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From swords to plough-shares in Indianapolis Peace Garden

Outside St Alban’s Episcopal Church in Indianapolis, dozens of white crosses stand as a memorial to murder victims, surrounded by crops that will provide fresh food for a needy neighbourhood.

22 July 2016

Let Your Kingdom Come

The Most Revd Jackson Ole Sapit was enthroned as the sixth Archbishop of Kenya and Bishop of the Diocese of All Saints Cathedral Diocese on Sunday 3 July.

This is the text of his Charge / sermon that he delivered during the service in Nairobi’s All Saints Cathedral.

14 July 2016

In Profile: Archbishop Jackson Ole Sapit

Archbishop Jackson Ole Sapit talks about his upbringing, his motivation to follow Christ and his subsequent election as Archbishop of Kenya.

04 July 2016

C of E investment arm trebles capital in two decades

The Church of England’s investment arm, the Church Commissioners, has almost trebled the value of its investment fund over a 20-year period, it announced this week. The value of the Commissioners’ investment fund has grown from £2.4 billion at the start of 1995, to £7.00bn at the end of 2015; producing a return of 8.2 per cent last year.

17 May 2016

ACC commits to "walking together" with the Primates

The Anglican Consultative Council has committed to “walk together” with the Primates of the Anglican Communion in response to Archbishop Justin Welby’s report on January’s Primates’ Gathering and Meeting which called for “consequences” for the US-based Episcopal Church following its decision to change its regulations to allow same-sex marriage.

20 April 2016

Draft programme for Anglican Consultative Council meeting published

Anglican Bishops, priests and laity from across the world will gather in Lusaka next month for the 16th meeting of the Anglican Consultative Council (ACC-16). Members will discuss a range of issues around the theme “Intentional discipleship in a world of difference” – how Christians can be faithful to the Gospel in all aspects of their lives in the different cultures and situations that Anglicans find themselves in.

07 March 2016

Recognition for 170-year-old congregation's Underground Railroad activism

Before Harriet Tubman escaped slavery, before Abraham Lincoln was elected to Congress and before Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote Uncle Tom’s Cabin, members of St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church were helping slaves escape across the Detroit River to freedom in Canada.

03 March 2016

The Gospel according to everybody

Wales is a country built on stories. But it is an art and a culture that has been lost with modernity. Now a Welsh diocese is seeking to re-establish the tradition of storytelling as a way of encouraging churchgoers to tell their story – and the story of God’s work on their lives, in what has been dubbed "the Gospel according to everybody".

25 February 2016

Haiti Episcopal college prepares students for agriculture and agribusiness

The St Barnabas Centre for Agriculture, an Episcopal college located on 475 acres of fertile coastal plain in northern Haiti, is helping to train and equip Haitians for careers in agriculture and agribusiness, as Lynette Wilson of the Episcopal News Service reports

24 February 2016

In profile: Archbishop Ng Moon Hing of South East Asia

When 20 year old Ng Moon Hing converted from Buddhism to Christianity he was the only Christian in his family. Today he was installed as the Archbishop of South East Asia during a service at Saint Mary's Cathedral in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. He spoke to ACNS about his life, his province, and the importance of mission and outreach.

22 February 2016