Original ALMA Covenant

This Covenant was signed in 1998 and was the original covenant setting up the Angola, London and Mozambique Association. The covenant was renewed in 2008.

We, as members of the Body of Christ and fellow pilgrims into eternity, recognising that each partner has gifts to share and needs to be met, enter into a partnership to be known as ALMA (Angola, London and Mozambique Association).

The soul of our partnership is a commitment to live out a dynamic solidarity of mutual responsibility and interdependence; and is rooted in the Word of God and in a sacramental life, which reflects an engaged spirituality typical of our Anglican heritage.

Our aims are:

To assist our Dioceses to get to know one another and to learn from each other to assist each other in our mission of proclaiming the message of salvation, for example by:

• sharing our efforts in response to the opportunities created by the Decade of Evangelism.
• preparing with specific tasks our mission in the new millennium, mindful of the fact that it is a Christian event.
• equipping our ministry for tasks relevant to today's world, such as evangelism in a pluralistic context, the international debt, land mines, poverty and family life to be sensitive and active in matters of peace, especially in an effort to enhance a culture of peace in our societies.

To further our partnership we are establishing a common fund into which all will contribute according to their ability and from which each partner will draw according to their needs.

Our partnership will be reviewed by our respective diocesan authorities after a period of five years.

It is our prayer that our congregations and diocesan bodies will further and enrich the work of ALMA through local creativity and prayer.

Dated this twelfth day of July in the year of our Lord Jesus Christ, one thousand, nine hundred and ninety eight.

Bishop of Lebombo,   Bishop of London,   Bishop of Niassa