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Anglican WORLD

MAGAZINE OF THE ANGLICAN COMMUNION • ISSUE 137 MAY 2015

A defining momentInterview with an Anglican bishop for eco-justice

Empowering womenThe transforming power of savings and loan

Reconciliation in our DNAThe Cross of Nails comes to Aotearoa/New Zealand

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Our communion is made visible by the ministries of so many, across enormous

differences of language, wealth, temperament, culture and race.

Stories of faith and transformation

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IT IS SAID that there are approximately 85 million Anglicans in the world. Anglican World puts faces on some of us. In this edition there are stories of personal courage that show the difference that one person can make in transforming a situation; from the Provost of Coventry in World War II to Vilma in Guatemala today.

We are 85 million disciples, called into communion with God and with one another. Our communion is made visible by the ministries of so many, across enormous differences of language, wealth, temperament, culture and race.

In an age when religion is often associated in the public mind with war, atrocity and division, it is heartening to read these stories of faith made visible to change perspectives, to change lives, and to give hope to the people who are not casualty statistics but lively, loving human beings.

The Anglican Communion Office has made its own contribution to these stories: through the work of the Anglican Alliance, of which Episcopal Relief & Development and the Australian Board of Mission are members; through

the work of the Anglican Communion Environmental Network; through the communication of Anglican stories on the new website as well as in this magazine; through the development of a database for Anglican theologians. We look forward to having a Director for Theological Studies who will be based at the ACO and deepen theological education in the Communion, complemented by Bishop Graham Kings’ work at Lambeth and in Durham.

Indeed, the Anglican Communion Office is a Community of the Cross of Nails. Staff pray the Coventry Litany of Reconciliation every Friday, along with the newest community in Aotearoa/New Zealand. Newly consecrated Bishop Kenneth Kearon chose a cross of nails for his pectoral cross.

We will soon welcome his successor as Secretary General, Bishop Josiah Idowu-Fearon, who is himself deeply committed to reconciliation.

Canon Dr Alyson Barnett-CowanInterim Secretary General of the Anglican Communion


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Inside this issue

Inside this issue

Cover photoTaranaki matriarch Maata Wharehoka acknowledges Dean Jamie Allen with a traditional Maori greeting after removal of the cathedral’s military hatchments CREDIT: TARANAKI CATHEDRAL


Anglican WORLD

MAGAZINE OF THE ANGLICAN COMMUNION • ISSUE 137 MAY 2015

A defining momentInterview with an Anglican bishop for eco-justice

Empowering womenThe transforming power of savings and loan

Reconciliation in Our DNAThe Cross of Nails comes to Taranaki

¢ ANGLICAN YOUTHRocking up on a Sunday morning 22

¢ THE LAST WORDHow many stars would you give Jesus? 23

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¢ EDITORIAL Stories of faith and transformation 2

¢ COMMUNION NEWS The latest from around the Anglican world 4

¢ FEATUREThe Coventry Cross of Nails comes to Taranaki Cathedral 6

¢ FEATUREStrength. Presence. Community. The emerging Anglican Lusophone network 8

¢ WORLD VIEWThe Communion at a glance 10

¢ FEATURE The ministry of presence of Anglican military chaplains 12

¢ PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE

The ultimate witness 14The transforming power of savings and loan 16Why the Anglican Communion must be a good steward of God’s creation 18

¢ PROFILE Meet the new Mission Theologian in the Anglican Communion 20


16Saving to make dreams come true


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ARCHBISHOP WELBY RAISES UP PLIGHT OF PERSECUTED CHRISTIANS

Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby has called for more support for Christians facing persecution.

The Archbishop visited Egypt to offer condolence following the murder of 21 Egyptian Christians in Libya. Speaking to the BBC during the visit, the Archbishop said: “I believe Islamic State is deeply evil – even to its own supporters.”

Persecution of Christians in the Middle East was “the worst since the 13th century,” he said. His comments came as IS released a video of the execution of 28 Ethiopian Christians in Libya.

In his Easter sermon the

Archbishop highlighted the persecution of Christians in the Middle East and Africa, including the 148 people killed in an attack on a university in Garissa, Kenya.

Christians living in peaceful societies must support persecuted communities and “stand as witness” to what was happening to Christians elsewhere.

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Archbishop Welby with Pope Tawadros II, June 2013

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Unity, Faith and Order the Revd Canon Dr Alyson Barnett-Cowan and Travel Manager Lynne Butt are retiring, while Director for Communications Jan Butter has stepped down after five years.

Current Bishop of Kaduna (Nigeria) Dr Josiah Atkins Idowu-Fearon will be the next Secretary General of the Anglican Communion. He will join the ACO in July 2015.

The Revd Canon Dr John Gibaut, previously Director of the World Council of Churches’ Commission

on Faith and Order, has taken up the role of Director for Unity, Faith and Order for the Anglican Communion.

The post of Director for Communications will be filled later in the year. Terri Miller is serving as Interim Editor of Anglican Communion News Service and Anglican World.

New Travel Manager is Daphne Towry-Coker. The team also has welcomed Ilona Sabera in the new position of Research and Communications Officer.

FAREWELLS AND WELCOMES FOR THE ANGLICAN COMMUNION OFFICE

Bishop Dr Idowu-Fearon (left), Canon Dr John Gibaut (right)

Formal opening of the conference

WE WILL SPEAK OUT

WORKING TOGETHER TO END SEXUAL VIOLENCE

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Anglicans have joined other faith leaders in recognising their particular responsibility to end the use of rape and other forms of sexual and gender based violence in conflict.

Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby and Anglicans from Brazil, Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, South Africa, South Sudan, Sri Lanka, Swaziland and the UK took part together with 40 faith leaders in the conference

‘Mobilising Faith Communities in Ending Sexual Violence in Conflict’ in London in February.

The event led to an interfaith declaration and recommendations to faith leaders, governments and non-governmental agencies. The conference, hosted by the UK’s Foreign & Commonwealth Office and the We Will Speak Out coalition against sexual violence, built on the June 2014 Global Summit to End Sexual Violence in Conflict.

The Anglican Communion is a founder member of the We Will Speak Out coalition.

The Anglican Communion’s London-based secretariat is in transition.

Current Interim Secretary General and former Director for


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NEW WEBSITE AIMS TO PROMOTE ANGLICAN COMMUNION

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The address is the same but the house has been rebuilt from the ground up: the Anglican Communion has a new online home at anglicancommunion.org.

The new-look website joins anglicannews.org as a comprehensive, easy-to-use tool to build and celebrate communion among Anglicans and Episcopalians worldwide.

Former Director for Communications Jan Butter says the aim was to produce a look and feel that speaks of a modern Christian faith community steeped in tradition, with people at its centre.

The website details the Communion’s mission, structures, relationships and identity. It has a member church directory and searchable resource library.

New features include a Prayer Wall, a Theologian Database and a Vacation Exchange service for Communion church workers and clergy.

The ACO’s Communications Department worked with Zebedee Creations to create the site – made possible by funding from the Compass Rose Society and the Church Missions Publishing Company.

IARCA primate Sturdie Wyman Downs (middle)

Prayer service following the attacks

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DIOCESE OF RAIWIND

A NEW PRIMATE AND A NEW DIOCESE

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The Anglican Communion has a new primate in the Americas and a new diocese in Africa.

Bishop Sturdie Wyman Downs from the Diocese of Nicaragua was installed as the new Archbishop of the Anglican Church of the Central American region (IARCA) on 21 February. He takes over leadership of the Province comprising the Dioceses of Guatemala, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama from the Most Revd Armando Guerra Soria, Bishop of Guatemala.

The Diocese of Mombasa was

split to create the Diocese of Malindi in the Anglican Church of Kenya (ACK). Bishop Lawrence Kavutsu Dena was installed as

CHURCH IN PAKISTAN SUPPORTS THOSE AFFECTED BY BOMBINGS

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The Diocese of Lahore is focusing on prayer, trauma counselling and security in the aftermath of the suicide bombings of Christ Church and St John’s Catholic Church during Sunday services on 15 March.

Bishop Irfan Jamil reported that he and his team had visited those who had lost loved ones or had been injured. The attacks killed at least 14 people and injured more than 70.

The church will continue to respond to those affected by the

attacks, backed by a coalition of Anglican churches and agencies, the Anglican Alliance said.

Bishop Jamil asked the Communion to continue to stand alongside the Church in Pakistan in these traumatic times.

Bishop Samuel Azariah, the Primate of The Church of Pakistan (United), strongly condemned the twin bombings and expressed deep concern about the insecurity of minorities in the Pakistani context.

diocesan bishop on 26 April. The diocese includes the counties of Malindi, Kilifi, Tana River and Lamu.


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The Communion at a glance

On the heels of its Climate Change Crisis forum, the Episcopal Church invited parishioners to show their commitment to caring for God’s creation through a mix of learning, advocating, acting, proclaiming, eating, playing and praying. The 30 Days for Action focused on personal, community and global change.

Cycling challenge to raise funds for mental health support

An Oakham man is cycling to all 42 Anglican cathedrals in England, in memory of his brother. David Graham will cover 2,500 miles to support a mental health charity in tribute to Allister, who died of an overdose. Oakham Canon Lee Francis-Dehqani is backing the cycling challenge. “The church stands with those who suffer any kind of mental distress.”

THE DIOCESE OF LOS ANGELESBEV SULLIVAN

Mission to Seafarers supports stricken crew

14 Filipino seafarers stranded in Canada due to food poisoning have gotten their sea legs back. Anglican chaplain Eric Phinney of Saint John Seafarers Mission liaised with their ship and provided support as they recovered. The Mission keeps watch for crew welfare issues on ships docking in Saint John’s harbour.

RYAN CORBYN DESIGN

Episcopalians invited to take 30 Days of Action for the climate


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Teams of local parishioners have been working hard into the night to lay the foundation for an extension to St George’s Church, in Thandaung Gyi, Diocese of Toungoo. The expanding parish prioritizes peace and reconciliation initiatives such as education for children of families displaced by years of conflict.

Australian Mothers’ Union branch gives away 5000th gift

Mothers’ Union Australia Hervey Bay branch has given away its 5000th “new mother” gift basket. Mum Jude and baby Rose were the lucky recipients of the handmade items intended to help with adjustment to parenthood. Branch Secretary Cherelle Mungomery says the baskets are a way to show that someone is there to offer support if needed.

The pupils at a Church in Wales primary school near Bridgend have created a stunning mosaic depicting the church year using broken tiles. An artist worked with the children for a month to make the piece of art that illustrates the various stages of the church calendar.

Pupils create mosaic of church year

CHURCH IN WALES

Appeal to fast-track South Sudan peace efforts

Kenyan Archbishop Eliud Wabukala and his South Sudanese counterpart Daniel Deng Bul Yak called on the international community to fast-track efforts to resolve the conflict in South Sudan. They said the on-going war was about power struggles, not ethnic difference and that much more could be done to foster peace.

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Myanmar parish builds on reconciliation ministries


SUNSHINE COAST DAILY

BRAD CHAPMAN/ANGLICAN BOARD OF MISSION - AUSTRALIA, 2015


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by jan butter

AW: How did you get into this ministry?

The Revd Stuart Rason, Royal Navy Chaplain: It was very much top of my list. I came to faith while in the Navy through a military chaplain, so, throughout my ministerial formation, I did think about military chaplaincy.

The Revd Ruth Hake, Royal Air Force Chaplain: I felt a calling

to the military in this kind of role as early as five or six years old at a time when women weren’t ordained. I forgot about it for a few years and at theological college I did a military placement and thought this is it.

The Revd Gary Keith, British Army Chaplain: I think the Church should be everywhere – it should be sending people to the shopping centre, the prison, the workplace. As military chaplains we’ve [trained and lived with them] so you’re part of the ‘tribe’. I’ve felt called to be part of this community, so it’s a vocation.

AW: How does this ministry differ to a more traditional parish role?

RH: We’re freed up to be the pastors, the spiritual person in that community. We’re not running the PCC or doing those jobs that are necessary and important

outside. If my church roof leaks I phone [the Defence Infrastructure Organisation] and get them to come and fix it so I can concentrate on doing the role I’ve been called to, being that priest, that pastor, that prophetic voice in the RAF.

SR: The Church talks about, where is Generation X and Generation Y? And 90 per cent of our congregation is under 25, certainly 30. So, we are in fact youth ministers.

RH: It’s an immense privilege ministering to people most of whom wouldn’t dream of knocking on their vicar’s door or going to church. But if they have a problem the first person they think of going to speak to is their padre.

SR: Also, the chaplain is the only person who’s part of the [community], but not part of the chain of command. We’ve all had really senior officers come to us

“I think the Church should be everywhere – it should be sending people to the shopping centre, the prison, the workplace.”

With no roof to fix, the sky’s the limit

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After a gathering of Anglican military chaplains at Lambeth Palace, Anglican World spoke to three of them, one from each service, about their particular calling.

Cowleaze Wood Act of Remembrance and Commemoration CeremonyCPL SALLY RAIMONDO. MOD CROWN COPYRIGHT 2013


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because they need someone to talk to who’s not in the chain of command.

AW: Should priests be part of a community formed for violence?

SR: We are in that paradox of being a person of peace in a situation where lethal force can and will be applied. But I wouldn’t just judge someone in the parish because of their job. Our role is to be prophetic into that environment. And how would that environment be without us?

RH: I don’t think that anybody’s outside the love of God. So to say that a whole group of people aren’t worthy of having ministry and the Church of England can’t go there is ridiculous.

GK: Our country asks a lot of its young people in the services. They’re expected to do a great deal in very difficult circumstances and put their lives in danger. They’re very aware of their own humanity and it’s vitally important that they are provided pastoral care in a non-judgmental way as they fulfil their duties.

AW: Do chaplains fight too?

GK: As chaplains we are non-combatants and the only people in the operational theatre that don’t carry any weapons whatsoever. That sends a very strong message to those with whom we serve and those we’re fighting against.

AW: What role do you have on the battlefield?

SR: When things are turning bad, people ask, “Padre, why are you here?” The answer is you’re God in that situation.

RH: It’s a ministry of presence, incarnational ministry. Jesus didn’t come to be in palaces, but at the margins with those going through the rough times. You earn the right to talk to soldiers by being with them when the bullets are flying.

AW: As the world becomes more secular will the military keep chaplains?

SR: Turn the question around. Should there be secular chaplains? The answer is no because they don’t have anything to offer. I was at a meeting where an atheist agreed that a chaplain has to be a person of faith otherwise [he or she] can’t meet the needs in the community for those who want to talk about God or spiritual issues.

AW: How can military chaplains connect with regular parishes?

GK: We tend to move around on a two-year cycle so we’re about introducing people to faith and a relationship with God. If we work more closely with local parishes they’re there more long term and could provide more consistent pastoral and spiritual care.

“You earn the right to talk to soldiers by being with them when the bullets are flying.”

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Ministry of presence at Royal Air Force station Brize Norton

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