The COVID-19 pandemic and the measures to contain its spread are causing prolonged disruption and hardship to people’s lives in every part of the world, impacting not only people’s physical health and well-being, but also their mental health. From our regional and global calls, we are aware that concern about mental health is rising up […]

“The delayed global response to climate injustice gives the impression that #blacklivesdontmatter. Without urgent action Black lives will continue to be the most impacted, being dispossessed from their lands and becoming climate refugees. We stand at a Kairos moment – in order to fight environmental injustice, we must also fight racial injustice.” ACEN statement on […]

The Anglican Alliance continues to connect frequently through regional online consultations across the Anglican Communion to hear from churches and agencies on how they are responding to COVID-19 and all its related challenges. In the articles below we highlight some of the many profound insights and lessons that we learn each day from Anglicans and […]

Physical distancing is vital if we are to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 virus. Yet as lockdown eases in many countries we are now going out more into social spaces and encountering others – friends and strangers. While we all know the rules, it can sometimes feel awkward to ask someone else to keep […]

As this year’s Thy Kingdom Come initiative draws to a close, Dr Elizabeth Perry, the Anglican Alliance’s Programme and Communication Manager, reflects on Pentecost and shares images and music from “the ends of the earth”. Elizabeth writes… At Pentecost, as Christians we remember and celebrate the moment when the Early Church burst forth onto the […]

In this time between Ascension Day and Pentecost, the Archbishop of Canterbury has invited Christians across the world to join the initiative called ‘Thy Kingdom Come’. We are encouraged to pray especially for five friends, family and neighbours to encounter the love of God in Christ. We are also called to pray for the empowerment […]

 Thy Kingdom come, thy will be done on earth, as it is in heaven What do we imagine or long for when we pray these familiar words? Where do we see glimpses of God’s kingdom in our world? How can we help in making God’s kingdom more present on earth? At the Anglican Alliance, these […]

“Thank you so much for the lovely call yesterday. It was so good to hear what’s happening around the region. God is so faithful! These ‘gatherings’ are little tastes of heaven on earth, glorifying God for what He is doing and has done.” – Evangelical Church representative, UAE On 30th April, participants from the Province of Jerusalem […]

Since February 2020, the Anglican Alliance has been convening regional and global consultations with participants from across the Communion to share learning about their experiences of COVID-19 and how the churches are responding. Although it is a time of great uncertainty and anxiety, it is also a time of deepening connections as people pray together […]

At this time of extraordinary change and anxiety across the world due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Anglican Church of Melanesia is facing an additional trauma with the onslaught of a tropical cyclone. Cyclone Harold formed off the Solomon Islands in early April and caused loss of life and damage in those islands before moving […]