| Repository | Lambeth Palace Library |
| Level | Subfonds |
| Alt Ref No | MS 4208-4219 |
| Extent | 12 files |
| Title | Anglican-Methodist Conversations |
| Date | 1956-1972 |
| Description | Papers relating to dialogue between the Church of England and the Methodist Church |
| AdminHistory | Meetings between representatives of the Church of England and the Methodist Church began in 1956. An interim statement was issued in 1958, and a report, Conversations between the Church of England and the Methodist Church, in 1963. On the basis of this report and subsequent consultations in the dioceses, the Anglican-Methodist Unity Commission was set up in 1965 to prepare a scheme of unity. An interim statement, Towards reconciliation, was issued in 1967 and a report, Anglican-Methodist Unity in 1968. The scheme failed in 1969 when it failed to secure the required majority in the Convocations.
The Anglican Co-Chairmen were G.K.A. Bell, Bishop of Chichester (1956-58), H.J. Carpenter, Bishop of Oxford (1958-63), and R.W. Stopford, Bishop of London (1965-68). |
| RelatedMaterial | For the papers of E.W. Kemp, Bishop of Chichester, on Anglican-Methodist dialogue, see Lambeth Palace Library MSS 3555-3560. |
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| Code | Name | Dates |
| 135 | Bell; George Kennedy Allen (1883-1958); Bishop of Chichester | 1883-1958 |
| 287 | Carpenter; Harry James (1901-1993); Bishop of Oxford | 1901-1993 |
| 552 | Stopford; Robert Wright (1901-1976); Bishop of London | 1901-1976 |
| 145 | Church of England; 1534- | 1534- |
| NA1263 | Methodist Church of Great Britain; 1932- | 1932- |
| DS/UK/3235 | Anglican Methodist Unity Commission; 1965- | 1965- |