The Book of Acts relates that the first Christian Pentecost saw the disciples, as they gathered in one place, suddenly inspired to declare the wonders of God in a range of languages, so that visitors from places as far away as Persia and Rome were each able to recognize their own languages being spoken (Acts 2).
Not all Anglicans are comfortable with evangelism—and yet Anglicans may be uniquely poised to speak the gospel to society today, say some leaders of evangelism in the Canadian church.
Members of the Anglican Church of Canada who would like to help shape the church’s next strategic plan can now submit their views online, Council of General Synod (CoGS) heard Friday, March 13.
The COVID-19 pandemic has hit church finances from a number of directions at once. Restrictions on public gatherings have meant an end—for now, at least—to
In recent weeks, many Canadian Anglicans have been working hard trying to find ways of doing church while minimizing the spread of COVID-19.
Last spring, All Saints’ Anglican Church in Huntsville, Ont., decided to try something new.
While concerns grow about the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic and its associated lockdowns on families and children, some Canadian Anglicans have been reaching out in new ways to help them.
The Anglican Foundation of Canada (AFC) is extending the repayment period and suspending interest charges on loans to help loanees struggling with financial stress as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the foundation announced this week.
Anglicans, Lutherans, Roman Catholics and Ukrainian Catholics across the civil province of Saskatchewan can expect to be worshipping and ministering together in a wide range
Along with Shane Claiborne, founder of The Simple Way intentional community, Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove is a key figure in the new monastic movement in the United States.
For the fifth year in a row, Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby is inviting the world’s Christians to pray, from Ascension to Pentecost, that others may come to know Jesus.
In recent days, COVID-19—the disease caused by a novel coronavirus that originated in Wuhan, China, last December—has continued to spread globally, affecting worship around the world.
To many of us, strategy may have strong associations with the powers of this world; the word comes from the Greek strategos, or general, and is of course vital in the domains of war, politics and business.
Anglicans may seem inconsistent when it comes to Lent: for every Anglican who gives something up—striking chocolate, swearing or Netflix off the list—there’s another for whom such practices don’t seem essential to the season.
Do you have views to share on what the Anglican Church of Canada’s priorities should be in the coming years?
The three Anglicans who represented the church at a ceremony last fall honouring children who died in Canada’s Indian residential schools say they hope it will begin a process whereby the suffering of Indigenous children will be fully recognized by Canadians.
An Ontario-born priest with a background serving in parishes in Newfoundland and Labrador, Ontario and British Columbia will be the next bishop of the Territory of the People—and the first elected since the territory gained formal status as a diocese.
While General Synod’s strategic planning working group gathers feedback from across the church on Vision 2019, the Journal spoke with two senior church leaders for
Logan McMenamie, who has served as bishop of the diocese of British Columbia since March 2014, will retire from the position May 1.
The Rev. Norman Casey, who served as priest in churches in or near the Six Nations of the Grand River reserve, Ontario; as a member
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