International consultants from USA, Canada and the Caribbean met at Grace Church in Charleston, SC, for the first North American Consultants Conference from 10th -12th May 2005. The Revd Nadim Nassar, Director of TICC, and the Revd Canon Bruce Duncan MBE, Chair of the International Consultant Board, attended the conference, along with a number of special guests.

The Conference was expertly chaired by Canon Duncan. Fr Nadim introduced the Awareness Course, our powerful teaching material which is currently undergoing test-marketing in the UK, to the Conference; it was agreed by all present that an Awareness Conference should take place at Grace Church from 9th to 12th January 2006, followed by a meeting of the International Consultants on 13th January.

Other important decisions included establishing a North American office in Washington DC and unanimously welcoming three brand new International Consultants:

• The Rt Revd Errol Brooks, Bishop of Antigua
• The Rt Revd Andrew St.John, Vicar, The Church of the Transfiguration, New York, USA
• The Revd Dr DeeDee Estes, Chaplain, St. Andrew's School, New Orleans, USA