Eighth Trumpet of the Global South Fellowship of Anglican Churches
Communiqué from the 8th Global South Conference, 2021 :
“To make ready for the Lord a people prepared” (Luke 1:17)
17 October 2021
1. The Eighth Global South Conference took place online from 14th to 17th October 2021.
The theme of the Conference was “To make ready for the Lord a people prepared” (Luke
1:17). A Pre–Conference Forum was held online from 29th to 30th September 2021 for
substantive matters to be deliberated in advance and preparations for electronic voting.
2. The Conference was attended by 90 delegates from 16 provinces and 1 diocese1. The
delegates comprised primates, archbishops, bishops, clergy and laity.
3. The Most Revd Dr Justin Badi Arama, Chairperson of the Global South Primates Steering
Committee, opened the Conference by welcoming fellow Primates who had been
installed since the Seventh Global South Conference in October 2019. He also welcomed
the invited guests to the Conference.
4. He expressed his thanks to the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Most Revd Justin Welby
for his presence and his message of encouragement to the Conference.
5. Archbishop Badi specially thanked Archbishop Mouneer Anis, the immediate past
Chairperson of the Global South Primates Steering Committee, for agreeing upon his
retirement to continue serving as Honorary Adviser to the Global South Fellowship of
Anglican Churches (GSFA for short).
6. Archbishop Badi emphasized the four–fold purpose of the Global South Fellowship:
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