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 moreWith the Israel-Gaza ceasefire and hostage release agreement in motion, it’s vital that humanitarian aid can reach those that suffering. But UNWRA is an end to its work in Gaza.
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Find out moreAppointing the next Archbishop of Canterbury is a process led by the Crown Nominations Commission (CNC), whose role is to discern whom God may be calling to this vital ministry.
The selection process unfolds over several months and involves multiple stages to ensure the needs of the Diocese of Canterbury, The Church of England and the global Anglican Communion are met.
The CNC for the Archbishop of Canterbury is a 20-member body, including 17 voting members and up to three non-voting members. Five are Anglican Communion representatives, one from each of the five regions of the Anglican Communion - Africa, Americas, Middle East and Asia, Oceania and Europe.
Read more about the CNC process on the Church of England website here.
Read more about the CNC processSafeguarding 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 teamSafe 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 COP16 and COP29 in 2024, 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 moreThe Episcopal Ministry team work on capacity development and resources for bishops around the world.
The team also deliver a discussion series on the Lambeth Calls, that were shared by the bishops of the 2022 Lambeth Conference.
To follow the series visit the Anglican Communion Office's 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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