Michael Poon

Michael Poon is canon of Saint Andrew's Cathedral, Singapore, and former director of the Centre for the Study of Christianity in Asia, Trinity Theological College. He is a member of the Standing Commission on Unity, Faith and Order of the Anglican Communion, and Anglican member of the Anglican Roman Catholic International Commission.

Reaffirming our Vows and Rekindling our First Love by Michael Poon

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Reaffirming our Vows and Rekindling our First Love: the Sanctification of the Anglican Communion A response to my fellow Anglican presbyter Andrew Goddard by Michael Poon, Singapore republished with permission from the Global South Anglican site I remind you to fan into flame the gift of God , which is in you through the laying … Continue Reading

Questions from Singapore to Peter Jensen about GAFCON by Michael Poon

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Questions from Singapore to Archbishop Peter Jensen on the Global Anglican Future Conference by Michael Poon Director of the Centre for the Study of Christianity in Asia, Trinity Theological College, Singapore republished with permission from the Global South Anglican site Dear Archbishop Peter, I read with interest your 27 December 2007 Statement on the proposed … Continue Reading

Questions from Singapore about the Global Anglican Future Conference by Michael Poon

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Questions from Singapore on the Global Anglican Future Conference by Michael Poon Director of the Centre for the Study of Christianity in Asia, Trinity Theological College, Singapore republished with permission from the Global South Anglican site “Everything is permissible” — but not everything is beneficial. “Everything is permissible” — but not everything is constructive. Nobody … Continue Reading

Making sense of the Coming of Age of the Church of the Global South: A Message to Anglican friends in Canada and the United Kingdom

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When I was an Anglican in Canada, Anglican ethos was defined by WASP identity (White Anglo-Saxon Protestant), the Queen’s Christmas messages, gin and sherry, and perhaps a sampling of haggis on Burns’ night. That was only thirty years ago. And what a different Anglican world we live in today. What’s the difference? I am not … Continue Reading

Maintaining the Bonds of Affection and the Discovering of Objects of Love:An East Asian Response to the Windsor Report 2004

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Download the article as a PDF. Michael PoonMichael Poon is canon of Saint Andrew’s Cathedral, Singapore, and former director of the Centre for the Study of Christianity in Asia, Trinity Theological College. He is a member of the Standing Commission on Unity, Faith and Order of the Anglican Communion, and Anglican member of the Anglican … Continue Reading

The Communion post November 2nd 2003 — Self-Examination from East Asia

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Bishop Tom Wright of Durham in a recent article in the Guardian (October 18, 2003: That special relationship) helpfully compared the plight of the United Nations with that of the Anglican primates in the face of American unilateral actions. It would be unhelpful to stereotype those in leadership in America, and in ECUSA, as ugly … Continue Reading