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"Tour Against Trafficking" aims to raise awareness stamp out slavery

Diana Cisneros, herself a victim of human trafficking, has helped another victim find safe haven after her husband saw a young girl running from a hotel with no shoes on. "It was a red flag to him. He pulled the car over and talked to her; she turned out to be a victim of human trafficking. We were able to get her help and to get her to a safe place."

15 October 2015

From the ashes: new chapel consecrated at Virginia Theological Seminary

The fire that gutted the Victorian chapel at the Virginia Theological Seminary (VTS) in Alexandria, USA, should be seen as “to the Glory of God”, the Archbishop of Canterbury has said as a new Chapel for the Ages was consecrated by the Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church.

14 October 2015

Anglicans have reconciliation "in our DNA" says Archbishop

Anglican churches are “deeply involved” in reconciliation work in conflict zones around the world, the Archbishop of Canterbury has said. Speaking at the Council on Foreign Relations in Washington, Archbishop Justin Welby said more than half of Anglican provinces are facing persecution or are in post-conflict or actual conflict.

14 October 2015

"What if it were you?" Responding to the refugee crisis in Belgium

Etched on a sign outside a makeshift refugee camp in north Brussels were the words “Et si c’était toi?” 

14 October 2015

Anglicans encouraged to drop filioque from Nicene Creed

Last week’s meeting of the Anglican Oriental Orthodox International Commission in Hawarden, Wales, and the agreement on dropping the filioque clause of the Nicene Creed has moved the two families of churches “one step closer to as close as we can be”, a leading Orthodox bishop has said.

13 October 2015

New monastic project calls young women to grow in Christ

Women aged between 22 and 40 are being invited to “spend a year in God’s rhythm” while they learn to pray, serve others and study, while living in intentional community alongside the Sisterhood of Saint John the Divine in Toronto, Canada.

12 October 2015

Missions Conference: Time 'to set the wheels in motion'

Corruption is one of the main reasons the world’s poor stay shackled in extreme poverty – and churches and church leaders are in a “unique position” to help change that - that was the challenge that Sir Anand Satyanand placed in front of the 400 people at the 2015 Missions Conference yesterday.

09 October 2015

The Mission Banquet - the agenda of the Missions Conference

Birth registration and the growth of the Anglican church in London are two seemingly unrelated "dishes" that help to make up the missions "banquet" at the Missions Conference in New Zealand

09 October 2015

Bermuda's first on-island training course for Christian ministry

The first permanent, ecumenical, accredited training course for Christian ministry in Bermuda is a step closer to becoming reality thanks to a partnership between the Anglican Church of Bermuda, the Bermuda College and Canada’s Atlantic School of Theology.

09 October 2015

Anglican and Oriental Orthodox churches reach historic agreements on the incarnation of Christ and procession of the Holy Spirit

Historic agreements have been signed between Anglican and Oriental Orthodox Churches helping to heal the oldest continuing division within Christianity.

09 October 2015