Anglican Church of Australia Ecumenical Dialogues

The Anglican Communion is engaged in multiple ecumenical dialogues. Some occur as international dialogues with representatives from across the Communion and others as dialogues carried out by the local national churches.

The Anglican Communion Office site notes past and current dialogues and documents.

In Australia the Anglican Church has been involved in dialogues with the Roman Catholic Church, the Eastern Orthodox and Oriental Orthodox Churches, the Lutheran Church and the Uniting Church. Some of these dialogues have produced agreements or documents for further reflection. In 1998 the Standing Committee of General Synod established an Ecumenical Strategies Working Group (this is now a Commission of the Synod). In 1998 Steps to Unity : An Outline Process for Ecumenical Convergence from an Anglican Perspective. was issued.

Anglican-Lutheran Dialogue

In 2001a report was issued entitled: Common Ground: Covenanting for Mutual Recognition and Reconciliation.

The Anglican General Synod endorsed the document without change in 2004.

Anglican-Roman Catholic Dialogue

Within Australia dialogue between the Anglicans and Roman Catholics has mirrored some of that at the international level by ARCIC (Anglican Roman Catholic International Commission (International Anglican Roman Catholic Commission for Unity and Mission.)

The local group in Australia has been AUSTARC (Australian Anglican Roman Catholic Conversations)

Local papers or documents have included The Saints and Christian Prayer and Ministry on the Way.

Anglican-Uniting Church Dialogue

In 2001 the document For the Sake of the Gospel: Mutual Recognition of Ministries in the Anglican and Uniting Churches in Australia was signed.