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Round-table discussion explores how to support bishops in their ministry

Wed, 06/12/2017 - 02:07

A meeting of bishops, trainers and funders has been held in Nairobi to explore how best to support and equip episcopal ministry.

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New faces at the Anglican Communion News Service

Wed, 06/12/2017 - 00:52

Two members have joined the team at the Anglican Communion News Service – the official news service of the Anglican Communion.

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Southern African Primate takes part in 24-hour climate change broadcast

Wed, 06/12/2017 - 00:07

Archbishop Thabo Makgoba takes part in a live 24-hour broadcast to detail how people all over the world are fighting the climate crisis.

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New Prior announced as Community of St Anselm opens applications for 2018

Tue, 05/12/2017 - 04:38

The Revd Dr Rosalyn Murphy will become Prior of the monastic community for young people based at Lambeth Palace, from April 2018.

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Paper-based social-media campaign links Anglicans against gender-based violence

Tue, 05/12/2017 - 00:47

Anglicans worldwide are using a simple paper-based social-media campaign to mark 16-Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence.

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Churches challenged to “rehabilitate and refresh” how they explain the Gospel

Mon, 04/12/2017 - 23:11

Archbishop John Davies used his enthronement service on Saturday to warn that churches are “not always seen for the good we do.”

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Anglican journalist receives award from the Countess of Wessex

Sat, 02/12/2017 - 06:48

Madeleine Davies, the deputy news editor of Britain’s Church Times newspaper, has received an award from the Awareness Foundation.

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Anglican Communion Secretary General “excited” by his new peace role in Nigeria

Sat, 02/12/2017 - 06:01

Dr Josiah Idowu-Fearon, has spoken of his excitement at being appointed to lead a peace commission in the Nigerian state of Kaduna.

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Adviento en Instagram: vea el mundo anglicano y episcopal celebrar y participe

Sat, 02/12/2017 - 05:28

ACNS está lanzando un nuevo servicio de Instagram, que muestra cómo los anglicanos de todo el mundo están experimentando Adviento.

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Advento no Instagram: veja o mundo anglicano e episcopal celebrar e junte-se a ele

Sat, 02/12/2017 - 05:28

ACNS is launching a new Instagram service, showcasing how Anglicans around the world are experiencing Advent and Christmas.

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Advent on Instagram: see the Anglican world celebrate and join in!

Sat, 02/12/2017 - 05:28

ACNS is launching a new Instagram service, showcasing how Anglicans around the world are experiencing Advent and Christmas.

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Mexican churches work with UN to implement Sustainable Development Goals

Sat, 02/12/2017 - 01:39

Churches in Mexico have met members of the United Nations Development Program to discuss the implementation of the UN’s SDGs.

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Church without walls uses food truck to drive home Christian mission

Fri, 01/12/2017 - 23:19

A church plant in Houston, Texas, has wheels but not walls as it takes church - and food - to several small communities of worshippers.

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First Persian woman to be ordained to the episcopate consecrated in Canterbury Cathedral

Fri, 01/12/2017 - 07:50

The first Persian woman to become a bishop was consecrated by the Archbishop of Canterbury this morning during a service in his Cathedral.

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Lusophone Network work towards annual Anglican Communion-wide Day of Prayer

Fri, 01/12/2017 - 05:57

Delegates at the Lusophone Network meeting in Porto have set out plans to focus on four key areas as they seek to develop the group.

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A Rede Lusófona trabalha para um Dia de Oração anual em toda a Comunhão Anglicana

Fri, 01/12/2017 - 05:57

Delegates at the Lusophone Network meeting in Porto have set out plans to focus on four key areas as they seek to develop the group.

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Archbishop of Canterbury intervenes in Anglo-American diplomatic Twitter row

Fri, 01/12/2017 - 01:40

In a rare political intervention, Archbishop Justin Welby has criticised US President Donald Trump for retweeting anti-Muslim videos.

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Anglican conference centre opens in the heart of Cairo

Thu, 30/11/2017 - 06:18

The Diocese of Egypt has opened its new All Saints’ Garden Conference Centre in Zamalek, an island in the middle of the River Nile.

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Church of Ceylon announces new bishop of Kurunegala after a three-year wait

Wed, 29/11/2017 - 22:54

The Diocese of Colombo’s Archdeacon of Nuwara Eliya, the Ven Keerthisiri Fernando will be the Church of Ceylon’s next Bishop of Kurunegala.

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Bishop of Belize: “Children are an important part of who we are”

Tue, 28/11/2017 - 22:22

Bishop Philip Wright has spoken of the importance of children during an interview conducted by a student of Belize High School.

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