Any mission agency's role is to represent the community of God with a human face. USPG's mission is to show the human face of God to our world, that struggles with poverty and injustice,' said the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Most Revd Rowan Williams, at a commissioning service in London on Monday to commission the Rt Revd Michael Doe as the new General Secretary of the Anglican mission agency USPG (United Society for the Propagation of the Gospel).
02 November 2004
Four candidates have been short-listed for the post of Bishop of St Andrews, Dunkeld & Dunblane (one of seven Dioceses within the Scottish Episcopal Church) which became vacant in July when Bishop Michael Henley retired after 9 years' service.
02 November 2004
The Archbishop of Canterbury, the Most Revd Rowan Williams, has had a wide range of meetings and conversations with many groups and individuals on all sides in relation to the current concerns in the Anglican Communion
24 September 2004
We, as members of the Anglican Peace and Justice Network, representing 23 Provinces of the worldwide 75,000,000 member Anglican Communion, have visited the Episcopal Diocese of Jerusalem over these last 8 days, and during that time have been inspired by the faith of the people in the diocese
24 September 2004
St Paul's Cathedral is to set up a new project to help those in managerial positions in firms in the City of London to consider the moral and spiritual dimensions of their work.
23 September 2004
The threat of terrorism faces governments with the challenge of maintaining security without undermining human rights but some current counter-terrorist measures threaten to aggravate tensions between Muslims and other groups in British society, the Church of England has warned in a submission to the House of Commons Home Affairs Committee enquiry into the effects of counter-terrorism legislation on community relations.
20 September 2004
Nobel Peace Prize laureate Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Orthodox Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople, and the head of the Evangelical Church in Germany, Bishop Wolfgang Huber are among those supporting an International Day of Prayer for Peace called for by the World Council of Churches (WCC) within its Decade to Overcome Violence.
16 September 2004
A major four-day conference held by the Scottish Episcopal Church at Heriot Watt University from 2-5 September has been hailed a great success.
14 September 2004
Ways forward sought from violence of 9/11, casualties in Iraq, genocide in Sudan, escalating Palestinian-Israeli conflictSeeking to bridge divisions created by violent conflict around the world, the Anglican Peace and Justice Network will meet 14-23 September in Jerusalem for international dialogue emphasising "conflict transformation."
13 September 2004
On the tragic death of the Patriarch of the Greek Orthodox Church of Alexandria and all Africa We ere saddened by the news that Patriarch Petros VII of the Greek Orthodox Church of Alexandria and all Africa.
13 September 2004