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Plea for nuclear caution as church rolls out earthquake response

Plea for nuclear caution as church rolls out earthquake response

The Anglican Church in Japan is rolling out an £5.2 million programme to support the survivors of the devastating tsunami.

04 July 2011

Myanmar principal: 'Clergy need to find new ways to communicate to youth

Myanmar principal: 'Clergy need to find new ways to communicate to youth

Western influences in Myanmar are having a huge impact on the lives of young people – so that many are struggling to absorb the Christian faith.

27 June 2011

New USPG Chief Executive champions capacity building in world church

New USPG Chief Executive champions capacity building in world church

The new Chief Executive of the Anglican mission agency USPG has pledged her commitment to supporting capacity building in the world church.

24 June 2011

Bishop of Egypt calls on Christians to lobby for 'spiritual democracy' in the Middle East

Bishop of Egypt calls on Christians to lobby for 'spiritual democracy' in the Middle East

The Most Revd Mouneer Anis, Bishop of Egypt and President Bishop of the Church in Jerusalem and the Middle East, told the annual conference of the Anglican mission agency USPG on Monday: "Christians - and Anglicans in particular - have a special role to play in helping to establish peace in Egypt and through the Middle East."

21 June 2011

Archbishop Rowan Williams urges USPG to 'surprise and engage' the Church of England

Archbishop Rowan Williams urges USPG to 'surprise and engage' the Church of England

Archbishop Rowan Williams urged the new Chief Executive of Anglican mission agency USPG to ‘surprise and engage’ the Church of England with new ideas for world mission.

10 June 2011

16 arrested as persecution of Anglicans in Zimbabwe continues

16 arrested as persecution of Anglicans in Zimbabwe continues

Sixteen church-goers have been arrested and priests have been turned out of their homes in Zimbabwe’s Diocese of Harare – where the Anglican Church is facing persecution at the hands of an ex-communicated bishop.

02 June 2011

The Anglican Communion responds to the Japanese earthquake

The Anglican Communion responds to the Japanese earthquake

Churches and agencies of the Anglican Communion have begun to plan how best to respond to the 8.9-magnitude earthquake and tsunami impacting countries across the Pacific Ocean.

11 March 2011

USPG: Anglicans in World Mission appoints a new General Secretary/Chief Executive

USPG: Anglicans in World Mission appoints a new General Secretary/Chief Executive

USPG has announced that Janette O’Neill will take over as General Secretary/Chief Executive from 1st May of this year, when the current General Secretary, Bishop Michael Doe retires.

23 February 2011

USPG appoints new General Secretary

USPG appoints new General Secretary

The United Society for the Propagation of the Gospel (USPG), one of the Church of England’s major world mission agencies, has appointed the Rt Revd Michael Doe, Bishop of Swindon, to be its next General Secretary. 

04 February 2004