THE CHALLENGE OF THE COVENANT
Uniting in Mission and Holiness
The Second Quinquennial Report (2013) of the
Joint Implementation Commission
under the Covenant between
The Methodist Church of Great Britain
And
The Church of England
LIST OF CONTENTS
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Please note that the sections of this report (particularly those under the headings “Working
Together in Worship and Mission”, “Towards Visible Unity in Worship, Mission and Holiness”
and “Growing in Holiness”) are designed to be read in any order.
THE CHALLENGE OF THE COVENANT: UNITING IN MISSION AND HOLINESS
Preliminaries
1.
Title Page and List of Contents
2.
Foreword by the Co-Chairs and List of Members of the JIC
3.
Introduction - the Covenant Text
4.
Uniting in Mission and Holiness – a Biblical Meditation
Recollection
5.
Behold the Servants of the Lord: Assessing Ten Years of living in Covenant
Working Together in Worship and Mission
6.
Joint Consultation and Decision Making
7.
Covenant Partnerships in Extended Areas
Towards Visible Unity in Worship, Mission and Holiness
8.
Overseeing the Way of Uniting in Mission
9.
Developing Bonds of Communion
10. Models for Uniting in Oversight
11. Signs of Continuity in Faith, Worship and Mission
Growing in Holiness
12. Christian Perfection
Commitment
13. Let it be according to your will: the Challenge to our Churches
The Revd Canon Dr Paul Avis was the Anglican Co-Convenor of the JIC until November 2011. He
contributed greatly to its work, and therefore to the writing of this report. In particular he
contributed material that has been used in the chapter Signs of Continuity in Faith, Worship and
Mission which overlaps with material in the forthcoming report of the Anglican Methodist
International Commission for Unity in Mission (AMICUM) of which he has also been a member. The
JIC is extremely grateful to Dr Avis and AMICUM, neither of whom are to be held responsible for the
opinions in this report or the way that the material has been used.