Anglican Journal

At their meeting in August, primates from North, Central and South America discussed issues of mutual concern, including migration, climate change and relations with Indigenous Peoples.

Primates of the Americas discuss ministry in a time of rapid change - Anglican Journal The primates of North, Central and South America discussed migration, climate change, changing times and Indigenous rights at their August meeting.

The work of articulating an equitable partnership between Indigenous and non-Indigenous churches in Canada is part of a larger transformational effort for the national church currently underway.

Pathway 5 team seeks clarity on Sacred Circle jurisdiction - Anglican Journal The Pathway 5 team is working on questions of jurisdiction and church-to-church relationship in the ongoing formation of Sacred Circle.

The annual Say Yes! To Kids campaign hit its stride in 2026 as local fundraising teams collected a record-breaking $165,000 for child and youth programs, drawing on support from the Anglican Foundation of Canada.

National support for child and youth ministry drives local fundraising teams - Anglican Journal A national campaign spearheaded by the Anglican Foundation of Canada (AFC) to raise funds for local child and youth ministry, Say Yes! To Kids (SYTK) began as a one-time initiative in 2021 before becoming an annual campaign the following year. But 2026 felt different for AFC staff, executive directo...

The site of a historic Toronto church destroyed by fire two years ago hosted an art exhibition and multiple concerts this summer, as the parish moved forward with plans to rebuild.

St. Anne’s art exhibition finds rebirth and new life amid church ruins - Anglican Journal The ruins of a historic Toronto church destroyed by fire two years ago became both the site of an art exhibition and multiple concerts this summer and a symbol of the parish’s determination to rebuild.

Core ideas of Forest Church—which involves communities gathering outdoors for worship, emphasizing connection with God through the natural world—are reflected in a variety of similar movements with names and practices as diverse as nature itself.

Faith rooted in the wild - Anglican Journal Christ Church Bells Corners in the diocese of Ottawa has doubled the number of outdoor worship gatherings it holds on the trails of the National Capital Commission after a strong response to its Forest Church program, launched in summer 2025.

Bishop Vincent Fenga hopes to encourage prayer, Bible study, faithful worship and discipleship in the diocese of the Yukon with the goal of strengthening people’s relationship to Jesus Christ.

New Yukon bishop prioritizes spiritual renewal - Anglican Journal Strengthening people’s connection to Jesus Christ must inform every aspect of ministry in the Anglican diocese of the Yukon, Bishop Vincent Fenga says.

Bishop Susan Bell has wanted to support a neo-monastic religious community in Canada for years—even before she became a bishop. Now, the diocese of Niagara is working to make that dream a reality.

Neo-monastic community to launch in diocese of Niagara - Anglican Journal The new community, to be called St. Brigid’s Community, will consist of volunteers aged 18 to 35. Bell and Canon Ian Mobsby, the diocese of Niagara’s community missioner, have recruited members to St. Brigid’s through a series of focus groups held in the diocese. Bell says she hopes for about ...

Award-winning playwright Ins Choi, member of Toronto’s Little Trinity, based his latest play on his experience of growing up as a pastor's son whose mother had promised God he would become the same—and his journey to working in theatre instead.

‘Every family has their lore’: Ins Choi on calling, theatre and Son of a Preacherman - Anglican Journal Son of a Preacherman is based on Choi’s experience growing up as the son of a Korean-Canadian pastor whose mother had promised God he would become the same—and his journey to working in theatre instead.

Ahead of the liturgical Season of Creation in September, Primate Shane Parker reflects on God’s work in the intricacies and interdependencies of nature—and in human lives.

Nature reveals God’s creative love - Anglican Journal I was in the diocese of the Yukon in June for the consecration of Bishop Vincent Fenga and discussions with clergy and lay ministers. The visit was nostalgic as my family had once lived in that diocese, surrounded by boreal forest near the confluence of the Muskwa, Prophet and Fort Nelson rivers.

Change is not to be feared but to be acknowledged, writes Archbishop Chris Harper, Presiding Elder of Sacred Circle, in his reflection on an evolving church and God as our rock and refuge through storms of change.

Faith is our rock through storms of change - Anglican Journal As children of creation in the family of the Almighty, we stand on shifting sands of time, where the landscape before us evolves and changes by the moment.