Our Ways of Working

The ‘we’ of the Anglican Alliance are all in the Communion who share the vision and wish to participate in this collaborative mission. The role of the staff is to facilitate this participation.

We seek to work as:

A global organization – which equips local churches to respond, as their actions are rooted in the lives of those who are most affected by poverty and injustice, in all parts of the world.

A story-telling organization – telling the good news of the Communion’s work in challenging and transforming poverty, inequality, conflict and injustice.

A value-adding organization – through connecting and building capacity by developing strategies to address skills and resource issues for Anglicans working in development, relief and advocacy and not duplicating programmatic work.

A connecting organization – brokering relationships with Anglican churches, agencies, networks and others, building a web of communication across and beyond the Anglican Communion, including partnerships with other organizations.

An enabling organization – which values mutuality and inter-dependence, promoting opportunities for mutual support, listening and learning at all levels.

An empowering organization – driven from the grassroots up, decentralizing and supporting the regions to identify their own priorities and opportunities for sharing skills and working collaboratively.

A professional organization – respected and effective as its work is based on international development and humanitarian standards and supports institutional strengthening.

A learning organization – with a culture that encourages innovation and shared learning, especially in the access and use of technologies in challenging contexts.

A reflective organization – grounding its work in theological and biblical reflection, stimulating sharing of perspectives and taking the long view.

A faithful organization – responding to God’s holistic mission and reflecting God’s unconditional love for all and the dignity and value of every human person.

The Anglican Alliance is not a funding agency and does not run development projects.

“The Anglican Alliance are not a funding agency… Money comes with baggage and changes dynamics; not having it allows the Alliance to have sensitive conversations. They are able to talk with others without the power dynamic that comes with money.”
Contributor to the 2017 Anglican Alliance stakeholder review.