23 June 2020
The Anglican Communion’s response to COVID-19: insights and learning from our most recent regional calls
The Anglican Alliance continues to connect frequently through regional online consultations across the Anglican Communion to hear from churches and agencies on how they are responding to COVID-19 and all its related challenges. In the articles below we highlight some of the many profound insights and lessons that we learn each day from Anglicans and […]
19 June 2020
Anglican Communion’s response to COVID-19: Latest on Resource Hub
WHAT ARE WE SEEING? WHAT IS GOD SAYING TO US? Each time we meet online with sisters and brothers around the Anglican Communion an implicit question arises: what is COVID-19 showing us about the world as it is and what is God telling us about the world as it could be? In his Sermon on […]
4 June 2020
Greetings from a distance! Creative ways to ensure safe physical distance
Physical distancing is vital if we are to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 virus. Yet as lockdown eases in many countries we are now going out more into social spaces and encountering others – friends and strangers. While we all know the rules, it can sometimes feel awkward to ask someone else to keep […]
29 May 2020
Thy Kingdom Come 2020: short reflections from across the Anglican Communion – Pentecost
As this year’s Thy Kingdom Come initiative draws to a close, Dr Elizabeth Perry, the Anglican Alliance’s Programme and Communication Manager, reflects on Pentecost and shares images and music from “the ends of the earth”. Elizabeth writes… At Pentecost, as Christians we remember and celebrate the moment when the Early Church burst forth onto the […]
27 May 2020
Thy Kingdom Come 2020: short reflections from across the Anglican Communion – part 2
In this time between Ascension Day and Pentecost, the Archbishop of Canterbury has invited Christians across the world to join the initiative called ‘Thy Kingdom Come’. We are encouraged to pray especially for five friends, family and neighbours to encounter the love of God in Christ. We are also called to pray for the empowerment […]
21 May 2020
Thy Kingdom Come 2020: short reflections from across the Anglican Communion – part 1
Thy Kingdom come, thy will be done on earth, as it is in heaven What do we imagine or long for when we pray these familiar words? Where do we see glimpses of God’s kingdom in our world? How can we help in making God’s kingdom more present on earth? At the Anglican Alliance, these […]
18 May 2020
Connecting across the Middle East in response to COVID-19
“Thank you so much for the lovely call yesterday. It was so good to hear what’s happening around the region. God is so faithful! These ‘gatherings’ are little tastes of heaven on earth, glorifying God for what He is doing and has done.” – Evangelical Church representative, UAE On 30th April, participants from the Province of Jerusalem […]
17 May 2020
Latest news briefing: Anglican Communion Responds to COVID-19
This post brings the latest news briefing from the Anglican Alliance on how the Anglican Communion is responding to the COVID-19 pandemic in their own contexts. In each place the churches are continuing to minister with compassion, courage, creativity and care, above all bringing hope, as God’s Church for God’s World. This Easter season, in […]
30 April 2020
Recent learning from across the Communion as churches respond to the COVID-19 crisis
Since February 2020, the Anglican Alliance has been convening regional and global consultations with participants from across the Communion to share learning about their experiences of COVID-19 and how the churches are responding. Although it is a time of great uncertainty and anxiety, it is also a time of deepening connections as people pray together […]
29 April 2020
Anglican Church in Melanesia responds to dual challenges of Cyclone Harold and COVID-19 pandemic
At this time of extraordinary change and anxiety across the world due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Anglican Church of Melanesia is facing an additional trauma with the onslaught of a tropical cyclone. Cyclone Harold formed off the Solomon Islands in early April and caused loss of life and damage in those islands before moving […]