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 serves the life of the Anglican Communion. The ACO supports Anglicans live out the Five Marks of Mission and share the Good News of the Christian faith in church and community life.
Renewing the Instruments of the Anglican Communion is the focus of a new paper called The Nairobi-Cairo Proposals released by the Inter-Anglican Standing Commission on Unity, Faith and Order (IASCUFO). Commissioned by the 18th meeting of the Anglican Consultative Council (ACC) in 2023, a draft of the paper was presented to the Primates’ Meeting in Rome in April 2024. It has now been published as an offering to the Anglican Communion and for the consideration of the 19th meeting of the Anglican Consultative Council in 2026.
Find out moreSafeguarding within the Anglican Communion has its primary focus within the individual member churches. An international Anglican Communion Safe Church Commission produces guidance, training and resources to help provinces (the member churches) in this task.
The Secretariat of the Anglican Communion is aware of our own safeguarding responsibilities regarding staff and all the people we engage with.
If you have any safeguarding concerns about staff or officers of the Anglican Communion, please report them to our safeguarding officers, Mandy Marshall and Stephen Spencer, by email: [email protected].
Note: You can find contact details of support organisations in many countries on this external website.
Email the safeguarding teamFollowing the statement by the Archbishop of Canterbury announcing his resignation, here are links to the latest statements and releases.
Read statements
Read a statement from Lambeth Palace about Archbishop Justin’s last day in post here (04/12/24)
Read a statement from Lambeth Palace about the timings of the archbishop's resignation here (20/11/24)
Read the resignation statement from the Archbishop of Canterbury here (12/11/24)
Read a statement from the Secretary General of the Anglican Communion about the resignation of the Archbishop of Canterbury here (13/11/24)
Read statements from The Archbishop of Canterbury, the Archbishop of York and the Bishop of Stepney Joanne Grenfell (Lead Bishop for Safeguarding for the Church of England) here (12/11/24)
Read the statement from the Archbishop of Canterbury in response to the John Smyth Review here (7/11/24)
Read the Church of England's press release about the John Smyth Review here (7/11/24)
Get more information about the John Smyth review here
Safe Church and Safeguarding
An international Anglican Communion Safe Church Commission produces guidance, training and resources to help provinces (the member churches) in this task. You can visit that here.
If you have any safeguarding concerns about staff or officers of the Anglican Communion, please report them to our safeguarding officers, Mandy Marshall and Stephen Spencer, by email: [email protected].
Safe Church Resources
An international Anglican Communion Safe Church Commission produces guidance, training and resources to help churches with Safe Church and Safeguarding.
Find out more about the Safe Church Commission here.
Visit the Resources PageAt COP29, held from 11 to 22 November 2024 in Baku, Azerbaijan, the Anglican Communion is advocating for bold action on climate justice and resilience.
Led by Bishop Julio Murray, the Anglican delegation calls on governments to prioritise just financing for vulnerable communities. Through the Anglican Calls at COP29—Choose Hope, Peace, Wisdom, Justice, and Wellbeing—Anglicans are promoting faith-led environmental stewardship and collaborative action to protect God’s creation.
Find out moreCOP16, held from October 21 to November 1, 2024, in Colombia, was a vital global conference focused on addressing biodiversity loss and restoring ecosystems. The Anglican Communion participated in this gathering to advocate for urgent global action.
At COP16, Anglicans called on governments to conserve biodiversity, promote environmental justice, and integrate indigenous wisdom, reaffirming their commitment to protect God's creation.
Find out moreFind out about the 42 national, pan-national and regional Churches in the Anglican Communion.
Click for moreA number of official networks bring together Anglicans from around the world to plan and work together on areas of common concern in a diverse range of subjects, including church planting, environment, women, canon law and health and community.
Click for moreThe Anglican Communion is part of the universal Church of Jesus Christ - the one holy, catholic and apostolic Church. Disagreements and schisms over the centuries have led to a multitude of denominations. The Anglican Communion is active in ecumenism and enjoys official dialogue with a number of partners, including Catholic. Orthodox, Eastern Orthodox, Lutheran, Methodist, Reformed and Pentecostal.
Click here for moreThe Anglican Communion is a relational organisation supported by four Instruments of Communion: The Archbishop of Canterbury, the Primates' Meeting, the Lambeth Conference (of Anglican bishops) and the Anglican Consultative Council. We have information on all the Instruments and details of previous meetings.
Click here for moreFor 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.
Click here for moreIn the Anglican Communion we are committed to ensuring that our churches become a living witness to our belief that women and men are equally made in the image of God.
Within the Communion and beyond, we recognise that the empowerment of women and men to live and work in just relationship requires a transformation among individuals and in all our communities.
There are about 43 million women in the world-wide Communion with a vast diversity of experience and gifts. This section of the Anglican Communion website serves to tell their stories, share their experience and celebrate their achievements.
Click here for moreTheological Education for the Anglican Communion (TEAC) was an initiative set up by the Anglican Primates in 2003 with the aim of helping all Anglican Christians to be theologically alert and sensitive to the call of God.
This work is now being taken forward by the Commission for Theological Education in the Anglican Communion (CTEAC), led by church leaders and theological educators from across the Anglican Communion. This will strengthen educational and training networks of mutual leaning and friendship and equip leaders through the development of online resources.
The information and resources on offer are not just for clergy or those training for ministry, but for the whole people of God in their learning of discipleship.
Click here for moreThis is a new department taking forward the work of the Lambeth Conference into Phase Three.
More informationw will be forthcoming shortly, in the meantime a range of resources remain available on the Lambeth Conference website.
Click here for moreWe have a range of resources and information for journalists reporting on the Anglican Communion, including an archive of all press releases and statements issued by the Anglican Commuinion Office since June 2018.
Click here for moreThe Anglican Communion News Service is a separate website with occasional news, features and blogs about the Anglican Communion, its churches, networks, commissions and staff.
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