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Anglicans in Melanesia on the frontlines of climate change
Anglicans in Melanesia are helping to relocate entire villages after rising sea levels caused by climate change have left their settlements uninhabitable. Workshops were held in March this year, run by the Anglican Church of Melanesia (ACOM) and the Pacific Council of...
Violence in South Sudan: coordinating the global Anglican response
SUDRA, the relief and development arm of the province of the Episcopal Church of South Sudan and Sudan (ECSSS), is responding to the needs of displaced people in Juba and other areas thanks to the support of Anglican agencies and partners. The Anglican Alliance...
Join Christians worldwide to celebrate the Season of Creation
Churches across the world will be marking this year’s Season of Creation with services and times of worship that celebrate God’s creation and serve as a reminder of humanity’s duty to safeguard the earth. The Season runs from 1 September to 4 October 2016, and the...
Team Refugee: A symbol of hope, strength and perseverance for refugees worldwide
A team of ten refugees are in Rio de Janeiro to compete in this year’s Olympic Games, having formed the first ever Refugee Olympic Team. Whilst the refugees have no home country or flag to unite them, they represent the 65 million displaced people in the world and...
Caring for stranger and neighbour – the Church in Tanzania
When the refugees arrived from Burundi last year, the first places they sought sanctuary were the churches in the Diocese of Western Tanganyika (DWT). The people of the diocese are often poor themselves, but they responded with loving generosity to the strangers in...
Young West Indies Anglicans to be Agents of Change
Building on the success of the Church in the Province of the West Indies third Provincial Youth Gathering, held in Grenada from 16 to 23 July, the Province and the Anglican Alliance hosted two in-depth training events for 30 young people from across the West Indies....
Caring for Creation
"The earth cannot survive without human beings taking care of it." Video credit: Episcopal News Video
Can the Church use football to transform lives?
On the International Day of Sport for Development and Peace*, the Anglican Alliance is lifting up the Anglican Communion narrative of using football to engage communities to build peace, empower people, and bring social cohesion.
Fiji: Rebuilding a Resilient Pacific after Cyclone Winston
The region’s strongest-ever cyclone struck the islands of Fiji at the end of February, affecting over 350,000 people after causing widespread damage in Tonga. A month on, the Diocese of Polynesia is poised to bring renewed life and hope to those returning home.
Church in Ecuador responds to earthquake with relief and care
After the 7.8 magnitude earthquake that hit the northern coast of Ecuador, churches have been responding with relief and care to the worst earthquake to hit the region in 36 years.
Anglicans urged to serve God’s mission by caring for Creation
The strong call to work for environmental justice from the Anglican Consultative Council at its meeting in Lusaka, Zambia, last month has strengthened the Anglican Alliance’s ongoing focus on building a just and sustainable world.
Japan diocese opens support centre following earthquakes
The Anglican Communion in Japan is drawing on its experience of the 2011 tsunami to respond to the powerful earthquakes that struck the island nation last month.
