Prayers for the Lambeth Conference
The fifteenth Lambeth Conference will meet July 26 – August 8, 2022, in Canterbury, England. All bishops of the Worldwide Anglican Communion are invited to gather at this event, which takes place once every 10 years. The Rt. Rev. Deon K. Johnson, Bishop of Missouri, is planning to attend.
As the conference draws closer, the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Most Rev. and Rt. Hon. Justin Welby, has shared a call to prayer with the conference delegates and their wider church communities. The call to prayer invites people to devote a day to prayer on Trinity Sunday – June 12 and to pray for the event during the summer.
The Archbishop of Canterbury says, “The Lambeth Conference theme of ‘God’s Church for God’s World’, reminds us that we are called upon as Christians to pray for the needs of the world. There are many calls upon our prayers at this time: World peace, the global climate crisis, the effects of the pandemic – to name but a few.
“I invite you to call all those in your care to pray for the Lambeth Conference. Please pray that as we meet and consider our shared mission and ministry, that we may hear the call from God. In turn, that we might add our voices to call others to make a difference for Christ in the world.”
How to get involved:
- Download this short prayer guide for your church or faith community to pray for the conference and all those attending. The guide contains an outline of what the conference covers, and prayers from Anglican religious communities around the globe.
- Share the guide with your church community and pray on Sunday, June 12.
- Send a photo of your prayers for the conference on Twitter, using the tag @LambethConf
- Refer the pack on each day of the conference, using the prayers for each day.
The Lambeth Conference has met since 1867 and is a significant event in the life of the Anglican Communion. The conference will explore church and world affairs. Outcomes of the conference will shape the life of the Anglican Communion for the next decade.
The Anglican Communion is a network of independent and interdependent churches present in 165 countries around the world, serving millions of Christians. The Episcopal Church is part of the Anglican Communion.
Learn more about the Worldwide Anglican Communion.
Read the letter from the Archbishop of Canterbury:
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