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Anglican Alliance launches global focus on anti-slavery initiatives in Freedom Year

The Anglican Alliance has launched a year-long focus on initiatives tackling modern slavery and human trafficking across the Communion.

01 February 2018

Four "catalysts for spiritual growth" identified in study of US-based Episcopal Church

How can the Episcopal Church feed Episcopalians’ hunger for spiritual growth in the 21st century? 

30 January 2018

California congregation returns home, two weeks after being uprooted by deadly mudslides

All Saints-by-the-Sea Episcopal Church congregation in Montecito, have returned to their church, after mudslides forced their exclusion.

26 January 2018

“Thy Kingdom Come” – Christians around the world invited to pray for evangelism

Tens of thousands of Christians from around the world are expected to take part once again in a global wave of prayer for evangelism.

25 January 2018

Quebec Anglicans remember victims of city mosque shooting on first anniversary of attack

Quebec’s Anglican community will be one of six spiritual groups gathering to reflect on last year’s mass shooting at the Grand Mosque.

24 January 2018

Brazil takes “decisive steps towards gender equality” with election of its first female bishop

The Church of Brazil elects its first female bishop, 34 years after it first paved the way for women to serve in all three ministry orders.

24 January 2018

Bishop calls for end to “systemic sexism, misogyny and misuse of power” in the church

The US-based Episcopal Church must do more to give a voice to victims of sexual exploitation, Presiding Bishop Michael Curry says.

23 January 2018

Threat of nuclear war “is a sin”, World Council of Churches’ chief tells economic leaders

The Revd Dr Olav Fykse Tveit will take an anti-nuclear message with him when he travels to the World Economic Forum in Davos tomorrow.

22 January 2018

Lambeth Palace event to showcase Anglican primates’ views on the environment

Lambeth Palace will host an event during the Season of Creation in the Autumn showcasing Anglican primates’ views on the environment.

17 January 2018

Episcopal church converted to emergency response hub after deadly California mudslides

All Saints-by-the-Sea Church in Montecito, California, became an emergency response centre after fatal mudslides in Santa Barbara.

15 January 2018