Compass Rose Society supports Theological Education

Archbishop Rowan Williams has made theological education one of the top priorities of his primacy. As a result, he has asked the Compass Rose Society to support a project whereby sets of theological texts are sent to under-resourced theological colleges throughout the Anglican Communion.

This project has been facilitated by TEAC (Theological Education for the Anglican Communion), a working party of the Anglican Primates, and Clare Amos from the Anglican Communion Office. It is part of the process of articulating and supporting a distinctive "Anglican Way" in theological education.

The following is a list detailing the set of texts that have been provided as a result of Compass Rose Society members' support for this project.

1. Horizons of Mission - Titus Pressler
2. Means of Grace, Hope of Glory - Raymond Chapman
3. Anglicanism - Mark Chapman
4. How to be an Anglican - Richard Giles
5. The Anglican Vision - James. E Griffiss
6. The Identity of Anglicanism - Paul Avis
7. The Anglican Understanding of the church - Paul Avis
8. A History of Global Anglicanism - Kevin Ward
9. The Anglican Communion and Homosexuality - Philip Groves
10. Anglicanism and the Christian Church - Paul Avis
11. Signposts series 1 - On a Common Journey - Stephen Pickard and Duleep de Chickera
12. Signposts series 2 - Mission and Evangelism - Michael Doe
13. The Lambeth Reader
14. Beyond Colonial Anglicanism - lan. T Douglas
15. The Study of Anglicanism - Stephen Sykes and others
16. An Introduction to World Anglicanism - Bruce Kaye
17. Holistic Mission - Anglican Communion Mission and Evangelism Office
18. A church for the future - Harold. T Lewis
19. The Bishop in Liturgy - Colin Buchanan
20. Modern Anglican Ordination Rites - Colin Buchanan
21. Reinventing Anglicanism - Bruce Kaye
22. Being Anglican - Alastair Redfern
23. Generous Love : An Anglican theology of inter faith relationships -Anglican Communion Network of Inter Faith relations
24. Anglican Liturgical Inculturation in Africa - David Gitari
25. Liturgical Inculturation in Anglican Communion - David R. Holeten
26. Growing together in unity and mission - IARCCUM
27. A passionate Balance - Alan Bartlett
28. Communion, Conflict and Hope - IATDC
29. The life and work of a Priest - Richard Pritchard
30. The Renewal of Anglicanism - Alister McGrath
31. The Anglican Spirit - Michael Ramsey
32. Anglican Identities - Rowan Williams
33. Love's Redeeming work - Geoffrey Rowell, Rowan Williams and others
34. The Book of Common Prayer - Charles Hefling
35. Revising the Eucharist - David R. Holeten
36. Anglican Orders and Ordination - IALC
37. Anglican Ordination Rites - IALC
38. Understanding Anglican worship - David Kennedy
39. The transformation of Anglicanism - William L. Sachs
40. DVD - The Lambeth Conference Journal

Recipients of the "Anglican Way" Compass Rose book consignment to date have included:

1. Newton Theological College Papua New Guinea
2. Bishop Patterson College Malaita Solomon Islands
3. St Paul's Theological College and University, Limuru, Kenya
4. Diocesan Training Institute Mauritius
5. St Thomas Theological College , Lahore, Pakistan
6. House of the Epiphany, Kuching, Malaysia
7. Le Seminaire de Theologie, Eglise Episcopale d'Haiti, Port-au-Prince, Haiti
8. St Peter's Hall Trinity Theological College, Singapore
9. Theological College of Lanka, Kandy, Sri Lanka
10. Nungalinya College Incorporated, (Training of indigenous people) Northern Territory, Australia
11. Masalato Bible College, Dodoma, Tanzania
12. St Nicholas Seminary, Cape Coast, Ghana
13. Seminari Theoloji Malaysia, Seremban, Malaysia
14. St George's College, Jerusalem
15. St. Paul's Theological Seminary, Iloilo City, Philippines
16. Institute of Theology, Ebonyi State, Nigeria
17. Leonard Kamungu Theological College, Zomba, Malawi
18. Bishop Michael Fape, Diocesan TEE programme, Nigeria
19. Holy Cross College, Yangon, Myanmar
20. Karen Anglican Ministry on the Border (Myanmar/Thailand)
21. College of the Transfiguration, Grahamstown, South Africa
22. Bishop Gaul College, Harare, Zimbabwe
23. Zion Theological College, Nigeria
24. Central Theological Seminary (ACTS), Pangasinan, Philippines,
25. St John's Anglican Seminary, Kitwe, Zambia
26. St Philips Theological College, Kongwa, Tanzania
27. Archbishop Vining College of Theology, Akure, Nigeria
28. Trinity Theological College, Umuahia, Nigeria
29. St Francis of Assisi College, Wusasa, Nigeria
30. Immanuel College of Theology, Ibadan, Nigeria

This project is ongoing, and the Compass Rose Society continues to encourage the support of members and other individuals who may be interested in this project. A full set of these texts can be purchased and shipped to those who need them for US$2,500.

This project will have an enduring benefit for a large number of current and future theological students throughout the Communion.