14 February 2019
People forced from home by climate change: Lambeth Roundtable on Climate Change Migrants and Refugees – with a focus on small island states
“Three of the five nations named by the United Nations as anticipated to be under water by the end of the century are within the Diocese of Polynesia. Scientists stated recently that this human-made tragedy may happen within the next 50 years. The nations are Kiribati, the Marshall Islands and Tuvalu. In Fiji, the headquarters […]
13 January 2019
Exile and Hope – a week spent amongst refugees in Jordan
‘Get up, take the child and his mother, and flee to Egypt, and remain there until I tell you; for Herod is about to search for the child, to destroy him.’ Then Joseph got up, took the child and his mother by night, and went to Egypt, and remained there until the death of Herod. Matthew 2:13-15 In these […]
2 December 2018
Safeguarding creation, renewing the life of the earth: the Katowice climate summit and our Advent hope
“As Anglicans, we are called to safeguard the integrity of creation, and sustain and renew the life of the earth. Three years ago, the global community came together to agree targets to safeguard the world against cataclysmic climate change. Recent scientific studies have shown that those commitments are at risk of being nothing more than warm words […]
1 December 2018
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 has been made in tackling HIV, still in 2017 an estimated 2 million […]
28 November 2018
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 generations of refugees who have made their way to Ashrafiyeh, most […]
22 November 2018
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 Lae, presided over by Archbishop Allan Migi, the Primate of the Anglican Province […]
8 October 2018
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 – a participant who was herself a survivor, trafficked from […]
25 September 2018
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 water sources.” UN Water Across the world today, people are facing myriad water challenges, many of […]
18 September 2018
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 Typhoon Mangkhut hits the Philippines Typhoon Mangkhut, known locally as Typhoon Ompong, […]
1 September 2018
Celebrating the Season of Creation
“Creation is God’s intricate work of art, and human beings are privileged to be placed within it. In this Season of Creation, we celebrate God the Creator, we thank God for the extraordinary riches of his grace. But we also come in sorrow for the way we have defaced creation and misused it for our […]