Anglican leaders from the Pacific call for theological education discussion
[Anglican Taongo] Pacific Anglican leaders and theological educators will gather this week for a special Fono, or council, to converse on future directions in theological education and ministry leadership formation in the region’s Anglican churches.
The Fono gathers the six primates of the Anglican Church in Papua New Guinea, Vanuatu, Solomon Islands, Kanaky New Caledonia, Australia, Aotearoa, New Zealand, Fiji, Tonga and Samoa to consider how to strengthen high quality ministry training embedded in the context of the Pacific countries and cultures, with a strong emphasis on local Indigenous knowledge, ways of learning and contextualizing the Gospel.
This week’s Fono will discuss the concept of a “Center of Theological Excellence” to be situated in the Diocese of Polynesia. The concept proposes excellence of theological education in a particular field of interest that is founded of Indigenous and peoples centered views as well as a Moana perspective of theological education. This center would serve vital educational needs for leadership training in the wider Pacific Anglican Church.
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