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Archbishop of Canterbury: "Beware the danger of becoming less than we aspire to be as a Communion"

In his final Presidential address, the Archbishop of Canterbury this evening told the Anglican Communion not to accept second best, but to seek a balance between corrective authority and enabling authority while still doing God’s work.

05 November 2012

ACC-15 mission encounters: hospitality, generosity, an indescribable gift

Helen Biggin, the Anglican Consultative Council member from Wales, told the ACC that her mission encounter had been "an indescribable gift". Other members also shared their visits to the generous people of New Zealand.

05 November 2012

ACC acclaims project on the Bible

After three and half years of worldwide research, the Bible in the Life of the Church project has found that Anglicans around the globe share “a high common ground” over the essential place and use of the Bible in Anglican life

02 November 2012

Land of the long white cloud of witnesses

Land of the long white cloud of witnesses

The ACC broke camp thursday and headed south from Auckland to Ngaruawahia for an audience with the Maori King.

02 November 2012

ACC reflects on the role and responsibility of the Instruments of the Communion

Members of the Anglican Consultative Council (ACC) are today and tomorrow reflecting on the present and future of the Instruments of Communion.

02 November 2012

Nigerian ACC members call on Anglican Communion to pray, fast, act to end violence against Christians.

Members of the Anglican Communion all around the world are being called to pray, fast and act in support of their brothers and sister in Nigeria facing violence and death.

01 November 2012

Podcast: The "reality of climate change" is being considered all across the Communion

Podcast: The "reality of climate change" is being considered all across the Communion

Members of three regions of the Anglican Communion today shared their thoughts and concerns about the impact of climate change, and how and why Anglicans should respond

01 November 2012

Safe church consultation to be held in Africa, following CAPA request

The Anglican Communion's newest network, the Safe Church Network, has announced it is planning a conference in Africa for 2014 around how to make churches safer for vulnerable people. 

01 November 2012

Environmental change not "a secular fuss imported into the church" but a moral issue

Bishops fronting a public forum on environmental change today called on Anglicans everywhere to show moral courage in tackling its cause and impacts.

01 November 2012

Statement from The Anglican Consultative Council concerning those affected by Hurricane Sandy

Statement from The Anglican Consultative Council concerning those affected by Hurricane Sandy

The members of the Anglican Consultative Council meeting in Auckland, New Zealand, today expressed their concern, compassion and prayers for all those caught up in the impact of Hurricane Sandy

31 October 2012