Anglican Communion Home Page
WEBThe 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 ...
Theology - Anglican Communion Website
WEBTheology 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.
Prayer - Anglican Communion Website
WEBFor many years, the Anglican Cycle of Prayer has been one of the most popular resources produced by the Anglican Communion Office. Through the ACP, Anglicans around the world have been united in praying on the same day for the same dioceses. Day by day, Monday to Saturday, we join in prayer for particular dioceses. And on Sundays, we pray mainly for provinces - and occasionally for other ...
Foundations - Anglican Communion Website
WEBA 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 ...
Ecumenism - Anglican Communion Website
WEBEcumenism 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 ...
What is the Anglican Communion?
WEBThe Anglican Communion is one of the world’s largest Christian communities. It has tens of millions of members in more than 165 countries around the globe. Anglicanism is one of the traditions or expressions of Christian faith. Others include Roman Catholicism, Eastern Orthodox, Lutheran and Baptist. The Communion is organised into a series ...
Marks of Mission - Anglican Communion Website
WEBThe 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 kind and pursue peace and reconciliation.
Doctrine - Anglican Communion Website
WEBAnglicans believe that there is only one God, but there are three elements to this one God: God the Father, God the Son, God the Holy Spirit; that human beings' decision to reject this eternal God and live according to their own standards (sin) causes a relational breakdown between them; that God the Son, Jesus Christ, lived and died to give people a model and a way to be reconciled with God.
Member Churches - Anglican Communion Website
WEBMember 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.
Anglican Communion - Mission
WEBThis 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 ...