By ACNS staff

Anglicans working locally for peace and justice can now share their stories, photos, links and best practice on a new Facebook page dedicated to stories that inspire hope.

The Anglican Peace and Justice Network (APJN) launched their first ever Facebook page ‘Stories of Hope: Anglicans for Peace with Justice’ yesterday, and in the first 24 hours it has attracted more than 300 ‘Likes’.  

“We wanted grassroot Anglicans to be able to communicate with the whole Communion from wherever they are doing the work of Christ-centred peace-building and seeking justice,” said Anglican Peace and Justice Network convenor Delene Mark.

“Their stories of hope will show all of us how faith is being lived out, even in the most challenging and turbulent places in the world. No story is too small or too local to share and to inspire others.”

“Now we invite Anglicans the world over to post their own stories. This will help us to get to know about one another and it will help us to pray for one another,” said Canon Mark of the Anglican Church of Southern Africa.

Church of England Bishop David Rossdale who has been helping APJN to think through how it can best facilitate communication, agreed, “We know that transformational Kingdom-building is happening through the daily work for peace with justice in parishes and communities in every Province of the Communion. This Christian witness goes mostly unsung, but each story is a record of an active God who works through us all to achieve God’s purposes. It’s time to share these stories of hope”.

This is the latest Anglican Communion international network or initiative to take advantage of the global networking power of social media. Hundreds are already sharing best practice in evangelism and church growth on the Anglican Witness Facebook page http://www.facebook.com/groups/anglicanwitness and thousands of Anglicans and Episcopalians with a passion for caring for the environment are members of the Green Anglicans group on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/GreenAnglicans and Twitter http://twitter.com/greenanglicans.

The address of the new Facebook page for the Anglican Peace and Justice Network is  www.facebook.com/AnglicansforPwithJ

For more information contact Terrie Robinson, Anglican Communion Networks Co-ordinator at terrie.robinson@anglicancommuion.org