[The Church of England] Leaders of the Church of England and the Methodist Church in Great Britain issued a challenge to work to become “fully one” as they celebrated the 21st anniversary of the historic covenant between the two churches.
Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby and the president of the Methodist Conference, the Rev. Helen Cameron, urged the two churches to go beyond the progress made over the last 21 years towards greater unity. They spoke at a Nov. 4 service at Methodist Central Hall followed by evensong at Westminster Abbey, to mark the anniversary of the Anglican-Methodist Covenant, which was signed there in front of Queen Elizabeth II on Nov. 1, 2003.
The covenant recognizes how much the two churches — which separated in the 1790s — have in common and commits them to removing obstacles toward unity.
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