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Archbishop Mark has just become an Archbishop in the church of Canada. Their General Synod adopted the motion for a self-determining Indigenous church, included Archbishop Mark having the same title and status as the Metropolitan Archbishops. A very historic and significant moment in the history of our church, and especially for the Indigenous church of Canada as well as for the Indigenous Network worldwide. more»

Earlier this year the House of Sarah held a workshop specifically for young people to educate on human rights, gender based violence and above all what the Bible says on these issues. Read about this workshop and some feedback from participants in the House of Sarah newsletter covering the first quarter of 2019. Vinaka Vakalevu more»

The Diocese of Polynesia has advised with great sadness the passing of Sr Litia on Monday 08 July 2019. Sr Litia was a nun who offered her life for many years serving the children at St Christopher's Home. She also was a former Sister in Charge of the Home. Please pray for her family, friends and community. more»

We want to see your parish’s most creative church noticeboard ever! To encourage each other to get involved in supporting overseas mission, create an exciting noticeboard – physical or online – about overseas mission. Enter a photo or link to it in our Mission Noticeboard competition by the end of September, more»

The AYM team has launched an AYM Youth Church – a weekly, inter-parish youth service at the Wellington Cathedral with a supporting parish small group study available to local youth leaders. Started 6pm Sunday the 7th of July, Wellington Cathedral of St Paul
Runs weekly until the 18th of August. more»

Robyn Appleby writes about a class trip she led with Tanzanian students who were able to learn about their ancestors' history. more»

Christian World Service recently released material for churches as they marked Refugee Sunday on 7 July, the day set aside in the Anglican calendar. CWS says "Providing hospitality to displaced people - welcoming the stranger, or people forced to flee persecution and violence are recurrent stories throughout the Scriptures. Read more about CWS' ongoing support programmes more»

We are still gathering mission stories from our readers to help celebrate 100 years of Anglican Missions this year.  Our next story is a reflection on the effects of poverty on human nature in Vicki’s trip to Kenya, just before the riots of 2007. Read the story more»

As part of the 100-year celebration of Anglican Missions, we recorded Dianne speaking about her mission experiences in Pakistan. more»

Meet Rutendo Mahachi, a Global Mission Fellow with the United Methodist General Board of Global Ministries, engaged in a two-year term of service as a gender justice advocate with the House of Sarah In Fiji. more»

Anglican Missions has been overwhelmed by the generous donors of our Christchurch Mosque Victims Appeal. A total of $58,280.77 has been raised, with our last donation made today. more»

The Rwenzori Special Needs Foundation (RSNF) based in Port Fortal, Uganda has received an award and grant from Deborah R. Malac, U.S Ambassador Uganda for their efforts towards achieving an AIDS-free generation more»

The Very Rev’d Bob Key, the Anglican Communion Lead for Thy Kingdom Come (TKC), has written to all Bishops in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia inviting their support. more»

The Archdeacon of Wairarapa in Tikanga Maori, the Ven Waitohiariki Quayle, has been elected Bishop of Upoko o Te Ika, to serve as shepherd to the Maori Anglican bishopric of the lower North Island. more»

Robyn Abbleby ponders how to pray for the poor in Africa. more»

NZCMS Mission Enabler Guy Benton reflects on the misconceptions the New Zealand young adult community has about mission and what he and the Mission Enabling team has been doing in response. more»

The strongest cyclone ever to hit Mozambique (Cyclone Kenneth) struck landfall on April 25th flattening villages and either destroying or severely damaging over 35,000 houses. more»

Read the comments and prayers of some of our Bishops on the Sri Lankan church bombings.

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The Rwenzori Special Needs Foundation is assisting Ugandan boy Yassin Kwijuruza. more»

Archbishops Donald Tamihere (Te Pihopa o Aotearoa), Philip Richardson (Senior Bishop of the New Zealand Dioceses) and Archbishop Fereimi Cama (Archbishop of Polynesia) encourage us with an Easter message. more»

The Archbishop of Cape Town has visited the Diocese of Niassa in Mozambique to view the extent of destruction and distribute seeds to people in need, following the Anglican Missions' Mozambique appeal in response to Cyclone Idai. more»

Read news from the House of Sarah in Suva. Photo: new and current Sarah Carers after their planning workshop at M.A.S.T. (Moana Anglican Services and Teaching Centre). 2018 news from the Hornby Trust of St Andrew's High School, Nuku'alofa, Tonga. And the Diocese of Kibondo in Tanzania newsletter about 2018 and looking forward to 2019. more»

As part of our 100-year celebrations, we’re inviting Readers to send in their Mission Stories for us to share. Click here to read our first story about Betty Pyatt, who ran a hospital in Melanesia.   If you have an overseas mission story you would like to share, email us at more»

A roundtable of distinguished academics, diplomats, faith leaders and faith-based organisations met at Lambeth Palace under the aegis of the Archbishop of Canterbury to explore migration caused by climate change. more»

Anglican Missions has confirmed an Appeal to support the Anglican Church in Mozambique to recover from the devastation caused by Cyclone Idai. So far 1.85 million people have been directly affected,and 129,000 people displaced. more»

The Golden Oldies Mission to Fiji is happening again this September. As in previous years, this trip is non-denominational and open to all New Zealand seniors. Participants have the invaluable opportunity to learn how the Church is supporting local mission, and meet the people in the villages and local communities. more»

In accordance with ACOM’s Constitutional Canons, the current Archbishop of Melanesia George Takeli will be stepping down from office today. On 25th March 2019, Archbishop Takeli reached the compulsory retirement age of 60. more»

On behalf of the Anglican Church of Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia, and Churches within the worldwide Anglican Communion, Anglican Missions has launched a Relief appeal to demonstrate the aroha of the Anglican Church and its members towards the victims and families affected by the mosque shootings in Christchurch, New Zealand on Friday 15th March 2019. more»

This year Anglican Missions is celebrating 100 years of missions fundraising and support. At the very beginning of the establishment of the Anglican Missions Board the tradition of supporting the Province of Jerusalem and the Middle East was established; and this year is no exception. more»

The Anglican Church's Vicar-General, Orisi Vuki spoke at a recent launch of the House of Sarah's initiative - Preventing violence against women in Fiji's faith settings. Photo: Sarah Carers with Fiji Women's Crisis Centre workers (Thursdays in black to show opposition to violence against women). more»

Our Partners in Prayer diary for 2019 is available. This year as we celebrate 100 years of the life of Anglican Missions, we ask that you continue to pray as we share our mission stories and proclaim the good news of the kingdom. "Know that when you continue to join us every day in praying with our worldwide family, your prayers are heard, they are needed and they are greatly appreciated by many." - Canon Robert Kereopa, CEO more»

The Bishops of the Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia, have issued a statement expressing their deep disappointment at the continued suppression by the Indonesian Government of the basic human rights of West Papuan people. Read the full statement here more»

This A1 sized Wall Planner has been mailed to subscribers. If you haven’t received yours or would like 1 or 2 more please contact Linda at the office on (04) 473-5172 or info@angmisisons.org.nz more»

Life has been busy at the House of Sarah over the last six months - read their 2nd newsletter for 2018
Photo: Women of Faith - Diocese of Polynesia, engaged in the elimination of violence against women and children more»

The money we raised is being used by Anglicare PNG to assist affected communities in the Southern Highlands region to get back on their feet. This includes the provision of large water tanks as shown in the photo. This one has been loaded onto a truck and will be installed at the United Church South Mendi in the Highlands. more»

Ni sa Bula Vinaka from the House of Sarah - greetings with resources for the 2018 Break the Silence on Sunday 25 November, which launches 16 Days of Activism against Gender-based Violence. These resources include videos of 9 Fijian faith leaders from the Christian, Muslim and Hindu faiths speaking out against violence and these are to be shown in cinemas and Fiji TV from 25 November to 10 December. more»

We commend to you this Appeal. More than one million people have arrived in Bangladesh seeking food, shelter, and safety. Since 25 August 2017 violence has intensified in Myanmar's Rakhine province, and more than 720,000 Rohingya have fled to Bangladesh - 55% of them are children. Photo ACT Alliance Md.-Kamrul Hasan more»

Read their newsletter. We at Anglican Missions are supporting three 'on-going small scale projects' for three of the religious communities of ACoM in 2018. One of the projects is the sewing project of the Community of the Sisters of Melanesia and you can read about that on page 3 of the newsletter. Photo: Sr Glenda (standing)-Sr Heather Meithegna - sewing project. more»

Anglican Missions is supporting the Christian World Service appeal for donations to support the survivors of last month’s disaster in Central Sulawesi, Indonesia. Nearly 2,000 people have been confirmed dead, 74,444 displaced and over 1.1 million affected. Numbers are expected to rise further. An estimated 65,733 houses are damaged and electricity has only been partly restored. Hungry survivors have stopped relief deliveries before they reach their intended destination. The high level of damage has slowed recovery efforts. Photo: ACT Alliance Indonesia volunteer at Petobo in south Palu. Credit: ACT Alliance-Yakkum-M A Setyawan more»

The 7.4 magnitude earthquake on 28 September in Indonesia caused significant loss of life (over 1600 deaths so far) and damage to buildings and infrastructure. An estimated 5000 people are still missing. CWS (Christian World Service) has launched an appeal and through its in-country partners, will assist with the provision of food, clean water, hygiene kits, sanitation and medical care.
Photo: Medical staff examine first patients on the grounds of the Grand Mosque, Palu. Credit: YEU more»

THANK YOU to all who gave so generously to our Lenten Appeal earlier this year. Monies received have now been paid out to our partners and the projects supported. We have received grateful thanks... more»

The Golden Oldies Mission team return to Fiji for their 7th mission. "It's about partnering with the Anglican and Christian Churches, along with associated Christian ministries, bringing Gods love for people the team meet", say GOM leaders Graeme and Jane. They leave tomorrow and the oldest in the group is 85 years old! See links for photos and their programme. more»

Following our Cyclone Gita Appeal, two shipping containers full of building materials, tools and pre-positioned relief items have now arrived in Tonga. See photos of the container being unloaded at St Paul's, Nukualofa. more»

Our Emergency Appeal for Papua New Guinea is now closed - Anglican Missions would like to sincerely thank everyone who contributed to this Appeal. You helped to raise over $17,000!
Our Emergency Appeal to support the Al Alhi Arab Anglican Hospital in Gaza is still current - an update on this will be issued soon. more»

THANK YOU for your generosity in contributing to the Tropical Cyclone Gita Emergency Appeal for Tonga. Over $90,000 was raised – which is an exceptional response to a significant event. Your donation has helped us purchase two shipping containers which are full of building materials, tools and pre-positioned relief items which have just arrived in the capital, Nuku'alofa. more»

Dot Muir, OM-TP (Overseas Mission-Tikanga Pakeha) representative from Dunedin and a team recently visited Vanuatu on a short term mission trip with funding from NZCMS and Anglican Missions to support Rev. Dawn Daunauda, a former Vicar of Awatere Parish, Nelson now an NZCMS Mission Partner at Talua Presbyterian Training Institute in Vanuatu.
Funding support of $7,000 was granted from OM-TP to buy the materials needed to put a new roof on their community centre. This Centre is used for many activities, i.e. education--class room and worship. more»

Tropical Cyclone Gita struck a number of Pacific Island countries in February, particularly Tonga. As a result of many generous donations, including AAW and the H&W Williams Trust, over $90,000 has been raised. The Tongan Anglican Church has requested building materials, tools, chainsaws, portable generators and pre-positioned supplies and as was reported earlier Anglican Missions has purchased two shipping containers which will be sent to Tonga next week... more»

At CWS we value diversity of ideas and input into our action against poverty. We are looking for people of varying age groups and backgrounds to help inform us in our decision-making. Whatever your age or background, we invite you to join our 12-month “Action against poverty – Decision-makers mentoring programme”. Applications close: Saturday 30 June 2018.
Applications are sought from individuals who:
• Would like to gain exposure to governance in a faith-based aid organisation, supported by an experienced and qualified governance mentoring group;
• Are willing to offer ideas and support to CWS;
• Seek the opportunity to express their faith through action in a caring and supportive environment;
• Are enthusiastic about gaining governance experience to complement their education and career development, and to enhance their CV. more»

Materials are beginning to be loaded into the 2 containers - Free tee shirts, polo shirts, measuring tapes and bags. Thank you to Mitre 10 West Gate, Auckland. Tools are being delivered tomorrow and water equipment early next week. We have been able to put our logo on one of the containers.
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Anglican Missions has launched an Emergency Appeal to support the Ali-Ahli Arab Anglican Hospital in Gaza as it responds to the tragic events of early May when 61 people lost their lives and 2,768 people were injured. The Hospital, in the centre of Gaza City, treats over 45,000 patients a year and is a haven of peace and hope in in the middle of one of the world's most troubled areas. The Hospital needs urgent financial support in order to obtain emergency medicine and medical supplies and the Diocese of Jerusalem has asked the Anglican Communion for help. more»