Anglican Communion Home Page
The Anglican Communion is a family of 42 autonomous and independent-yet-interdependent national, pan-national and regional churches in communion with the see of Canterbury. These webpages showcase something of the work of the member Churches, official networks and commissions, and the Anglican Communion Office, the global secretariat for the Anglican Communion and its four Instruments of ...
Ecumenism - Anglican Communion Website
Ecumenism is the name of a movement that promotes the recovery of Christian unity and works towards the vision of one, undivided Church. The word is derived from the Greek oikoumene which means ‘the whole inhabited world’. The vision includes the search for visible unity of the world’s Christian Churches and the move to make this goal the ...
Member Churches - Anglican Communion Website
Member Churches. The Anglican Episcopal family comprises tens of millions Christians who are members of 46 different Churches. These make up 42 member churches (also called provinces) and five other national or local churches known as Extra Provincials, spread across the globe. These are listed below arranged by member church or by country.
Theology - Anglican Communion Website
Theology. The word ‘theology’ literally means the study of God. The discipline of Christian theology is the study of what the Bible teaches and what Christians believe. For Christians, the Bible is inspired by God and essential for living a full Christian life. Theology within the Anglican Communion is enriched by its history, its tradition ...
Anglican Communion Office
About the Anglican Communion Office. The Anglican Communion Office (ACO) is the secretariat of the Anglican Communion – a worldwide network of Anglican churches, in over 165 countries (42 Provinces). Advancing global mission and promoting Christian unity, the ACO is an enabling team, working to serve the life of the Anglican Communion.
Foundations - Anglican Communion Website
A Building With Foundations. Anglicans have a number of ways of deciding what they believe, of defining the content of their doctrine. Like a tower with strong foundations, Anglican doctrine is built upon Scripture, the ancient creeds, distinctive ways of worship, doctrinal statements, important texts, and continuing discussion. Thomas Cramner ...
Anglican Communion - Structures
Structures. The Anglican Communion has no central authority figure or body. It is made up of 42 autonomous members or provinces. Each member church makes its own decisions in its own way.. However, their decision-making bodies are guided by recommendations from each of the four so-called Instruments of Communion. Lambeth Conference
Anglican Communion - Mission
This work of mission is encapsulated in the Anglican Communion’s Five Marks of Mission: The mission of the Church is the mission of Christ: To proclaim the Good News of the Kingdom. To teach, baptise and nurture new believers. To respond to human need by loving service. To transform unjust structures of society, to challenge violence of every ...
The Secretary General - Anglican Communion Website
Secretary General: Phone: +44 (0)20 7313 3942. Email: [email protected]. Caroline Thompson. Private Secretary: Phone: +44 (0)20 7313 3942. Email: [email protected]. The Secretary General of the Anglican Communion heads the Communion’s secretariat, which is based at St Andrew’s House in London, UK.
Being Anglican
Part 1 is all about the history lying behind contemporary Anglicanism and is designed to be used as a course for small groups or individual study, in English, Portuguese, Spanish and French.. Part 2 is a collection of short video testimonies from all kinds of Anglicans from across the Anglican Communion with additional video commentaries from a range of scholars, on six different aspects of ...