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UN hears of Anglicans' refugee and migrant experience

The Archbishop of Central Africa has told the UN secretary general that “hospitality, reconciliation and love are our most formidable weapons against hatred and extremism.”

19 September 2016

Young West Indies Anglicans to be Agents of Change

The Anglican Alliance held a training programme for young people across the West Indies, helping them to develop a vision of positive change for their local community.

10 August 2016

Gun battle ends South Sudan youth festival

A three-day youth festival in the Anglican Diocese of Juba came to an abrupt end as hundreds of young people were forced to flee a gun battle that erupted without warning.

28 July 2016

Anglican Alliance helps to co-ordinate global response to South Sudan violence

The Anglican Alliance is helping to co-ordinating the response from Anglican churches and agencies around the world to the ongoing violence in South Sudan.

20 July 2016

Cathedral provides sanctuary as thousands flee Juba violence

Thousands of people in Juba are seeking sanctuary in church compounds as a fierce gun battle rages around them.

12 July 2016

Equipping churches to respond to Human Trafficking

Representatives from Anglican and Salvation Army churches across Africa met in Cape Town last week to share insights and build a common vision on how to tackle human trafficking and modern day slavery.

01 June 2016

Japanese Anglicans open support centre following earthquakes

The Anglican Church in Japan is drawing on its experience of the 2011 tsunami to respond to the powerful earthquakes that struck the island nation last month. Twin earthquakes of 6.5 and 7.3-magnitude in April caused extensive damage in Kumamoto prefecture on Kyushu, the southern island of Japan, killing over 65 people and injuring nearly 1,600.

17 May 2016

African Anglicans look to reduce El Nino's hunger footprint

Anglican churches are prioritising advocacy and practical responses to El Niño’s increasingly devastating impact on food security in the southern and central parts of Africa, says the Anglican Alliance’s facilitator in the region. 

29 April 2016

"It's not about numbers but human beings" - Anglicans serve refugees in Cyprus

The Revd Christine Goldsmith makes regular visits to Kofinou Refugee Camp located in the Cypriot countryside 20 minutes by car from the port city of Larnaca. The curate at St Barnabas Anglican Church in Limassol, further to the west on Cyprus’s southern coast says she goes to show that someone cares and is willing to listen, and to help where she is able.

25 March 2016

Reconciliation and the 'beautiful game'

Football may be a religion for some, but it is also a universal language. One clergyman from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has a vision to transform lives and he believes football can play a part in bringing reconciliation to his war-torn country.

03 March 2016