The group, meeting at first on a trial basis, was officially constituted two years later, and Floyd was elected its first president. AABS continued to thrive under the leadership of its second president, L. William Countryman, Professor of New Testament, the Church Divinity School of the Pacific. In 1999 AABS elected as its president the controversial New Testament scholar and bestselling author Marcus Borg, Hundere Distinguished Professor of Religion, Oregon State University. AABS meets annually each November in conjunction with the annual joint meeting of the American Academy of Religion and the Society of Biblical Literature . AABS meetings usually include a worship service, dinner and speaker on Friday, and an open program and business meeting on Saturday morning.
Papers read at our meetings are now available online .
Our next meeting is. . . . There is also an online forum for member discussion. Our members recently issued a statement in response to the 1998 Lambeth Conference . Ongoing projects sponsored by AABS include a lectionary commentary group, an experimental small group Bible study, and a project on the Bible and preaching. Through the Answer Line , AABS members are available to answer your questions about the Bible from an Anglican perspective via E-mail.