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Dear saints of God in the Diocese of Western Anglicans,You may recently heard the sad news that Bishop Derek Jones of the Special Jurisdiction of the Armed Forces and Chaplaincy (SJAFC) was issued a Godly admonition, followed by a special inhibition by Archbishop Wood regarding accusation of misconduct (not related to any sexual misconduct). Bishop […] The post Bishop Ashey writes update on JAFC appeared first on Anglican Ink © 2025.| Anglican Ink © 2025
The Anglican Church in North America’s College of Bishops Elects The Rt. Rev. Cpt. Jerome R. Cayangyagng, CHC, USN, as Bishop of the Armed Forces and Chaplaincy Mt. Pleasant, S.C. — The Anglican Church in North America (ACNA) is pleased to announce the election of the Right Reverend Jerome R. Cayangyang, Captain, Chaplain Corps, United […] The post The Rt. Rev. Cpt. Jerome R. Cayangyang, CHC, USN, elected Bishop of the Armed Forces and Chaplaincy appeared first on Anglican Ink © 2025.| Anglican Ink © 2025
A Pastoral Letter from the Archbishop Addressing the Status of the Special Jurisdiction of the Armed Forces and Chaplaincy (SJAFC) and the Inhibition of Bishop Derek Jones Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, Grace and peace to you from God the Father and our Lord Jesus Christ. In recent days, the Anglican Church in North […] The post A Pastoral Letter from the ACNA Archbishop appeared first on Anglican Ink © 2025.| Anglican Ink © 2025
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I WAS there. I stood at the front of the recent Unite the Kingdom event in London, and I led the prayers from the stage. I saw ordinary men and women – fathers carrying their children, pensioners gripping their sticks, young men and women lifting their voices – gathered not in hatred but in hope, […] The post Betrayal of their flock: A Bishop’s rebuke to Anglican hierarchy who denounce Christians marching with Tommy Robinson appeared first on Anglican Ink © 2025.| Anglican Ink © 2025
The Crown Nominations Commission, tasked with choosing the next Archbishop of Canterbury, is expected to make its recommendation this week. For the sake of England’s parish system, let us hope it chooses wisely. The Church of England hierarchy talks a good game on parishes but the evidence shows that, unless there is a significant policy […] The post Next Archbishop of Canterbury must be pro-parish churches appeared first on Anglican Ink © 2025.| Anglican Ink © 2025
A group of Church of England bishops and senior clergy have joined leaders from across denominations in speaking out against any “co-opting or corrupting” of the Christian faith and symbols to exclude others. The bishops of Winchester, Manchester, Southwark, Croydon, Bradford, Woolwich and Kingston were among the signatories to a joint letter from church leaders […] The post Do not ‘co-opt’ the cross to divide: Bishops join church leaders in message after rally appeared first on Ang...| Anglican Ink © 2025
A coalition of Christian charities and aid agencies, working in partnership with ecumenical church leaders, has organised a dedicated Day of Prayer for Peace on Sunday, 21 September. The initiative coincides with the UN International Day of Peace and aims to unite communities in a shared call for reconciliation and healing. The Bishop of Southwark, […] The post UK Churches unite in prayer for peace in the Middle East appeared first on Anglican Ink © 2025.| Anglican Ink © 2025
A group of bishops with a close interest in the Holy Land have welcomed the announcement that the UK has formally recognised a Palestinian state. The Bishop of Southwark, Christopher Chessun, the Church of England’s lead bishop for the Middle East, together with the Bishops of Chelmsford, Gloucester and Norwich, said the decision could help […] The post CoE Bishops welcome recognition of Palestinian state appeared first on Anglican Ink © 2025.| Anglican Ink © 2025
Mainline Protestant denominations have been declining for sixty years and some of these denominations will not meaningfully much longer exist. But will all their congregations recede or die with them? Perhaps not. The collapse of denominational loyalties in America may be good news for many Mainline congregations. In the old days, many congregants were deeply […]| Anglican Ink © 2025
Labour needs to embrace – and use – the power of the Church. Keir Starmer was in Baku last year when the news broke of the Makin review. The Prime Minister was in the Azerbaijani capital for a climate summit, but the old sins of the Church of England, as detailed in the review, threatened […]| Anglican Ink © 2025
The appointment of Cherry Vann, Bishop of Monmouth, as the new Archbishop of Wales has come as a disappointment to many of the faithful followers of Jesus who remain in the Church in Wales. They had hoped and prayed for a leader of the church who would at least be orthodox in Christian belief and […]| Anglican Ink © 2025
A former Church of England priest convicted last month of abusing members of a “cult-like” church group will face a second trial next year. Chris Brain, 68, had been the leader of the Nine O’Clock Service in Sheffield, an evangelical worshipping community within the Church of England, and stands accused of further sexual assault charges […]| Anglican Ink © 2025
The former headmaster of St. Anne’s Episcopal School in Middletown, Del., has entered a plea agreement with state prosecutors after being charged with 25 counts of felony dealing in child pornography. On 4 September 2025 Justin Lee Smith pled guilty to a single count of dealing in child pornography prior to trial and was sentenced […]| Anglican Ink © 2025
Full-time Anglican clergy in Melbourne are set to get a five-day working week with no reduction in stipend after the diocese approved a reduced working hours proposal in mid-August. Archbishop in Council endorsed the Clergy Remuneration and Working Conditions Committee recommendation to implement a shorter working week, moving from 48 hours across six days to […]| Anglican Ink © 2025
Bishop Ismail Abudgin, alongside local government officials, distributes food to hungry people in El Obeid. He reports this work to his Archbishop, 641 miles away to the northeast in Port Sudan, as an opportunity for better relations between Christians and Muslims. “Dear Archbishop Ezekiel: Here is the brief narrative report concerning the diocesan role at […]| Anglican Ink © 2025
A report from Port Sudan dated August 16 from Hindi Luka, Provincial Accountant for the Episcopal Church of Sudan, gives a current total of seventy-five congregations, spread from the Red Sea to Kadugli in the Nuba Mountains: • Khartoum Diocese: 31 churches • Kadugli Diocese: 6 churches (Kadugli town, surrounding areas, and Dilling town) • […]| Anglican Ink © 2025
September 5, 2025 Dear Seminary of the Southwest Alumni and Friends, With a heavy heart, I write to inform you that yesterday the Board terminated Dean and President Scott Bader-Saye effective immediately. Dean Bader-Saye’s termination comes following his admission of developing an inappropriate relationship with an employee with whom he was in a supervisory relationship. […]| Anglican Ink © 2025
Our partners in the Diocese of Jerusalem have called on all people to cease turning the sacred space of healing of their Al–Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza City into a battleground. In a statement yesterday they outlined a series of attacks in the hospital compound in the early hours of Sunday morning (August 17) which […]| Anglican Ink © 2025
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The Bishop of Winchester, Philip Mounstephen, has written an open letter to survivors following a data breach by Kennedys Law LLP who administer the Church’s Independent Redress Scheme. Bishop Philip Chaired the Redress Board, prior to the approval of the scheme at General Synod in July 2025. His letter follows: Dear Friends, I am writing to you […]| Anglican Ink © 2025
The Diocese of Namibia in the Province of the Anglican Church of Southern Africa celebrated its 100th anniversary. The centenary celebrations included a parade, celebrations of Namibian heritage and culture and a commemorative service with an address from the Most Revd Dr Thabo Makgoba, Archbishop of Cape Town and Primate of Southern Africa and the […]| Anglican Ink © 2025
It has been announced by Downing Street that the Venerable Kelly Anne Betteridge, currently Archdeacon of Bodmin, will be the next Bishop of Basingstoke As Bishop of Basingstoke, Kelly will have a key leadership role across the Diocese of Winchester, especially in ministry development, as well having a particular pastoral care for parishes, chaplaincies and schools across […]| Anglican Ink © 2025
The Church of England’s latest cathedral statistics show continued growth in 2024, with weekly attendance rising to 31,900, an increase of eleven per cent compared to 2023. The rise was driven particularly by midweek services, which saw a 15 per cent increase in adult attendance and a 16 per cent increase in child attendance, although still lower than […]| Anglican Ink © 2025
The General Theological Seminary (GTS) today announced it had received approval from the New York State Attorney General to lease the Close to Vanderbilt University. The 99-year lease will enable GTS to expand its innovative hybrid Master of Divinity (MDiv) program, while securing its presence at its historic home in New York City for decades […]| Anglican Ink © 2025
Hands Case to Co-Counsel to Enable Process to Continue Without Further Interruption Mt. Pleasant, SC – Newly appointed Provincial Prosecutor, The Venerable Job Serebrov, resigned on July 31, asking that a newly appointed co-counsel be selected to take over in the ecclesiastical trial of Bishop Stewart Ruch III and ensure the case can proceed without undue […]| Anglican Ink © 2025
Christians and other faith communities in Sri Lanka have paid tribute to Anglican Bishop Kenneth M. Fernando, commending him for defending human rights during the country’s civil war and promoting dialogue across ethnicities and faiths. Fernando died on Sept. 3 at the age of 93 in the national capital, Colombo. Born on July 25, 1932, Fernando studied […]| Anglican Ink © 2025
All seven Bishops of the Scottish Episcopal Church are among a group of faith leaders from across the UK who have written to the Prime Minister and the Chancellor asking them to “seize this moment to take decisive action to drive down child poverty.” The letter, which was sent to Downing Street today, Sunday 31 […]| Anglican Ink © 2025
Bishop of Western Newfoundland John Organ, whom the provincial metropolitan found violated misconduct policies when he fired a former cathedral dean, has hired a new dean and will resign effective Oct. 1. Organ said in an Aug. 25 letter to the diocese that he had appointed the Rev. Kris Gosse as dean and rector of […]| Anglican Ink © 2025
The consecration of six new CSI bishops in the space of two weeks between August 3-16 is undoubtedly a record of sorts. But what is perhaps more important is that four of the six bishops appointed were in keeping with the popular mandate they received from their respective dioceses. The bishops of Madras, Nandyal, Cochin […]| Anglican Ink © 2025
NAIROBI, Kenya (RNS) — In the besieged Sudanese city of El-Fasher, the Rev. Daramali Abudigin is staying on, even as random bombs, stray bullets and hunger kill members of his flock. The 44-year-old priest has kept St. Mathew, of the Anglican Church of Sudan, open to all Christians, after increased fighting has forced other pastors and […]| Anglican Ink © 2025
“The situation is very serious. It is terrible. In Punjab alone, there are over one and a half million people who have been made homeless due to the floods. These people live on the streets, and it is an enormous effort to care for them. In my parish of Bhai Pheru, south of Lahore, today […]| Anglican Ink © 2025
The Primate of the Church of Nigeria, Anglican Communion, The Most Rev. Henry Ndukuba has announced that the first phase of the creation of full-fledged and missionary Dioceses in the Church of Nigeria is over as no new applications will be attended to for now. The announcement was made at the 14th edition of the […]| Anglican Ink © 2025
Virginia Theological Seminary (VTS) has welcomed 45 new students for the 2025-26 academic year. The entering class includes students from 26 dioceses across the United States, as well as from Burundi and South Korea. It is made up of 21 Master of Divinity students, seven Master of Arts students, seven Anglican Studies students, eight Pathway […]| Anglican Ink © 2025
September 1, 2025 E mihi ana ki te tangata, e tangi ana ki te whenua. Tē taea ngā tapuwae o nanahi, o naianei te ūkui. No reira, kia ngawari te takahi i te mata o te whenua. E ngā iwi o te whenua, o te ao, kia mau te rongo, he mea paiheretia nā te […]| Anglican Ink © 2025
On 27th August the Church of England Redress Scheme leaked the personal details of nearly 200 survivors of CofE abuse in a data breach. House of Survivors recognises that this was human error with no malevolent intent – nevertheless it has distressing consequences for all survivors involved. Many survivors had kept their name and identity […]| Anglican Ink © 2025
As the Bishop of Sheffield gears up this autumn to chair the public inquiry into the ‘Battle of Orgreave’ in South Yorkshire during the 1984 miners’ strike, the view onto his own diocesan backyard is not particularly pretty. This raises a serious question about whether Church of England bishops should be taking on time-consuming civic […]| Anglican Ink © 2025
The Rt Revd Beverley A Mason, has resigned as suffragan Bishop of Warrington in the Diocese of Liverpool. This will take effect from 1st October 2025. The Rt Revd Ruth Worsley, Interim Bishop of Liverpool says: ‘It is with heavy hearts we receive this news today. We are thankful for all that Bishop Bev has […]| Anglican Ink © 2025
C. Alan Runyan, the Provincial Prosecutor for the Anglican Church in North America (ACNA), resigned effective 18 July 2025, in the midst of the high-profile trial of the Rt. Rev. Stewart Ruch III, bishop of the Diocese of the Upper Midwest. In a letter addressed to the Most Rev. Stephen D. Wood, Mr. Runyan expressed […]| Anglican Ink © 2025
A mood shift seems to be suggesting brighter days ahead I feel hope. For the first time in a long time I think I can honestly say that I feel hopeful about the Church of England and its future. I’m currently writing from the front line, from General Synod, and I can’t begin to tell […]| Anglican Ink © 2025
Is it time to exorcise the false religion of wokeness and return to our Biblical foundations? About a month ago, the Christian Conservative MP Danny Kruger rose to his feet in a virtually empty House of Commons on a sleepy Thursday afternoon to make a speech. It was an adjournment debate, when any MP can request […]| Anglican Ink © 2025
Following an investigation by Thames Valley Police, a man has been jailed for defrauding a parish church and an educational trust out of more than £285,000. Terence Capstick, aged 75, of Park Road, Winslow, was sentenced to four years for two counts of fraud by abuse of position at Aylesbury Crown Court on Wednesday (6/8). […]| Anglican Ink © 2025
South Carolina Standing Committee Demands Transparency in Bishop Stewart Ruch Trial The Standing Committee of the Anglican Diocese of South Carolina has issued a forceful letter calling for accountability and transparency in the ongoing ecclesiastical trial of the Rt. Rev. Stewart Ruch III, voicing deep concern over what it described as procedural chaos, lack of […]| Anglican Ink © 2025
The Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion) has officially cut all ties with the Anglican Church of Wales following the election of Bishop Cherry Vann, an open confessing lesbian cleric, as the 15th Archbishop of Wales. This was pronounced by the Primate of the Church of Nigeria, the Most Reverend Henry Ndukuba today during the official […]| Anglican Ink © 2025
The 14th edition of the Church of Nigerian, Anglican Communion’s Chancellors, Registrars and Legal Officers Conference began on the 4thof August with the theme “Called as A Watchman. Ezekiel 33:7.” The Most Reverend Henry Ndukuba, the Primate of the Church of Nigeria, Anglican Communion, in his keynote address, discussed a wide range of topics, calling on […]| Anglican Ink © 2025
The leadership of the Episcopal Diocese of San Diego is aware of an allegation made on social media against the Rev. Roger Haenke, rector of St. John’s Episcopal Church in Chula Vista. The post alleges sexual misconduct with a minor, and we are taking this seriously. The diocese has notified law enforcement and child protective […]| Anglican Ink © 2025
The election of the Rt Rev Cherry Vann, a person in a same sex civil partnership, as Archbishop of Wales is a grievous departure from the teaching of the Bible, inconsistent with the understanding of marriage as expressed in the formularies of the Anglican Church, and a tragic rejection of the words of Jesus. At a time […]| Anglican Ink © 2025
The Governors of Ripon College Cuddesdon are delighted to announce that the Revd Dr Harriet Harris MBE will be the next Principal of the college. She will take up the post on 1st January 2026, following Bishop Humphrey’s retirement at the end of 2025. Dr Harris is currently the University Chaplain and Head of Chaplaincy […]| Anglican Ink © 2025
While many may not know, for over 3 decades, there exists this crack in the ranks of the Church with the introduction of hereticism and disorder, which has now blown this crack into a wide door. This crack is the introduction of sexuality disorder into the doctrines of the Church. This disorder includes of blessing […]| Anglican Ink © 2025
The Church of England’s treatment of former school chaplain, Rev Dr Bernard Randall, deserves to be described as evil. The Christian Legal Centre is rightly calling for Dr Randall to be restored to ministry after statutory authorities found that he did not pose a safeguarding risk. But the Church of England should have backed him in 2019 over the sermon that […]| Anglican Ink © 2025
Peace has broken out at the Church of England’s General Synod – and on an issue of human sexuality. It felt like a miracle. In a rare outbreak of near unanimity on such matters, the synod overwhelmingly approved a call for candidates for ordination to no longer be required to agree to the church’s 34-year-old […]| Anglican Ink © 2025
As a religious sister and advocate, I can no longer stay silent. My journey has long been marked by pain as I witness the suffering, injustice and hardship that define life in this region. Odisha, an eastern Indian state rich in resources, remains home to some of India’s poorest and most marginalized communities. Despite producing […]| Anglican Ink © 2025
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It is shaping up to be a complicated Independence Day for the Episcopal Church. We were once the church of the Founding Fathers and presidents—34 of the 56 signers of the Declaration of Independence were members of what became our church after the Revolution, and 11 presidents, including George Washington, have professed our faith. Today, however, we […]| Anglican Ink © 2025
Matt Bish’s biographical drama about Anglican martyr Archbishop Janani Luwum earns acclaim at East Africa’s premier film festival A Ugandan film chronicling the final days of Archbishop Janani Luwum has achieved significant recognition at the 2025 Zanzibar International Film Festival (ZIFF), winning two prestigious awards and highlighting an important chapter in African Christian history. “Janani: […]| Anglican Ink © 2025
The President of Kenya, William Ruto, pushed back against his critics, including the primate of the Anglican Church, on Sunday, defending his plans to build an Anglican chapel on the grounds of the State House in Nairobi. Speaking at Kigari Teachers Training College in Embu County during a service marking the 35th anniversary of the […]| Anglican Ink © 2025
The five-diocese Anglican Church of Mexico has split into two parallel provincial structures, each claiming legitimate authority after disputed elections triggered a constitutional crisis that Mexican federal courts have failed to resolve. The crisis began at the June 2022 General Synod when the Most Rev. Enrique Treviño Cruz was elected primate in what observers called […]| Anglican Ink © 2025
A dispute has arisen between Kenyan President William Ruto and the Most Rev. Jackson Ole Sapit over the construction of an 8000-seat chapel within the grounds of State House, Nairobi, igniting a national debate on the boundaries between faith and government in Kenya, a country whose constitution explicitly declares that “there shall be no state […]| Anglican Ink © 2025
The Supreme Court ruled 9-0 today that Wisconsin cannot discriminate against Catholic Charities Bureau of the Diocese of Superior because of its religiously motivated care for the poor, the elderly, and the disabled. In Catholic Charities Bureau v. Wisconsin Labor & Industry Review Commission, the Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled last year that Catholic Charities’ ministry to the poor and […]| Anglican Ink © 2025
The Archbishop of the Church of Uganda, Stephen Kaziimba Mugalu, has urged Ugandans to promote unity and stop bickering over religious and political differences. Based on the actions and faith portrayed by the 24 martyrs, both catholic and Anglican, who were executed from the protestant shrine, Kaziimba says Ugandans should opt for dialogue and discussion […]| Anglican Ink © 2025
With Sunday, June 1 marking the start of Pride Month, the Rev. Jessie Turnier, rector of Claremont’s St. Ambrose Episcopal Church, called on an old friend, John Brett, to help deliver a unique 9 a.m. service dubbed “drag Eucharist.” Brett, a chaplain and vicar with the San Francisco Night Ministry, introduced himself to St. Ambrose parishioners in […]| Anglican Ink © 2025
Forty-eight years ago, Archbishop Janani Luwum was reportedly assassinated on the orders of the former President Iddi Amin Dada. Luwum was at the time the leader of the Church of Uganda. But his legacy lives on after Uganda declared the 16 of February a public holiday to celebrate the life of Luwum. DANIEL KIBET brings […]| Anglican Ink © 2025
Two retired priests who worship at Bangor Cathedral have called for a full inquiry into the Diocese of Bangor following revelations about safeguarding and financial concerns. In May 2025 the cathedral was put into the ecclesiastical equivalent of “special measures” and a “serious incident report” sent to the Charity Commission following the publication of two […]| Anglican Ink © 2025
