Agents of Change programmes are getting ready to launch as over sixty students begin their studies this month. Anglicans around the world are eager to start the innovative programme, following the success of global pilot programmes last year. Student groups in Bangladesh, Canada, Myanmar, Papua New Guinea, South Sudan, Sri Lanka, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe […]
Bishop Mauricio Andrade from the Diocese of Brasilia will address global participants at the Landless Worker’s Movement (MST) National Congress in Brazil in February. The Congress will bring together up to 20,000 people, including national activists, international partners, and social movements from around the world to discuss agriculture and land reform. Studies and debates will […]
Alliance appeal brings support for Bangladesh garment workers
An appeal launched by the Church of Bangladesh through the Anglican Alliance raised USD $16,000 for garment workers and their families, following the collapse of the Rana Plaza factory in April last year. Some families, many of whom lost their sole income earner in the disaster, failed to receive financial support in the months following […]
Archbishop Albert Chama welcomes new directors
Archbishop Albert Chama looks forward to a new chapter of the Alliance and welcomes Revd Andy Bowerman and Revd Rachel Carnegie to their new roles.
Advocacy reaches world leaders
The voices of Anglicans in South Sudan have reached international governments as the Church speaks out for peace and reconciliation.
Anglicans respond to crisis in South Sudan
Churches and agencies are working with the Anglican Alliance to support the church in South Sudan after conflict has left more than 400,000 people displaced and killed up to 10,000. The local church is providing practical support to the thousands across the country who have been left without food, water or shelter.
19 May 2014
Women empowered to transform education
Women leaders in education, who attended the Anglican Alliance’s last Commonwealth Professional Fellowship Scheme, have now returned home and are putting their plans in to action. A recent update from Janet Sarker, Education Coordinator for the Church of Bangladesh, has revealed the launch of her plans for long-term comprehensive training for teachers across Bangladesh and the development of […]
Bible studies encourage community development
A new initative bringing communities together around the Bible has led to women’s empowerment projects starting up in the Diocese. Since last year the communities from Concórdia in the Southern Diocese of Brazil have begun to gather around the Bible and study together. These groups emerged due the need to better understand the scriptures and […]
Hope for flood victims in Honiara
Tagolyn Kabekabe, the Anglican Alliance’s Facilitator for the Pacific, writes this article on the recent flash-flooding in Honiara and the response of the local church as they reached out to those affected.
Anglicans call for action on climate change
This year the Anglican Alliance is working closely with churches and agencies across the Pacific to call on the G20 to take action on climate change. Following the G20 Civil Society (C20) event the Anglican group in the Pacific will take the lead on a campaign that will ask the 88 million Anglicans around the world to sign a […]