A missional Primate?

What is the Primate’s role in the Anglican Church of Canada? Over the past three years, the Primatial Role Task Force explored this question through historical research and consultation with active Anglicans. In the latest General Synod web forum post, task force member Norah Bolton explains what they learned about the Primate’s role and mission.

“There was a strong consensus that Anglicans want their Primate to be prophetic and inspiring,” she writes, “able to listen and care, as well as to be visible both within the church and beyond it.”

Read the full article and offer your input online.

From June 3 to 11 more than 300 delegates will gather in Halifax, N.S. for General Synod, which is held every three years. The “Setting Sail: Conversations before General Synod” web forum is a place to discuss the major topics that will arise at General Synod—from strategic planning to sexuality.


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