The ACIC has existed for more than three decades. Its members follow the 1928 version of the Book of Common Prayer.

Generally, the members are former Episcopalians, who have opposed the liberalization of mainline church teachings in areas such as abortion rights, ordination of women and same-sex marriages.

However, the final break for many of these clerics was the controversy last year over the Episcopalians' ordination of an openly gay man, Bishop Gene Robinson.

The report said the recommendation to divest, made by 29 Anglican representatives who toured the Holy Land this week before reaching their decision, will be delivered at a 2005 meeting of the Anglican Consultative Council, to be held in Wales. It will include representatives from all 38 provinces of the worldwide Anglican Communion, which includes the Anglican Church of Canada and the Church of England in England, as well as the Episcopal Church, USA.

Lord George L. Carey, the retired 103rd Archbishop of Canterbury who headed the Anglican Church until 2002, led back-to-back confirmation services last week at the historic Truro Church in Fairfax, Va. Carey reportedly told the media during a press conference after the services that he objected to the Los Angeles Diocese's move to file lawsuits against the three churches that seceded and placed themselves under the Diocese of Luwero, in the Anglican Union province of Uganda, Africa.

As a sign of this, he welcomed the synod's ecumenical observers: The Rt. Rev. Robert Duncan, Bishop of the ECUSA Diocese of Pittsburgh and Moderator of the Anglican Communion Network, The Rt. Rev. Keith Ackerman, Bishop of the ECUSA Diocese of Quincy, The Rt. Rev. Royal Grote, Bishop of the REC's Diocese of Mid-America, The Rev. Canon Warren Tanghe, SSC, and Lay Canon Cris Fouse of Forward in Faith, North America, and The Rev. James Monroe of the Anglican Catholic Church.