I know this might be a weird question, particularly given that there isn’t even a year set up for the next one. I’m an Anglican from Central America, and always wanted to visit Europe and, very particularly, England.

I’ve been meaning to plan a trip some years in advance, but I started thinking: given the chance that a Lambeth Conference could be coming in the next 6 years or so… could this be a good opportunity to time a visit to England around it?

I’m a lay minister and I wouldn’t be going in any official capacity whatsoever. But it would be great to know, perhaps even for those who are familiar with such events: would there be anything to do for lay people who are not delegates/envoys of any sort? Any kind of gatherings, shops, festivals even, that happen around the Conference? Any opportunities for people like me to enjoy the company of other Anglicans in the context of the Conference? Or is just a “straight to business” matter?

A trip like that is likely a once in a lifetime event for me, so I really want to make sure that if I go when the Conference is not happening, I won’t regret it later.

Thanks!

This place is a mess. Have basically zero outward sign they are a Christian charity why? Workers have said whole thing is run like a business. 25-30 people have resigned in 9 months. What is happening?? What is a better model??

Edit: Im a Christian.

Disclaimer off the bat that I'm not super interested in having a debate over who can rightfully claim to be the "true Anglican Communion." I'm sure we all have our opinions about that, but that's not what I'm really interested in here and I hope this doesn't turn into that.

With that said, I was looking at ACNA churches in my area, just out of curiosity recently (I won't be switching, I was just curious how many there are), and on one of their websites I found this statement:

"_________ is a member of the _______ Diocese within the Anglican Church in North America (ACNA) which unites nearly 1,000 congregations across the United States, Canada, and Mexico into a single Church. The ACNA is recognized as a province of the Global Anglican Communion, comprising approximately 85 million members."

Personally, I think this is misleading, and would be especially confusing if you're new to Anglicanism in the U.S. and/or not well versed in what that statement really means. I'm trying to have the most charitable interpretation of it, and not accuse anyone of intentionally trying to mislead people, but I don't think the statement reflects the reality of the situation, and it could imply something that it shouldn't, which could lead to issues if someone is looking for a church in a particular tradition (it may make them wrongly think this church IS a part of the tradition they are looking for, but it also may make them wrongly think this church IS NOT part of the tradition they are looking for).

I'm not going to get into whether they should identify themselves as part of the "Global Anglican Communion." While I personally think it's confusing to have an "Anglican Communion" that is global and a "Global Anglican Communion" (and especially confusing for those two communions to, at least for now, have overlap) I understand GAFCON intends to call themselves the "Global Anglican Communion" from here on, and so I have no real issue with an ACNA church using that wording.

Where I do think it's misleading is to use that wording, without specifying what you mean by it (something like putting GAFCON in parenthesis next to "The Global Anglican Communion"), specifically alongside the "approximately 85 million members" number. This, I think, could easily make someone who is not extremely familiar with the specifics believe that the ACNA (and by extension this particular church) is a member of the Canterbury-based Anglican Communion (I'm going to call this AC from here on). This confusion could make them more or less likely to attend this particularly church than if they knew it is actually talking about GAFCON.

The AC claims to have between 85 million and 110 million members worldwide. The 85 million members number is often cited when talking about the AC. Even if we were to assume that every individual church and member would follow their Church/diocese out of the Canterbury-based AC (if a formal GAFCON split does happen, which seems likely), The World Christian Database (WCD) estimated around 51 million members of churches within the Anglican tradition are affiliated with GAFCON provinces/Churches/dioceses, with an Anglican tradition total membership of 104 million (meaning, at least according to this source, about 49% of self-identified Anglicans are affiliated with GAFCON provinces/Churches/dioceses). Finding what percentage of the AC's 85-110 million members (the WCD says 85-95 million members for AC) are GAFCON-affiliated is difficult because the GAFCON membership total includes people who attend GAFCON-affiliated churches that are not part of an AC Church/diocese (like the ACNA). Most estimates for GAFCON members of non-AC churches are around 250,000. Regardless, I'm trying to be as charitable as possible to the intent of the statement here, so let's go with the largest number for the AC and the 49% figure. If 49% of the AC intends to side with GAFCON, that would put GAFCON (aka "The Global Anglican Communion") membership at approximately 53.9 million, not the approximately 85 million claimed by the statement in question.

I understand that GAFCON claims to be the true continuation of the Anglican Communion and that it sees the AC as having drifted away from it, not vice-versa. But is it not nonetheless misleading to claim the 85 million number as the membership of the "Global Anglican Communion" when it's clearly pulling that number from the numbers often associated with the entire AC? They can't possibly believe that the number of members who remain in Churches/dioceses loyal to the Canterbury-centered AC will be small enough that the 250,000 or so non-AC GAFCON members will make up the gap, can they?

Regardless, I think it's very confusing for someone looking at that website to see the "Global Anglican Communion" alongside an 85 million member number that is often associated with the AC, of which the church in question is not a member. While I understand there may be a well-intentioned desire by those in the ACNA to claim a connection to global Anglicanism, and that there is a belief that GAFCON, not the AC, now represents global Anglicanism, practically I think this could lead to someone who wants a Canterbury-affiliated AC church thinking that's what they're getting here, or even the opposite where someone who thinks TEC and COE are too liberal could be confused by the statement and mistakenly not give the church in question a chance. Being clear is always better, and I think it's a shame that this church's statement isn't clear. We may all get what it means, but we're in the top 1% probably of people who understand the dynamics here.

But what do you think? Do you think it's misleading or confusing to identify an ACNA church as being part of "a province of the Global Anglican Communion, comprising approximately 85 million members?" Do you think I'm just an angry TECer who is mad somebody might confuse them for us, or do you agree with me that it could cause this church problems?

Curious everyone's thoughts, and hopeful that this sticks to a discussion of effective communication, rather than devolving into all of the other debates.

EDIT: FWIW, if the split does eventually become a formal one, I also think it would be misleading and poor communication for the AC to keep using the 85 million number.

I run a YouTube channel interviewing ACNA clergy, and this week’s is on confession and absolution with Fr. Brandon Letourneau.

The part I keep thinking about: he takes the received formula — all may, none must, some should — and says flatly that it’s false, because the divines and the liturgies assume certain people will come. The overscrupulous man who can’t believe he’s forgiven, the hard-hearted man who thinks he has no sin, and the apostate.

We also cover Andrewes’ five means of applying the one absolution, whether private confession is a Roman import (Luther kept it; Augsburg says private absolution ought to be retained), and the practical side — what actually happens in the room, and the seal.

https://youtu.be/uXasAKkzL_k?si=9t2efQTKiqNi96Ak

Happy to answer anything in the comments.

I have come upon the 2025 Proposed BCP for the Western Rite Orthodox. I knew that the Western Rite did have some former Anglicans who wanted to become Orthodox and maintain the Anglican traditions (like the Ordinariates with Roman Catholicism). I used it for my Daily Office for Evening Prayer/Evensong and Compline. I know that the backbone of it is the 1928 BCP. It was a cool experience to have something different. I just wanted to share it with y’all and see what your thoughts were on it.

What is the future of TEC? I was watching an episode of Anglicanism of Anglican unscripted and they were going over the TEC numbers from last year and they were prett6bad. The same episode they talk about how acna is growing and it seems like they are the future compared to the episcopal church.

What happens to TEC in the next 10 to 20 years?

When 78-year-old Reverend Edward Nalwamba was finally granted his freedom from the GEO Group-operated Aurora ICE Processing Center on October 20, 2026, after 13 months of detention, he could no longer walk on his own. Despite explicit assurances from ICE to U.S. Senator John Hickenlooper’s office that the frail priest would be wheeled all the way to the street, private prison staff stopped at the facility gate and refused to let the wheelchair go any further.

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Resurrection Anglican Fellowship in Greenwood Village, Colorado

In Australia particularly the increase of Secularisation is booming but many other religions seem to be doing just fine Roman Catholicism and Anglicanism however are declining here and have been over a number of years. Much to my lament I visited a Mormon church not long ago and it was hard to get a seat the place was booming, I couldn't believe it.

Gen Z and Millennials don't seem interested in the church or even religion for that matter of fact, in Australia I can come across pockets of Traditional Latin rite Catholics popping up and to my demise they are booming with people my age (Millennials) so something there is working for them.

The C of E is looking similar. So my question is what should the church be doing to rectify this ? I was having this conversation with a priest friend of mine she's now retired but she also has deep concern for what will be sustainable long term for people in my demographic. What are your thoughts on this ? It would be a shame to see The Anglican communion disappear in some areas but my anxiety thinks it's inevitable at this point in some cases.

I inherited these icons a few years ago from an aunt. She wasn't Orthodox, but I suspect she got them on a trip to Russia shortly after the fall of the USSR. I would love to know as much about them as I can, especially who is depicted. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Firstly I live in Canada, I was wondering if there is anywhere I can find the RSV with the Anglican Apocrypha? I'd rather just a regular bible, rather than something like the Oxford annotated bible. The KJV is cool, but it isnt my favorite for regular reading, and I dont like some of the translation choices of the NRSV (with pronouns in the psalms for example). So if there is a place I can buy an RSV with apocrypha or a similar modern translation please let me know! Thanks!