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11 March 2022 2022 Lambeth Awards recognise those whose service builds hope around the world

This week the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby announced the 2022 Lambeth Awards. This year these were awarded to 37 recipients across four continents, for their contributions to community service, worship, evangelism, interfaith cooperation, ecumenism and education. The awards included some whose dedicated work has brought hope and transformation into issues of environmental justice, humanitarian […]

28 February 2022 Anglican Resources for Lent 2022

Anglican mission and development agencies across the Communion have published a wealth of Lenten resources to aid reflection and action on pressing global concerns in the light of Scripture. All can be downloaded, or signed-up for, for free. Here we offer a brief summary of each agency’s offering, in alphabetical order. Anglican Board of Mission, […]

14 February 2022 Freedom Fridays in February: Online Course Launched

The Anglican Alliance has launched its four-week course on tackling modern slavery and human trafficking. Freedom Fridays in February is bringing together participants in two online courses, one for the Asia-Pacific region, the other for Africa and the Middle East in collaboration with the Council of Anglican Provinces in Africa (CAPA). Over 100 people are […]

31 January 2022 Inundações no Estado da Bahia, Brasil – Resposta Anglicana, 27 de janeiro de 2022

No dia de Natal, após semanas de impacto das chuvas, houve grandes inundações, duas represas desmoronaram no Estado da Bahia, agravando a devastação. O governador do estado, Rui Costa, descreveu-o como “o pior desastre que já ocorreu na história da Bahia”. Meio milhão de pessoas foram diretamente afetadas pelas enchentes e os temores de impactos […]

27 January 2022 Flooding in Bahia State, Brazil – Anglican responses

On Christmas Day, after weeks of heavy rain had already caused widespread flooding, two dams collapsed in Brazil’s Bahia State, compounding the devastation. The state’s governor Rui Costa described it as “the worst disaster that has ever occurred in the history of Bahia”. Half a million people were directly affected by the flooding and fears […]

22 January 2022 Tonga: Church responds following massive volcanic eruption and tsunami waves

The Anglican Church is responding to the disaster on the islands of Tonga. On 15 January 2022 the Hunga Tonga – Hunga Ha’apai Volcano erupted in the sea 65km from Tonga’s capital, generating a massive ash plume and triggering tsunami waves across the nation’s islands. The Anglican Diocese of Polynesia and Anglican Missions, based in […]

21 December 2021 Celebration as first graduates of the Resilience Course are commissioned

“I thank you and commend you deeply for your commitment… which will bring about change across the whole Anglican Communion, rippling out from our church into our communities” – Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby Over the last year, Anglicans from every part of the Communion have been participating in a ground-breaking initiative: an online learning […]

9 December 2021 Reflecting on the Anglican Communion’s engagement with COP26

Of all my unusual experiences at COP26, going on a space safari was perhaps the most unexpected. The UK pavilion had a 3D virtual reality headset, and the enthusiastic young aide was determined I was going to try it. I was pushed for time and anxious to get to my next meeting but after exploring […]

5 November 2021 Anglican Communion COP26 Policy Brief presented to the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church

The Anglican Communion delegation has now arrived in Glasgow, Scotland, and is actively engaging in the United Nations Climate Change Conference – COP26. On Monday 1 November the delegation presented the Anglican Communion’s COP26 Policy Brief to the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby and the Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church, Bishop Mark Strange. They […]

25 October 2021 COP26 and the Anglican Communion

The world’s eyes will soon be focused on Glasgow, Scotland as world leaders gather for COP26, the 26th Conference of the Parties (COP) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). Our accompanying piece sets out the particular importance of COP26 and how global faith leaders have been speaking into it. In this piece […]