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The '''Lambeth Conference''' convenes as the [[Archbishop of Canterbury]] summons an assembly of [[Anglican communion|Anglican]] bishops every ten years. The first took place at [[Lambeth]] in 1867.

As regional and national churches freely associate with the Anglican Communion, the Conferences serve a collaborative and consultative function, expressing "the mind of the communion" on issues of the day.<ref>''The truth shall make you free: the Lambeth Conference 1988: the reports, resolutions & pastoral letters from the bishops'' (Church House Publishing, 1988), p. 118</ref> While their resolutions carry no lawful authority, "Its statements on social issues have influenced church policy in the churches."{{sfn|Bays|2012|p=146}}

These conferences form one of the four [[Instruments of Communion]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Instruments of Communion |url=http://www.anglicancommunion.org/structures/instruments-of-communion.aspx |publisher=Anglican Communion Office |access-date=7 April 2017}}</ref>

==Origins==
The idea of these meetings was first suggested in a letter to the Archbishop of Canterbury by Bishop [[John Henry Hopkins]] of the [[Episcopal Diocese of Vermont]] in 1851. The possibility of such an international gathering of bishops had first emerged during the jubilee of the [[Church Missionary Society]] in 1851 when a number of US bishops were present in London.{{sfn|Morgan|1957|p=49}} However, the initial impetus came from episcopal churches in Canada. In 1865 the synod of that province, in an urgent letter to the Archbishop of Canterbury, ([[Charles Thomas Longley]]), represented the unsettlement of members of the Canadian church caused by recent legal decisions of the [[Privy Council]] and their alarm lest the revived action of convocation "should leave us governed by canons different from those in force in England and Ireland, and thus cause us to drift into the status of an independent branch of the Catholic Church".{{sfn|Davidson|1920|p=3}} They therefore requested him to call a "national synod of the bishops of the Anglican Church at home and abroad",{{sfn|Davidson|1920|p=3}} to meet under his leadership. After consulting both houses of the [[Convocation of Canterbury]], Archbishop Longley assented and convened all the bishops of the Anglican Communion (then 144 in number) to meet at [[Lambeth]] in 1867.{{sfn|Chisholm|1911|p=110}}

Many Anglican bishops (among them the [[Archbishop of York]] and most of his [[suffragan]]s) felt so doubtful as to the wisdom of such an assembly that they refused to attend it, and Dean Stanley declined to allow [[Westminster Abbey]] to be used for the closing service, giving as his reasons the partial character of the assembly, uncertainty as to the effect of its measures and "the presence of prelates not belonging to our Church".{{sfn|Davidson|1920|p=12}}{{sfn|Chisholm|1911|p=110}}

Archbishop Longley said in his opening address, however, that they had no desire to assume "the functions of a general synod of all the churches in full communion with the Church of England", but merely to "discuss matters of practical interest, and pronounce what we deem expedient in resolutions which may serve as safe guides to future action".{{sfn|Davidson|1920|p=8}}{{sfn|Chisholm|1911|p=110}}\

The resolutions of the Lambeth Conferences have never been regarded as synodical decrees, but "their weight has increased with each conference."{{sfn|Chisholm|1911|p=110}}

Seventy-six bishops accepted the primate's invitation to the first conference, which met at Lambeth on 24 September 1867 and sat for four days, the sessions being in private. The archbishop opened the conference with an address: deliberation followed; committees were appointed to report on special questions; resolutions were adopted, and an [[encyclical]] letter was addressed to the faithful of the Anglican Communion. Each of the subsequent conferences has been first received in [[Canterbury Cathedral]] and addressed by the archbishop from the chair of [[Augustine of Canterbury|St Augustine]].<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Morgan |first=Dewi |year=1958 |title=A Mighty Army |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=coHkAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA33 |magazine=The Living Church |volume=137 |issue=3 |pages=5–6 |location=New York |publisher=Morehouse-Gorham Company |access-date=11 June 2017}}</ref>{{sfn|Chisholm|1911|p=110}}

From the Second Conference, they met at [[Lambeth Palace]], and after sitting for five days for deliberation upon the fixed subjects and appointment of committees, have adjourned, to meet again at the end of a fortnight and sit for five days more, to receive reports, adopt resolutions and to issue their encyclical letter.{{sfn|Chisholm|1911|p=110}}

From 1978 onwards the conference has been held on the [[Canterbury]] campus of the [[University of Kent]] allowing the bishops to live and worship together on the same site for the first time. In 1978 the bishops' spouses were accommodated at the nearby [[St Edmund's School]] (an Anglican private school); this separation of spouses was not felt helpful.{{by whom|date=November 2017}} Since 1988 the spouses have also lived at the university.

==Conferences==

===First: 1867===
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[[File:PunchOnTheLambethConf1867.jpg|thumb|upright=1.35|''[[Punch (magazine)|Punch]]'' cartoon on the subject of the first Lambeth Conference]]
*Presided over by: [[Charles Thomas Longley]]<ref name="Archbishop of Canterbury">{{cite web |title=Lambeth Conference |url=http://www.archbishopofcanterbury.org/pages/lambeth-conference.html |publisher=Archbishop of Canterbury |access-date=11 June 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120210203358/http://www.archbishopofcanterbury.org/pages/lambeth-conference.html |archive-date=10 February 2012 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref>
*76 bishops were present.{{sfn|Davidson|1889|p=13}}

The Archbishop of York and several other English bishops refused to attend because they thought such a conference would cause "increased confusion" about controversial issues.{{sfn|Davidson|1889|p=13}}

The conference began with a celebration of the Holy Communion at which [[Henry John Whitehouse]], the second [[Bishop of Illinois]], preached; Wilberforce of Oxford later described the sermon as "wordy but not devoid of a certain impressiveness".{{sfn|Morgan|1957|p=64}}

The first session convened in the upstairs Dining Room (known as the Guard Room). The session was spent discussing a "preamble to the subsequent resolutions" that would be issued after the conference.{{sfn|Davidson|1889|p=14–15}}

Day two was spent on a discussion of synodical authority concluding that the faith and unity of the Anglican Communion would be best maintained by there being a synod above those of the "several branches".

Day three was given over{{citation needed|date=June 2017}} to discussing the situation in the Diocese of Natal and its controversial bishop [[John William Colenso]] "who had been deposed and excommunicated for heresy because of his unorthodox views of the Old Testament<!-- Typo corrected per MOS:QUOTE -->."<ref name="Archbishop of Canterbury"/> Longley refused to accept a condemnatory resolution proposed by Hopkins, Presiding Bishop of the Americans, but they later voted to note 'the hurt done to the whole communion by the state of the church in Natal'. Of the 13 resolutions adopted by the conference, 2 have direct reference to the Natal situation.

Day four saw the formal signing of the address. There had been no plan for further debate but the bishops unexpectedly returned to the subject of Colenso, delaying the end of the conference. Other resolutions have to do with the creation of new [[Episcopal see|see]]s and [[missionary]] jurisdictions, Commendatory Letters, and a voluntary spiritual tribunal in cases of doctrine and the due subordination of [[synod]]s. It was agreed that the reports of the committees would be received at a final meeting on 10 December by those bishops still in England. On the final day, the bishops attended Holy Communion at Lambeth Parish Church at which Longley presided; Fulford of Montreal, one of the instigators of the original request, preached. No one session of the conference had all the bishops attending although all signed the Address and Longley was authorised to add the names of absent bishops who later subscribed to it. Attending bishops included 18 English, 5 Irish, 6 Scots, 18 American and 24 "Colonial".{{sfn|Davidson|1889|pp=19–20}}

The Latin and Greek texts of the "encyclical" (as it rapidly became known) were produced by Wordsworth of Lincoln.{{sfn|Davidson|1889|pp=92–96}}

===Second: 1878===
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*Presided over by: [[Archibald Campbell Tait]]
*100 bishops present

Tait was a friend of Colenso and shared Dean Stanley's [[Thomas Erastus#Works and Erastianism|Erastian]] views (that the conference should not have been called without some royal authority) but when the Canadians again requested a Conference in 1872, he concurred. The American bishops suggested a further conference in 1874, Kerfoot of Pittsburgh delivering the request in person. Importantly, the Convocation of the Province of York had changed its position and now supported the Conference idea. 108 of the 173 bishops accepted the invitation, although the actual attendance was a little smaller. The first gathering was in Canterbury Cathedral on St Peter's Day, 29 June. The bishops then moved Lambeth for the First Session on 2 July, after Holy Communion at which Tait presided and Thomson of York preached, the bishops gathered in the library. One half day was assigned to each of the six main agenda areas. The reports of the special committees (based in part upon those of the committee of 1867) were embodied in the [[encyclical]] letter, which described the best mode of maintaining union, voluntary boards of arbitration, the relationship between missionary bishops and missionaries (a particular problem in India), chaplains in continental Europe, modern forms of infidelity and the best way of dealing with them and the condition, progress and needs of the churches.  A final service of thanksgiving took place in [[St Paul's Cathedral]] on 27 July. Attending bishops included 35 English, 9 Irish, 7 Scots, 19 American and 30 "Colonial and Missionary". One bishop suffragan and a number of former colonial bishops with commissions in England also attended as full members. The costs of the conference were met by the English bishops and a programme of excursions was organised by the member of Parliament J. G. Talbot. The Latin and Greek texts of the encyclical were again produced by Wordsworth of Lincoln.

===Third: 1888===
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[[File:Lambeth Palace London 240404.jpg|thumbnail|upright=1.35|[[Lambeth Palace]], photographed looking east across the [[River Thames]]]]
*Presided over by: [[Edward White Benson]]
*145 bishops present

The agenda of this conference was noticeable for its attention to matters beyond the internal organisation of the Anglican Communion and its attempts to engage with some of the major social issues that the member churches were encountering. In addition to the encyclical letter, nineteen resolutions were put forth, and the reports of twelve special committees are appended upon which they are based, the subjects being [[Temperance movement|intemperance]], [[virtue|purity]], divorce, [[polygamy]], observance of Sunday, socialism, care of [[emigrants]], mutual relations of [[diocese]]s of the Anglican Communion, home reunion, Scandinavian churches, [[Old Catholics]], etc., [[Eastern Christianity|Eastern Churches]], standards of doctrine and worship. Importantly, this was the first conference to make use of the "[[Chicago-Lambeth Quadrilateral]]" as a basis for Anglican self-description. The Quadrilateral laid down a fourfold basis for home reunion: that agreement should be sought concerning the [[Holy Scripture]]s, the [[Apostles' Creed|Apostles']] and [[Nicene creed]]s, the two [[sacrament]]s ordained by Christ himself and the historic episcopate.{{sfn|Chisholm|1911|p=111}}

===Fourth: 1897===
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*Presided over by: [[Frederick Temple]] (having been convened by Archbishop Benson)
*194 bishops present

This conference was held a year early because of the thirteenth centennial celebrations of St. [[Augustine]]'s arrival in Kent. The first event was a visit by the bishops to the Augustine monument at [[Ebbsfleet, Thanet|Ebbsfleet]].  A special train was run by the [[South Eastern Railway (UK)|South Eastern Railway]] that stopped at Canterbury to collect the cathedral clergy and choir. A temporary platform was built at Ebbsfleet for first class passengers; second class passengers had to alight at [[Minster-in-Thanet]] and walk the remaining 2.3 miles. After an act of worship the party retrained and proceeded to [[Richborough]] to visit the Roman remains and take tea. There is no station at Richborough, perhaps a second temporary one was created. The bishops then travelled back to Canterbury to be ready for the opening service of the conference on the following day. The arrangements did not go well and the Dean of Canterbury complained of 'the appalling mismanagement by the railway authorities'.<ref>''The Times'', London, issue 35246, 3 July 1897.</ref>

One of the chief subjects for consideration was the creation of a tribunal of reference, but the resolutions on this subject were withdrawn due to opposition of the bishops of the [[Episcopal Church in the USA]], and a more general resolution in favour of a "consultative body" was substituted. The encyclical letter is accompanied by sixty-three resolutions (which include careful provision for provincial organisation and the extension of the title archbishop "to all metropolitans, a thankful recognition of the revival of brotherhoods and sisterhoods, and of the office of deaconess," and a desire to promote friendly relations with the [[Eastern Christianity|Eastern Churches]] and the various Old Catholic bodies), and the reports of the eleven committees are subjoined.{{sfn|Chisholm|1911|p=111}}

[[Randall Davidson|Davidson]] chafed under the arrangements for the conference in which he had played no part and determined to write the final encyclical himself. There were a number of unfortunate phrases in his draft to which many bishops objected but he refused to accept amendments on the day of its presentation. However, he reconsidered overnight and announced the following morning that he had changed the draft as requested. A bishop who rose to thank to express gratitude for his change of mind was rebuked with the words, "Sir you may thank me all you wish, but you must thank me in silence".{{sfn|Stephenson|1978|p=108}}

===Fifth: 1908===
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*Presided over by: [[Randall Thomas Davidson|Randall Davidson]]
*242 bishops present

The chief subjects of discussion were: the relations of [[faith]] and modern thought, the supply and training of the clergy, education, foreign missions, revision and "enrichment" of the ''[[Book of Common Prayer]]'', the relation of the Church to "ministries of healing" ([[Christian Science]], etc.), the questions of marriage and divorce, organisation of the Anglican Church, and reunion with other Churches. The results of the deliberations were embodied in seventy-eight resolutions, which were appended to the encyclical issued, in the name of the conference, by the Archbishop of Canterbury on 8 August.{{sfn|Chisholm|1911|p=111}}

===Sixth: 1920===
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*Presided over by: [[Randall Thomas Davidson|Randall Davidson]]
*252 bishops present
*Rejected Christian Science, spiritualism, and theosophy
*Supported political lobbying against "such incentives to vice as indecent literature, suggestive plays and films, the open or secret sale of contraceptives, and the continued existence of brothels."
*Affirmed the place of women as lay members of synods.

The single most important action of this conference was to issue the "Appeal to all Christian People", which set out the basis on which Anglican churches would move towards visible union with churches of other traditions. The document repeated a slightly modified version of the Chicago-Lambeth Quadrilateral and then called on other Christians to accept it as a basis on which to discuss how they may move toward reunion. The proposal did not arise from the formal debates of the conference but amongst a group of bishops talking over tea on the lawn of Lambeth Palace.

The conference's uncompromising and unqualified rejection of all forms of artificial contraception, even within marriage, was contained in Resolution 68, which said, in part:
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We utter an emphatic warning against the use of unnatural means for the avoidance of conception, together with the grave dangers – physical, moral and religious – thereby incurred, and against the evils with which the extension of such use threatens the race. In opposition to the teaching which, under the name of science and religion, encourages married people in the deliberate cultivation of sexual union as an end in itself, we steadfastly uphold what must always be regarded as the governing considerations of Christian marriage. One is the primary purpose for which marriage exists, namely the continuation of the race through the gift and heritage of children; the other is the paramount importance in married life of deliberate and thoughtful self-control.
<ref>{{cite web
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 |title        = Resolution 68 – Problems of Marriage and Sexual Morality
 |year         = 1920
 |work         = Lambeth Conference Archives
 |access-date   = 21 July 2008
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</blockquote>

===Seventh: 1930===
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*Presided over by: [[Cosmo Gordon Lang]]<ref name="Archbishop of Canterbury"/>
*308 bishops attended.{{efn|The Anglican Communion had undergone significant growth since 1867, and compared to the seventy-six bishops who attended the first conference, now three-hundred and eight bishops would attend the seventh conference."{{sfn|Notare|2008|p=311}} The names of these 308 bishops are listed in the published report.{{sfn|Lang|1930|p=1-5H}} [[George Long (bishop)|Rev. George M. Long]] (75th on the list) died on July 9, 1930, before the conference concluded.{{sfn|Lang|1930|p=4,11}} Therefore, the opening of the encyclical letter says only 307 bishops had assembled.{{sfn|Lang|1930|p=17}} In minutes of the conference, Archbishop Lang reports that 400 bishops were invited.{{Citation needed|reason=Is this from Notare or another source?|date=July 2021}} }} Lang had been ill prior to the Conference and had to rest the month of June to be in shape to preside over the Conference. Lang said that he weathered the five weeks without "illness" or "undue fatigue"{{sfn|Notare|2008|p=314}}

The conference opened with a "day of devotion" at [[Fulham Palace]], the residence of the Bishop of London. Holy Communion was celebrated at 8:30 am with an address by 86-year-old [[Edward Talbot (bishop)|Edward Talbot]], retired Bishop of Winchester.{{sfn|Notare|2008|p=311}}

The conference's "manner of deliberations" followed the pattern used in earlier conferences. The six subjects (see the list of subjects in the Resolutions section below) proposed for consideration were brought before sessions of the whole Conference for six days, from July 7 to July 12. The subjects were all referred to committees. The work of the committees was aided by the essays and papers that had been prepared for them in advance. After their two-weeks of deliberations, the committees presented their reports and resolutions to the whole conference from July 28 to August 9.{{sfn|Lang|1930|p=35}}

'''Seventy-five resolutions passed'''<br/>
The subjects on which resolutions were passed at the Conference are the following:{{sfn|English Church Union|1931}}<br/>
I. the Christian Doctrine of God<br/>
II. the Life and Witness of the Christian Community<br/> 
III. the Unity of the Church<br/> 
IV. the Anglican Communion<br/>
V. the Ministry of the Church<br/>
VI. Youth and Its Vocation<br/>

'''Sampling of Resolutions by subject'''<br/>
The Conference adopted seventy-five Resolutions. They can all be seen at [http://www.anglicancommunion.org/resources/document-library.aspx?author=Lambeth+Conference&year=1930 Anglican Communion Document Library: 1930 Conference.]

I. Christian Doctrine of God: Resolutions 1–8
*Resolution 2 expressed an "urgent need in the face of many erroneous conceptions for a fresh presentation of the Christian doctrine of God".
*Resolution 3 admonished "Christian people" to banish "from their minds the ideas concerning the character of God which are inconsistent with the character of Jesus Christ."

II. Life and Witness of the Christian Community
*(1) Marriage and Sex: Resolutions 9-20
**Resolution 11 recommended that "the marriage of one, whose former partner is still living, should not be celebrated according to the rites of the Church," and when "an innocent person has remarried under civil sanction and desires to receive the Holy Communion," the case should be referred to the bishop.
**Resolution 15 allowed "in those cases where there is such a clearly felt moral obligation to limit or avoid parenthood, and where there is a morally sound reason for avoiding complete abstinence, the Conference agrees that other methods may be used, provided that this is done in the light of the same Christian principles." The vote for this Resolution was 193 for it, 67 against it, and 47 not voting. This was the only Resolution for which a record of the numbers voting was required.{{sfn|English Church Union|1931}}
**''[[The Times]]'' of June 30, 1930, predicted that the Lambeth Conference would change the "social and moral life" of humanity. This was done by the Conference's Resolution 15 in which in contradiction to earlier Resolutions (1908 Resolution 41 and 1920 Resolution 66) allowed the use of contraception in marriage.{{sfn|Notare|2008|p=1}}
**[[Walter Carey]], Bishop of Bloemfontein, withdrew from the Conference in protest and even sent a petition to King [[George V]] on the subject.<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=http://archive.thetablet.co.uk/article/7th-december-1957/4/the-coming-lambeth-conference |first=J. J. |last=Coyne|title=The Coming Lambeth Conference|magazine=The Tablet: The International News Weekly|date=7 December 1957|page= 4 |access-date=3 June 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170806222306/http://archive.thetablet.co.uk/article/7th-december-1957/4/the-coming-lambeth-conference |archive-date=6 August 2017 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref>
**Resolution 16 expressed "abhorrence of the sinful practice of abortion."
**Resolution 18 reckoned "sexual intercourse between persons who are not legally married" to be "a grievous sin."
*(2) Race: Resolutions 21–24
**Resolution 22 affirmed the Conference's "conviction that all communicants without distinction of race or colour should have access in any church to the Holy Table of the Lord, and that no one should be excluded from worship in any church on account of colour or race." 
*(3) Peace and War: Resolutions 25–30
**Resolution 25 affirmed that "war as a method of settling international disputes is incompatible with the teaching and example of our Lord Jesus Christ."
**Resolution 26 noted with approval the work of the [[League of Nations]].

III. Unity of the Church: Resolutions 31–47<br/> 
"The Conference encouraged the Unity of the Church in all parts of the world."{{citation needed|date=June 2017}}
It was primarily concerned (1) with the relations of the Churches of the Anglican Communion to the Orthodox Churches of the East, and (2) with the Proposed Scheme of Union in South India, and (3) with the problems arising in Special Areas.{{sfn|English Church Union|1931}} Various Churches sent delegations to consult with the Conference, notably the Old Catholics.{{sfn|English Church Union|1931}}
*Resolution 31 recorded, "with deep thanks to Almighty God, the signs of a growing movement towards Christian unity in all parts of the world since the issue of the "Appeal to All Christian People" by the Lambeth Conference in 1920 and reaffirmed "the principles contained in it and in the Resolutions dealing with reunion adopted by that Conference."
*Resolution 47 applied the call for Unity of the Church to the Anglican Communion by calling on its members "to promote the cause of union by fostering and deepening in all possible ways the fellowship of the Anglican Communion itself."

IV. Anglican Communion: Resolutions 48–60
*Resolution 49 approved a statement of the "nature and status of the Anglican Communion," namely that "the Anglican Communion is a fellowship, within the one Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church, of those duly constituted dioceses, provinces or regional Churches in communion with the See of Canterbury," which have three things in common:
**(a) "they uphold and propagate the Catholic and Apostolic faith and order as they are generally set forth in the Book of Common Prayer as authorised in their several Churches"
**(b) "they are particular or national Churches, and, as such, promote within each of their territories a national expression of Christian faith, life and worship"
**(c) they are bound together "by mutual loyalty sustained through the common counsel of the bishops in conference."
* This Resolution was a Lambeth Conference's first attempts at defining the Anglican Communion.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20080604173032/http://forums.anglicanjournal.com/timelines/lambeth/ Marites N. Sison, "Lambeth Through the Years: a Chronology"]</ref>
*Resolution 50 reaffirmed Resolution 44 of the Lambeth Conference of 1920, "that the Consultative Body is of the nature of a continuation committee of the Lambeth Conference, and neither possesses nor claims any executive or administrative power" and added further directions for its operation.

V. Ministry of the Church: Resolutions 61–74
*(1) The Ministry of Women: Resolutions 61–72
**Resolution 66 stressed the "great importance of offering to women of ability and education" a role in directing "the work of the Church."
**Resolution 67 reaffirmed the 1920 Conference that "the order of deaconess is for women the one and only order of the ministry which we can recommend our branch of the Catholic Church to recognise and use."
**The 1920 Lambeth Conference had acknowledged that the Church had "undervalued and neglected the gifts of women." Nevertheless, it still held to the "differences between women and men" and said that deaconess was the "only Order of the Ministry" with Apostolic approval. The 1930 Lambeth Conference again rejected any parity of deaconesses with deacons because a deaconess was "outside the historic Orders of the ministry."<ref>[https://www.academia.edu/1146243/Women_religious_ministry_and_female_institution_building "Women in Religious Ministry"]</ref> 
**Resolution 70 allowed bishops, "on the request of the parish priest" to entrust specific functions to deaconesses, namely, "a. to assist the minister in the preparation of candidates for baptism and for confirmation; b. to assist at the administration of Holy Baptism by virtue of her office; c. to baptize in church, and to officiate at the Churching of Women; d. in church to read Morning and Evening Prayer and the Litany, except such portions as are reserved to the priest, and to lead in prayer; with the license of the bishop, to instruct and preach, except in the service of Holy Communion." 
*(2) Religious Communities: Resolution 74
**Resolution 74 recognized "the growth of religious communities both of men and women in the Anglican Communion and the contribution which they have made."

'''Cost of the Conference'''<br/>
Traditionally the Archbishop of Canterbury bore the cost of a Lambeth Conference. For the 1930 Conference, the British Church Assembly provided £2,000. toward the cost. However, this was only a fraction of the total cost. One item, providing lunch and afternoon tea every day for five weeks, cost £1,400.{{sfn|Notare|2008|p=312}}

===Eighth: 1948===
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*Presided over by: [[Geoffrey Fisher]]
*349 bishops attend
*Advised that the ordination of [[Florence Li Tim-Oi]] "would be against the tradition and order...of the Anglican Communion" and dismissed the need for further examination of women's ordination.
*Welcomed full communion between the Anglican and Old Catholic churches.
*Affirmed that "discrimination between men on the grounds of race alone is inconsistent with the principles of Christ's religion".

===Ninth: 1958===
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*Presided over by: [[Geoffrey Fisher]]
*310 bishops attend
*Called for respect for the "consciences" of married couples who use birth control.
*Recommended considering the renewal of the permanent diaconate.

===Tenth: 1968===
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This was the first conference not to take place in Lambeth Palace. This was because of the increase in the number of bishops attending, as well as the presence of almost 100 observers and consultants. Meetings were instead held at Church House, Westminster although the bishops, with their spouses, were invited to dinner at Lambeth by rotation.
* Presided over by [[Michael Ramsey]] who famously dozed off during at least one debate.
*462 bishops attended
*Recommended the ordination of women to the diaconate and the recognition of previously appointed "deaconesses" as deacons.
*Found the arguments for and against women in the priesthood "inconclusive".
*Suggested that assent to the [[Thirty-Nine Articles]] no longer be required of clergy.
*Endorsed [[open communion]].

===Eleventh: 1978===
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*Presided over by [[Donald Coggan]]
*440 bishops attended.<ref>''The New Encyclopædia Britannica'', 1997 Edition, Volume 7: p120.</ref>
This conference "recognised the autonomy of each of its member churches...legal right of each Church to make its own decision" about [[women priests]]. It also denounced the use of capital punishment and called for a common lectionary.

This was the first conference to be held on the campus of the [[University of Kent|University of Kent at Canterbury]] where every subsequent conference has been held.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.archbishopofcanterbury.org/pages/lambeth-conference.html |title=University of Kent. |access-date=29 April 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120210203358/http://www.archbishopofcanterbury.org/pages/lambeth-conference.html |archive-date=10 February 2012 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref>

The 1978 Conference included forty assistant bishops.<ref>[http://www.episcopalarchives.org/cgi-bin/ENS/ENSpress_release.pl?pr_number=78057 “Lambeth Conference Opens July 23 in Canterbury” (Episcopal News Service, March 9, 1978).]</ref>

===Twelfth: 1988===
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*Presided over by [[Robert Runcie]]
*518 bishops present
The conference dealt with the question of the inter-relations of Anglican international bodies and issues such as marriage and family, human rights, poverty and debt, environment, militarism, justice and peace. Women's ordination to the priesthood was also a major topic of discussion. Archbishop [[Michael Peers]], Bishop [[Graham Leonard]], Bishop [[Samir Kafity]], and the Reverend [[Nan Arrington Peete]] spoke to the assembly on the topic.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=GARRETT|first=SAMUEL M.|date=1989|title=Three Weeks in Canterbury: An Interpretive Chronicle of the Twelfth Lambeth Conference, 1988|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/42610341|journal=Anglican and Episcopal History|volume=58|issue=3|pages=291–325|jstor=42610341|issn=0896-8039}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=LYTLE|first=GUY FITCH|date=1989|title=Concluding Thoughts After Lambeth: Reactions to the Event and Its Final Report|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/42610348|journal=Anglican and Episcopal History|volume=58|issue=3|pages=384–408|jstor=42610348|issn=0896-8039}}</ref> Peete, who was ordained in the Episcopal Church USA, was the first female priest to speak at the Lambeth Conference.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Reverend Nan Arrington Peete's Biography|url=https://www.thehistorymakers.org/biography/reverend-nan-arrington-peete|access-date=2021-03-02|website=The HistoryMakers|language=en}}</ref>  The conference decided that "each province respect the decision of other provinces in the ordination or consecration of women to the episcopate."

At previous Lambeth Conferences, only bishops were invited to attend, but all members of the Anglican Consultative Council and representative bishops from the "Churches in Communion" (i.e. the Churches of Bangladesh, North and South India and Pakistan) were invited to attend.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKL2160284620080721 | archive-url=https://archive.today/20120717144940/http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKL2160284620080721 | url-status=dead | archive-date=17 July 2012 | work=Reuters | title=FACTBOX-What is the Lambeth Conference? | date=21 July 2008}}</ref>

=== Thirteenth: 1998 ===
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*Presided over by: [[George Carey]]
*749 bishops present including, for the first time, eleven of them women

The most hotly debated issue at this conference was [[Anglican views of homosexuality|homosexuality in the Anglican Communion]]. It was finally decided, by a vote of 526–70, to pass a resolution (1.10) calling for a "listening process" but stating (in an amendment passed by a vote of 389–190)<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.lambethconference.org/1998/news/lc098.cfm | title=Lambeth Conference 1998 Archives | access-date=27 November 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120728181157/http://www.lambethconference.org/1998/news/lc098.cfm | archive-date=28 July 2012 | url-status=dead | df=dmy-all }}</ref> that "homosexual practice" (not necessarily orientation) is "incompatible with Scripture" and that the Conference "cannot advise the legitimising or blessing of same sex unions nor ordaining those involved in same gender unions".<ref>{{cite web
 | url=http://www.anglicancommunion.org/windsor2004/appendix/p3.6.cfm
 | title=Lambeth Conference 1998: Resolution 1.10 Human Sexuality
 | access-date=3 July 2008
}}</ref> A subsequent public apology was issued to gay and lesbian Anglicans in a "Pastoral Statement" from 182 bishops worldwide, including eight primates (those of Brazil, Canada, Central Africa, Ireland, New Zealand, Scotland, South Africa and Wales),<ref>{{cite web
 | url=http://www.whosoever.org/v3i2/lambeth2.html
 | title=A Pastoral Statement to Lesbian and Gay Anglicans
 | access-date=3 July 2008
| date=September 1998
 }}</ref> and an attempt was made at conciliation the following year in the form of the [[Cambridge Accord]]. Division and controversy centred on this motion and its application continued to the extent that, ten years later, in 2007, [[Giles Goddard]] of [[Inclusive Church]] suggested in published correspondence with Andrew Goddard across the liberal–evangelical divide: "It's possible to construct a perfectly coherent argument that the last 10 years have been preoccupied with undoing the damage Lambeth 1.10 caused to the Communion."<ref>{{cite web
 | url=http://www.inclusivechurch2.net/index.php?id=7189
 | title=Giles to Andrew
 | access-date=3 July 2008
 | url-status=dead
 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170305084344/http://www.inclusivechurch2.net/index.php?id=7189
 | archive-date=5 March 2017
 | df=dmy-all
 }}</ref>

A controversial incident occurred during the conference when Bishop Emmanuel Chukwuma of [[Enugu (city)|Enugu]], Nigeria, attempted to exorcise the "homosexual demons" from Richard Kirker, a British priest and the general secretary of the [[Lesbian and Gay Christian Movement]], who was passing out leaflets. Chukwuma told Kirker that he was "killing the church"; Kirker's civil response to the attempted exorcism was "May God bless you, sir, and deliver you from your prejudice against homosexuality."{{sfnm |1a1=Bates |1y=2004 |1p=137 |2a1=Kirkpatrick |2y=2008 |2p=5 |3a1=Shaw |3y=2006 |3p=97}}

Reflecting on resolution 1.10 in the lead up to Lambeth 2022, [[Angela Tilby]] recalled the intervention of Bishop [[Michael Bourke]], who successfully proposed an amendment which said: "We commit ourselves to listen to the experience of homosexual persons".<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |last=Tilby |first=Angela |date=22 July 2022 |title=Angela Tilby: Lambeth '98's gift to Living in Love and Faith |work=[[Church Times]] |url=https://www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2022/22-july/comment/columnists/angela-tilby-lambeth-98-s-gift-to-llf |access-date=23 July 2022}}</ref> Tilby considered that while the amendment had appeared inconsequential at the time, it had indeed been significant: she said that the idea of "patient listening" underpinned the Church of England's process Living in Love and Faith.<ref name=":0" />

Discussions about a mission to fight poverty, create jobs and transform lives by empowering the poor in developing countries using innovative savings and [[microcredit]] programs, business training and spiritual development led to the formation of [[Five Talents]].<ref>{{cite web | url = http://aoc2013.brix.fatbeehive.com/articles.php/771/archbishop-supports-the-work-of-charity-five-talents | title = Archbishop supports the work of charity Five Talents | date = 2009-10-29 | access-date = 2019-08-11 | quote = Five Talents is now 10 years old, or rather a little bit more than 10 years old, because at the 1998 Lambeth Conference I remember very vividly an evening where we were discussing the first principles of Five Talents; the occasion when some real substance was being put on the ideal and things were moving forward.  | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190811110412/http://aoc2013.brix.fatbeehive.com/articles.php/771/archbishop-supports-the-work-of-charity-five-talents | archive-date = 2019-08-11 | last = Williams | first = Rowan  | author-link = Rowan Williams}}</ref>

===Fourteenth: 2008===
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[[File:LambethLarge1.PNG|thumb|The 2008 Lambeth Conference logo]]
*Presided over by [[Rowan Williams]]
*Around 670 bishops present<ref name="Archbishop of Canterbury"/>

The fourteenth conference took place from 16 July to 4 August 2008 at the [[University of Kent]]'s Canterbury campus. In March 2006 the Archbishop of Canterbury, [[Rowan Williams]], issued a pastoral letter<ref>{{cite press release |date=9 March 2006 |title=Archbishop Sets Out Thinking on Lambeth Conference 2008 |url=http://www.archbishopofcanterbury.org/514 |publisher=Archbishop of Canterbury |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091016003859/http://www.archbishopofcanterbury.org/514 |archive-date=16 October 2009 |access-date=11 June 2017}}</ref> to the 38 primates of the Anglican Communion and moderators of the united churches setting out his thinking for the next Lambeth Conference.

Williams indicated that the emphasis will be on training, "for really effective, truthful and prayerful mission".  He ruled out (for the time being) reopening of the controversial resolution 1.10 on human sexuality from the previous Lambeth Conference, but emphasised the "listening process" in which diverse views and experiences of human sexuality were being collected and collated in accordance with that resolution and said it "will be important to allow time for this to be presented and reflected upon in 2008".

Williams indicated that the traditional plenary sessions and resolutions would be reduced and that "We shall be looking at a bigger number of more focused groups, some of which may bring bishops and spouses together."

Attendance at the Lambeth Conference is by invitation of the Archbishop of Canterbury. Invitations were sent to more than 880 bishops around the world for the Fourteenth Conference. Notably absent from the list of those invited are [[Gene Robinson]] and [[Martyn Minns]]. Robinson was the first Anglican bishop to exercise the office while in an acknowledged same-sex relationship, and Rowan Williams said it was "proving extremely difficult to see under what heading he might be invited to be around", drawing criticism.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2008/8-february/comment/giles-fraser-lambeth-a-conference-of-shame|title=Lambeth: a conference of shame|last=Fraser|first=Giles|author-link=Giles Fraser|date=6 February 2008|access-date=15 January 2019|website=[[Church Times]]}}</ref> Minns, the former rector of [[Truro Parish|Truro Episcopal Church]] in [[Fairfax, Virginia]], was the head of the [[Convocation of Anglicans in North America]], a splinter group of American Anglicans; the [[Church of Nigeria]] considered him a missionary bishop to the United States, despite protest from Canterbury and the U.S. Episcopal Church.

In 2008, four Anglican primates announced that they intended to boycott the Lambeth conference because of their opposition to the actions of [[Episcopal Church (United States)|Episcopal Church in the USA]] (the American province of the Anglican Communion) in favour of homosexual clergy and same-sex unions.<ref>{{cite press release |title=GAFCON Response to Evangelical English Bishops |url=http://www.anglican-nig.org/main.php?k_j=12&d=156&p_t=index.php? |publisher=Church of Nigeria |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101203225843/http://www.anglican-nig.org/main.php?k_j=12&d=156&p_t=index.php%3F |archive-date=3 December 2010 |access-date=11 June 2017 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Davies |first=Matthew |date=15 February 2008 |title=Five primates announce Lambeth Conference boycott |url=http://www.episcopalchurch.org/79901_94975_ENG_HTM.htm |work=Episcopal Life Online |agency=Episcopal News Service |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081214173316/http://www.episcopalchurch.org/79901_94975_ENG_HTM.htm |archive-date=14 December 2008 |access-date=11 June 2017}}</ref> These primates represent the Anglican provinces of Nigeria, Uganda, Kenya and Rwanda. In addition, [[Peter Jensen (bishop)|Peter Jensen]], Archbishop of [[Anglican Diocese of Sydney|Sydney]], Australia and [[Michael Nazir-Ali]], [[Bishop of Rochester]], among others announced their intentions not to attend.

The [[Global Anglican Future Conference]], a meeting of conservative bishops held in [[Jerusalem]] in June 2008 (one month prior to Lambeth), was thought by some to be an "alternative Lambeth" for those who are opposed to the consecration of Robinson.<ref>{{cite web |last=Hadley |first=Mark A. |title=Future Anglicans unite |url=http://sydneyanglicans.net/news/future_anglicans_unite/ |publisher=Anglican Diocese of Sydney |access-date=11 June 2017}}</ref> GAFCON involved Martyn Minns, [[Peter Akinola]] and other dissenters<ref>{{cite press release |date=24 December 2007 |title=Global Anglican Future Conference in Holy Land Announced by Orthodox Primates |publisher=GAFCON |url=http://www.gafcon.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=6&Itemid=6 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081005212926/http://www.gafcon.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=6&Itemid=6 |archive-date= 5 October 2008 |access-date=11 June 2017}}</ref> who considered themselves to be in a state of impaired [[Communion (Christian)|communion]] with the American Episcopal Church and the See of Canterbury.{{citation needed|date=June 2017}} The June 2008 church blessing of a civil relationship between Peter Cowell, an Anglican chaplain at the [[Royal London Hospital]] and priest at [[Westminster Abbey]], and David Lord, an Anglican priest serving at a parish in [[Waikato]], New Zealand, renewed the debate one month prior to the conference. [[Martin Dudley]], who officiated at the ceremony at [[St Bartholomew-the-Great]], maintained that the ceremony was a "blessing" rather than a matrimonial ceremony.<ref>{{cite news |last=Dudley |first=Martin |author-link=Martin Dudley |date=17 June 2008 |title=Why I blessed gay clergymen's relationship |url=http://www.newstatesman.com/religion/2008/06/gay-relationship-marriage-love |magazine=New Statesman |access-date=11 June 2017}}</ref>

[[File:Icon Cathedral 3.jpg|thumb|right|alt=Icon of the Melanesian Martyrs at Canterbury Cathedral|Icon of the Melanesian Martyrs at Canterbury Cathedral]]
In 2008, the seven martyred members of the [[Melanesian Brotherhood]] were honoured during the concluding Eucharist of the 2008 conference at [[Canterbury Cathedral]]. Their names were added to the book of contemporary martyrs and placed, along with an [[icon]], on the altar of the "Chapel of the Saints and Martyrs of Our Times". When the Eucharist was over, bishops and others came to pray in front of the small altar in the chapel.<ref>{{cite news |last=De Santis |first=Solange |date=3 August 2008 |title=Lambeth bishops attend closing Eucharist; Martyred Melanesian brothers honoured in Canterbury Cathedral |url=http://www.episcopalchurch.org/79901_99702_ENG_HTM.htm |work=Episcopal Life Online |agency=Episcopal News Service |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090907114423/http://www.episcopalchurch.org/79901_99702_ENG_HTM.htm |archive-date=7 September 2009 |access-date=3 December 2009}}</ref> The icon stands in the cathedral<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.canterburydiocese.org/thegathering/programme/friday4september09/index.htm |title=The Gathering |date=4 September 2009 |publisher=Canterbury Diocese |access-date=3 December 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090916055217/http://www.canterburydiocese.org/thegathering/programme/friday4september09/index.htm |archive-date=16 September 2009}}</ref> as a reminder of their witness to peace and of the multi-ethnic character of global Anglicanism.

===Fifteenth: 2022===

:{{main|Fifteenth Lambeth Conference}}

* Presided over by [[Justin Welby]]
* Around 660 bishops present<ref name="hereatlast">{{cite web |author1=Pat Ashworth |title=Lambeth Conference is here at last |url=https://www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2022/29-july/features/features/lambeth-conference-is-here-at-last |website=[[Church Times]] |access-date=4 August 2022 |date=28 July 2022}}</ref>

The ten-year cycle followed since 1948 would have suggested a Lambeth Conference in 2018. [[Justin Welby]] had replaced Rowan Williams in 2013, and against a backdrop of disagreement within the Anglican Communion over homosexuality, Welby declined to convene a conference until he had visited primates in their own countries,<ref>{{cite news |last=Butter |first=Jan |date=6 October 2014 |title=Abp Welby: 'Next Lambeth Conference a decision for the primates' | url=http://www.anglicannews.org/news/2014/10/abp-welby-next-lambeth-conference-a-decision-for-the-primates.aspx |work=Anglican Communion News Service |access-date=10 July 2015}}</ref> and felt confident that the vast majority of bishops would attend.<ref>{{cite news |last=Conger |first=George |date=30 September 2014 |title=Lambeth Conference cancelled |url=http://anglicanink.com/article/lambeth-conference-cancelled |work=Anglican Ink |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305232721/http://www.anglican.ink/article/lambeth-conference-cancelled |archive-date=5 March 2016 |access-date=15 November 2014}}</ref> Welby appointed a Design Group<ref>Anglican Communion News Service, "Lambeth Design Group puts down foundations for Lambeth 2020 planning" https://www.anglicannews.org/news/2017/03/lambeth-design-group-puts-down-foundations-for-lambeth-2020-planning.aspx</ref> under the chairmanship of Archbishop [[Thabo Makgoba|Thabo Makoba]] of Cape Town to plan for a conference in 2020.<ref>{{cite news |last=Zink |first=Jesse |date=22 January 2016 |title=If it doesn't work, do something new |url=https://www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2016/22-january/comment/opinion/if-it-doesn-t-work-do-something-new |newspaper=Church Times |access-date=11 January 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=15 January 2016 |title=Communiqué from the Primates of the Anglican Communion |url=http://www.primates2016.org/articles/2016/01/15/communique-primates/ |publisher=Anglican Communion Office |access-date=11 June 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170606164840/http://www.primates2016.org/articles/2016/01/15/communique-primates/ |archive-date=6 June 2017 |url-status=usurped |df=dmy-all }}</ref> Given the [[COVID-19 pandemic]], the conference was delayed by two years.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.lambethconference.org/announcements/rescheduling-the-lambeth-conference-to-2022/ | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200710170100/https://www.lambethconference.org/announcements/rescheduling-the-lambeth-conference-to-2022/ | url-status = dead | archive-date = 10 July 2020 | title = The Lambeth Conference reschedules to 2022 | date = 2020-07-08 | website = Lambeth Conference | access-date = 2020-07-08 }}</ref> With the theme, "God's Church to God's World",<ref>See Stephen Spencer ed., God's Church to God's World: Reports, Addresses and Calls from the Lambeth Conference 2022 (SCM, 2022); Robert S. Heaney, John Kafwanka K and Hilda Kabia eds. (Foreword, Justin Welby), God's Church to God's World (Church Publishing, 2020).</ref> the conference began on 27 July 2022. It lasted for 12 days with around 660 bishops in attendance.<ref name="hereatlast" /><ref name="programme">{{cite web |title=Programme overview and timetable |url=https://www.lambethconference.org/programme/programme-overview/ |website=Lambeth Conference |access-date=5 August 2022}}</ref>

The conference once again included significant discussion of [[Homosexuality and the Anglican Communion|homosexuality]] and [[same-sex marriage]], with a draft 'call'{{efn|It was decided that the 2022 conference would not make resolutions on topics, but rather issue '[[Fifteenth Lambeth Conference#Lambeth Calls|calls]]', declarations which the Anglican Communion could then pray, think and reflect on such that each province could decide on its own response.<ref name=Call>{{cite web |author1=Pat Ashworth |title=Draft Lambeth Conference 'call' threatens to reignite 1998 row over homosexuality |url=https://www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2022/29-july/news/world/draft-lambeth-conference-call-threatens-to-reignite-1998-row-over-homosexuality |website=[[Church Times]] |access-date=4 August 2022 |date=22 July 2022}}</ref>}} with similarities to Resolution 1.10 from the 1998 conference being included in the conference's proceedings (which declared gay sex to be a sin).<ref name=Call /><ref name=G1>{{cite web |author1=Harriet Sherwood |title=Justin Welby 'affirms validity' of 1998 gay sex is sin declaration |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/aug/02/justin-welby-affirms-validity-of-1998-declaration-that-gay-sex-is-a-sin |website=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=4 August 2022 |date=2 August 2022}}</ref> On 2 August, Welby 'affirmed the validity' of Resolution 1.10 saying that it was "not in doubt".<ref name=G1 /> This prompted criticism from several LGBTQ+ activists including [[Jayne Ozanne]] and [[Sandi Toksvig]],<ref name=G1 /><ref>{{cite web |author1=Geneva Abdul |title=Sandi Toksvig says 'lives at stake' after anti-gay Anglican church declaration |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/aug/04/sandi-toksvig-lives-at-stake-anti-gay-anglican-church-declaration-justin-welby |website=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=4 August 2022 |date=4 August 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author1=Lily Wakefield |title=Powerful Anglican bishops call on 'homosexual practices' to be rejected because gay sex is a sin |url=https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/08/02/lambeth-conference-call-human-dignity-anglican-church-lgbtq/ |website=[[PinkNews]] |access-date=4 August 2022 |date=2 August 2022}}</ref> and the signing by 175 bishops and primates of a pro-LGBTQ statement asserting the holiness of the love of all committed same-sex couples.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://opentable.lgbt/our-news/2022/8/3/otn-patron-signs-statement-from-anglican-bishops-to-affirm-and-celebrate-lgbt-people | title=OTN Patron signs statement from Anglican bishops to affirm and celebrate LGBT+ people }}</ref>

In response to the discourse surrounding sexuality at the Conference, the [[University of Kent]] LGBT+ Staff Network organised an 'inclusion march' called the Lambeth Walk, which was attended by over 150 people including LGBT+ bishops and their spouses, followed by the ''Rainbows in Religion'' symposium which included guest speakers [[Jayne Ozanne]] and Dr Angus M Slater.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sandiford |first=Miriam |date=July 29, 2022 |title=Students and staff come together for the Lambeth Walk |url=https://blogs.kent.ac.uk/staff-student-news/2022/07/29/students-and-staff-come-together-for-the-lambeth-walk/# |url-status=live |website=University of Kent}}</ref>

==References==
===Notes===
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===Citations===
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==Further reading==
*''Conference of Bishops of the Anglican Communion, Encyclical Letter'', etc. (London, 1897 and 1908).
*Dewi Morgan, ''Lambeth Speaks'' (London: A.R. Mowbray, 1958). ''N.B''.: This is a sampling of authoritative texts from various Lambeth Conferences across the years.

==External links==
*{{official website|http://www.lambethconference.org/}}
*[http://www.anglicancommunion.org/acns/archive/index.html Archive of Lambeth Conferences Resolutions]
*[http://anglicanhistory.org/canada/fulford/synod_sermon1866.html A Pan-Anglican Synod. A Sermon preached at the General Ordination held by the Right Reverend the Lord Bishop of Oxford, in the Cathedral Church of Christ in Oxford, on Sunday, December 23, 1866], by Francis Fulford. This file contains documentation on the first Lambeth Conference.
*[http://anglicanhistory.org/gore/contra1930.html Documentation on Anglicanism and contraception in connection with the Lambeth Conference]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20130816182534/http://lambeth.iglesiaepiscopal.org.co/ Conferencia de Lambeth(2008)] En Español.
*[http://archives.lambethpalacelibrary.org.uk/calmview/Record.aspx?src=CalmView.Catalog&id=LC Records of the Lambeth Conference at Lambeth Palace Library]

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