Know your HIV status: Message for 2018 World Aids Day

‘Live life positively – know your HIV status’ is the message for the 30th World AIDS Day – today, 1 December 2018. The United Nations is calling for global efforts to increase access and uptake of HIV testing. While very significant progress...

Welcoming the Stranger: Anglican Church in Amman begins free neighbourhood clinic

St. Paul’s Anglican Church in the Ashrafiyeh neighbourhood of Jordan’s capital city Amman has long been a place of welcome to displaced people from the region. The church was founded by Palestinian refugees in the 1950s and in the decades since has welcomed new...

First Agents of Change graduation for the Anglican Church of Papua New Guinea: “A joyous occasion not only for them, but for all of us”, Dennis Kabekabe, group mentor and Provincial Secretary

After months of hard work, eight participants from the Morobe Deanery of Lae, Papua New Guinea have successfully completed the Agents of Change community development course (find out more about the course here). Their success was celebrated at a special ceremony in...

Churches in East Asia tackle human trafficking and promote safe migration

“If a survivor comes to your church there needs to be an open-handed welcome, because the church is the only place that can meet all of a survivor’s needs …that can give spiritual support.” So spoke a participant at last week’s consultation on human trafficking...

Troubled Waters – a reflection for the Season of Creation

“Water is the primary medium through which we will feel the effects of climate change. Water availability is becoming less predictable in many places, and increased incidences of flooding threaten to destroy water points and sanitation facilities and contaminate...

Churches respond as storms wreak havoc across continents

Typhoons and hurricanes have hit the eastern United States, northern Philippines and now Hong Kong and China. As thousands have been evacuated, many have lost their homes and livelihoods. In the midst of the pain and destruction, the Church is there responding. Super...