saying that the 'Holy Spirit looks like the person next to you,' Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams told the nearly 1,000 people attending the opening Eucharist of the Towards Effective Anglican Mission (TEAM) conference that the Holy Spirit is revealed in the faces of those who are 'trying to do the work of Jesus Christ.'
The strategies embodied in the Millennium Development Goals are the focus of an international conference titled 'Towards Effective Anglican Mission.' Known by its acronym TEAM, the week-long conference will welcome more than 350 Anglicans to Boksburg in South Africa, beginning with an opening Eucharist March 7 at All Souls Anglican Church in Tsakane.
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, has said that the Millennium Development Goals provide a key focus for the churches of the Anglican Communion. Speaking at the start of the TEAM Conference, (Towards Effective Anglican Mission) an international Anglican conference in Boksburg near Johannesburg in South Africa, he said that working towards these objectives raised fundamental and positive challenges for the church
As Christians we pray this day in the light of a global disaster the momentum of which has built for 25 years. Since the first appearance of the pandemic an estimated 65 million people have been infected with HIV, of whom 25 million have died. In 2005 alone an estimated 4.1 million people became infected with HIV and an estimated 2.8 million people have died of AIDS related illnesses.
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