Anglican award.Rev. Paul Gibson For the American baseball player, see . Paul Bernard Gibson MP (born 19 January 1944 in Young, New South Wales) is an Australian politician, elected as a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly. He has two sons and two daughters. , who served as General Synod's liturgical officer and consultant for theological education for 25 years, is to be awarded the Cross of St. Augustine by the Archbishop of Canterbury The Archbishop of Canterbury is the main leader of the Church of England and by convention is also recognised as head of the worldwide Anglican Communion. The current archbishop is Rowan Williams. , Rowan Williams. Mr. Gibson, who is currently part-time coordinator of liturgy for the worldwide Anglican Consultative Council The Anglican Consultative Council or ACC is one of the four "Instruments of Communion" of the Anglican Communion. It was created by a resolution of the 1968 Lambeth Conference. , is one of 10 who will receive the award at a ceremony at Lambeth Palace on Oct. 31. "The Cross of St. Augustine has historically been awarded to clergy and lay people of foreign churches who have contributed conspicuously to advancing friendly relations with the churches of the Anglican Communion," Lambeth Palace said in a statement. "More recently, it has been given for outstanding service within the Church of England Church of England: see England, Church of. whether centrally or in the dioceses, or the Anglican Communion as a whole, and also to those who have contributed to advancing relations between the various Christian communions and churches." During his time at the national office of the Anglican Church of Canada, Mr. Gibson, now retired, helped to edit the Book of Alternative Services and was project manager of the 1998 hymn book a book containing a collection of hymns, as for use in churches; a hymnal. See also: Hymn , Common Praise. Staff |
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