Synod notes with satisfaction the efforts of the Primate of the Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion), His Grace, The Most Rev. Peter J. Akinola, in giving the Church of Nigeria, (CAPA and Global South a purposeful and effective leadership. It further expresses its approval of his actions and pronouncements against errors of revisionist ideologies.

The requests for APO, first from the Diocese of Fort Worth, which issued its statement before the close of The Episcopal Church's triennial General Convention (June 13–21), and then, nearly simultaneously this past week, from Pittsburgh, South Carolina, San Joaquin, Central Florida, and Springfield, suggest that the requests are part of a coordinated strategy planned long before the church's meeting in Columbus.

Grass root members of the Church of Ireland are concerned with what is going on in the wider Anglican Communion. The person in the pew reads startling headlines about sexuality issues in Anglican churches overseas and is left wondering where we as a church stand on these issues. We note that many dioceses have voted at their diocesan synods to uphold the biblical teaching of the church in the area of human sexuality but we also are aware that many dioceses have not debated the issue.

No one can assume that there are easy answers - and perhaps that is the crux of the problem facing the leadership of our Communion. The issue at stake is not just a crisis of identity, but also a shopping for palatable answers in a situation of contending convictions and shifting values.