Faith in a time of COVID-19 (Coronavirus)

Every part of the Communion is now responding at some level to the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic. Some provinces have been dealing with the situation for longer and there are important lessons to learn from their pastoral and practical responses that promote public...

Sustaining Community and Building Hope: Church Responses to COVID-19 (Coronavirus)

While some parts of the Communion have been living with the reality of COVID-19 for a few months, others have seen a rapid acceleration in infections, public anxiety and government response more recently. At the Anglican Alliance we have been monitoring the situation...

Seeing “the footprints of Christ” in the Sustainable Development Goals

“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...

Anglican churches in the Philippines respond to multiple disasters with characteristic resourcefulness, but capacity is now stretched by number and scale of emergencies

“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...

Living with the impacts of a volcanic eruption: insights from the Philippines

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...

Local Anglicans provide care and support to bushfire victims in Australia

“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...