“In order to deal with the challenges of poverty and inequality, we need to have a comprehensive plan. The Church has the Five Marks of Mission, which are a tool for the churches to engage, and the global leaders have come up with the SDGs. We find good good synergies [between these] – so we […]

“The bright spot in all these recent calamities is that there are very few costs in human lives. We attribute this to the growing awareness and preparedness of our people as well as our collective prayers. And so, as we go through all these, we need the prayerful support of our partners and our Communion. […]

In our accompanying piece, we look at how churches in the Philippines have responded to the multiple disasters that have affected the country in the last few months. Here, we share a more personal perspective on the impacts of the most recent of the disasters, the eruption of Taal volcano. Tina, a good friend of […]

“We are living in a time of great trial and anguish for many people in Queensland, and other parts of Australia, due to destructive bushfires”, writes the Archbishop of Brisbane, Phillip Aspinall. “People have lost their lives and homes and others face anxious times during evacuation orders. Human livelihoods are at risk and there are […]

The Anglican Alliance for Development, Relief and Advocacy is delighted to announce the appointment of the Revd. Canon Grace Kaiso as Senior Adviser. Archbishop Albert Chama, Primate of the Anglican Province of Central Africa and Chair of the Anglican Alliance, warmly affirms this appointment. “I welcome Canon Grace Kaiso who has joined the Anglican Alliance. […]

“I call upon churches to create consciousness that there is a crisis which we are all part of… I call upon the churches to work in a united way. As faith-based organisations we can make a difference working together. “This is God’s world. We play a very important role as stewards of this reality. God […]

With many others around the world, the Anglican Alliance grieves for the tragic loss of Chris and Susanna Naylor and Miranda Harris in a car accident in South Africa on Monday. Miranda and her husband Peter, who remains in hospital, were co-founders of A Rocha, the profoundly influential creation care organisation that has helped so […]

“Love those who have been sick and their families, accept them, tell them that they are welcome. They are people that have been resurrected like Jesus”, The Most Reverend Justin Welby, Archbishop of Canterbury. The Church in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has, this week, been further building its capacity to respond to the […]

The world has looked on in shock and alarm at the destruction being wrought to the Amazon rainforest by the fires raging there. Thousands of fires continue to burn in Brazil – the most intense in almost a decade – and it is here that the situation is seen as most concerning. However, fires are […]

“Abaco, Grand Bahama and the whole Bahamas will not be the same for a long time. There are years of healing, settling and resettling, rebuilding and redevelopment before us. Entire local economies have to be rebuilt. However, right now the pain and anguish and suffering are great, for all of us. There are people of […]