[Anglican Communion News Service] On the final morning  (May 4) of the formal meetings of the 17th meeting of the Anglican Consultative Council (ACC-17) in Hong Kong, three new members have been elected to the Standing Committee including, for the first time, a youth member. The three are, Basetsana Makena, Anglican Church of Southern Africa; Joyce Haji Liundi Anglican Church of Tanzania; and Hosam Elias Naoum, the Episcopal Church of Jerusalem and the Middle East. Makena was attending her first ACC meeting as one of the new regional Youth Members, representing the continent of Africa.

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