The aim of this project, funded by Trinity Church, Wall Street, is to train, support and connect lay and ordained young people involved in various areas of Christian leadership and ministry so that they are better equipped to take on the wide variety of challenges and opportunities that leadership provides in both a local and global Anglican context. These leaders in this program have eight unique projects that they will implement in their local congregations during this year’s Advent season. The Anglican young scholars and leadership project provides a great opportunity for young leaders to concretize this Lambeth 22 vision into practical usefulness. It opens room for creativity, for re-imagination, and for dialogue on how Christian life should make sense in its own time, become truthful and authentic, and to promote life in abundance in whatever context we find ourselves. The way in which these calls dialectically engaged obligation of fidelity to tradition with the equal obligation to contemporaneity is of great importance to young Anglican leaders. This conference will be remembered for introduction of the ‘Lambeth Calls.’ The calls captured declarations of the Anglican fundamental beliefs, affirmations of current priorities and invitations for further work through walking, listening and witnessing together. Paul’s University, Limuru launched an Anglican young scholars and leadership project in Kenya with the title “Strengthening and Connecting our Anglican Leaders.” The project comes against the backdrop of Lambeth 2022. On September 15 th 2022, Virginia Theological Seminary and St. Young Anglican Leaders Thinking the Marks of Mission Globally, and Acting Locally: A Review of the VTS Young Leaders Mentorship project in Kenya
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