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Anglican Peace and Justice Network (APJN)

What is the network for?
The Anglican Peace and Justice Network (APJN) is a recognised network of the Anglican Communion and connects Anglicans around the world who share a passion for conflict transformation, peace-building, and seeking Christ-centred justice for all people.

Through information sharing and bringing stories of hope from local contexts to the wider Communion, APJN supports Anglicans in responding to the Five Marks of Mission with a particular focus on the Fourth Mark: ‘To seek to transform unjust structures of society, to challenge violence of every kind and to pursue peace and reconciliation‘.

When was it formed?
It was formed from a 1984 Anglican Consultative Council resolution expressing the belief that the gospel “requires God’s children to work for peace with justice in the world” (ACC 6: 37).  The Network reports to the Anglican Consultative Council.

Who can get involved?
APJN is open to any and all Anglicans worldwide who desire to help bring about God’s kingdom to come on earth through prayer, action, and mutual support. Participants pray for one another, share information and resources, advocate and collaborate with others who strive for Christ-centred peace, justice, human rights, conflict transformation, and reconciliation.

How does it meet?
Since its inception, members of APJN have met in Singapore, Zimbabwe, Brazil, Philippines, Scotland, USA, Korea, Aotearoa/New Zealand, Jerusalem, Rwanda and Burundi, Geneva, and England. APJN has sent a special delegation to Sri Lanka, and it has held a workshop for new bishops on conflict transformation and peace-building.

What does the network do?
Recent and ongoing activities include periodic online prayer meetings that feature speakers from two or more regions of the Anglican Communion, webinars on peace and justice concerns co-sponsored with other networks, online gatherings and discussion, and sharing stories of hope, concern, and information through our Facebook group and other media.

Aims:

  • To tell the good news of Anglicans working around the world for peace with justice.
  • To assist the Communion in seeing the centrality of justice and peace to the mission of the Church.
  • To lift up and champion the full voice and representation of marginalized groups in the official councils of the Church as a matter of justice.
  • To provide a venue for Anglican provinces to bring forward issues of justice and peace in their local context, giving them access to the wider Anglican Communion for partnership and joint witness and prayer.
  • To share resources and enable local Provinces, dioceses and congregations to educate and advocate for global reconciliation.
  • To advocate human rights (especially for women and children) and peacemaking to the Anglican Communion, civil society and governments wherever there are injustices.

Steering Committee

The APJN Steering Committee meets monthly to plan, review, and coordinate activities for Network participants, and to seek or share input from across the Anglican Communion. Committee members come from various provinces, offering different skills and perspectives. Participation is personal and advisory, not intended to represent formal policy of a region or province. Typically serving on a triennial basis, the current Steering Committee members are:

  • Chair, Revd Reid B. Simon, Province of the West Indies
  • Vice Chair, Revd Dr. Paula Nesbitt, (Diocese of California) The Episcopal Church
  • Secretary, Sue Claydon, Anglican Peace Fellowship, The Church of England
  • Martha Gardner, (Diocese of Western North Carolina) The Episcopal Church
  • Revd Katete Jackson Jones, General Secretary-Zambia Anglican Council. Province of Central Africa
  • Revd Rana Khan, The Church in Wales
  • Clifton D. Nedd, Anglican Alliance, Province of the West Indies
  • Suzanne Parks, The Church of England
  • Martha Jarvis, Anglican Communion Permanent Representative to the United Nations and Liaison Director, Anglican Communion Office
  • Rachel Parry, Commissions and Networks Support Officer, Anglican Communion Office