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The Revd Canon Dr Flora Winfield has been appointed Special Representative to the Commonwealth, and Rosemary Nuamah Williams as Social and Public Affairs Adviser. Archbishop of Canterbury’s website. 16 October 2017

Megachurch becomes biggest in America to appoint a female lead pastor. Kate Shellnuff. Christianity Today. 14 October 2017

The last Lambeth Conference in 2008 was marked by a number of distinctive features. These included the failure of a large number of provinces and so several hundred bishops to attend due to the actions of the American Church and their presence at the conference, the non-invitation of a serving bishop (Gene Robinson) because he […]

For the first time in 23 years, Christians from around Asia are gathering to reflect on mission in an Asian context. The fourth Asian Mission Conference – the first since the 1994 conference in Seoul, South Korea – got underway today in Yangon, Myanmar. More than 600 people are expected to take part in the […]

Episcopalians in Northern California continue to monitor the growing wildfires in their neighborhoods while finding ways to help their communities deal with the ongoing and expanding disaster. Mary Frances Schjonberg, Episcopal News Service. 12 October 2017

Whether you are on a church crawl or on the way to some autumnal country air, here are ten of our larger churches to visit. They are places for prayer and reflection, great beauty and are steeped in the history of the communities they serve as well as places of welcome to all today. Church […]

Christianity is an eastern religion. Jesus appears in the Quran (so does Mary) and for more than 600 years, Christ’s followers had it all to themselves in the Middle East Robert Fisk. Independent. 12 October 2017

Summary: The language of walking together to describe the current state and structures of the Anglican Communion needs more nuance and more detailed and theological analysis. This article attempts to begin developing the theme by setting walking together in a wider context than its recent use by the primates, including The Windsor Report’s language of […]

The Reconciling Leaders Network will train the next generation of leaders to be reconcilers in every area of society and life. Archbishop of Canterbury’s website 12 October 2017

Four-year-old Huzaifa stood nervously against a wall as a nurse recorded her measurements. Her stick-like arms hung limp by her sides and her ribcage protruded against the skin of her chest. She is one of more than a half-million people who, since 25 August, have fled ethnic violence in Myanmar’s Rakhine State for the relative […]