$340k to 9 countries = a busy six months!
In the past 6 months (since the last project update on May 1, 2021), ARDF has sent nearly $340,000 to projects in: Egypt, Ghana, India, Kenya, Myanmar, Nigeria, South Sudan, and Tanzania. We also funded a project in an undisclosed country (due to security reasons).
The Gifts of Giving Thanks
Christ has secured this for us in the cross, pronounced even our weakest efforts to give thanks to God as worthy by triumphing over death, and receives our thanksgiving and praise as he sits enthroned at the right hand of God. This is our confidence to approach the Father and give Him our thanks.
Immanuel Anglican Church Breaks Ground!
On October 17, representatives from Immanuel Anglican Church (Woodbridge, VA), the architect and builders, and Bishop John, celebrated the groundbreaking liturgy to begin the process of building their new church building.
The Mid-Atlantic Messenger - October 28, 2021
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Transitions in the Diocese
We thank God for the ordination of David Griffin to the transitional diaconate on Sunday, October 17, at Incarnation Anglican Church in Arlington, VA.
Seen, Known, & Transformed by Grace
Like yours, my story is complicated, and my understanding of God and his grace is equally tangled. The gap between what I know to say and teach about the graciousness of God and my experience of him as a God of grace is sometimes painfully wide.
A Church Planting Story
In the latest episode of Appalachian Anglican, a podcast presented by Church of the Ascension in Kearneysville, WV, listeners get to hear the story of a church planter in this Diocese. No two church planting stories are alike, and this one is an amazing tribute to God’s faithful provision.
Summit for Life 2022
Anglicans For Life, in partnership with the Diocese of the Mid-Atlantic, invite you to attend SUMMIT 2022, a life-affirming conference. SUMMIT 2022 will provide you the opportunity to protect life. Enjoy fruitful conversation, presentations from pro-life leaders, keynote presentations, workshops, networking opportunities, and join hundreds of thousands of people at the March for Life in Washington, D.C.. Live out your calling, and advocate For Life.
Become a SWAT Intercessor
Currently, AFL has 866 members on our Prayer Team. We want to increase that number by 100% and develop a special SWAT (Spiritual Warfare AFL Team) to intercede in special or critical circumstances. Our upcoming Life SUMMIT 2022: Mobilizing the Church for Life, is a great example of a special circumstance in need of focused prayer. Your prayers will ensure our Life SUMMIT preparations are impactful and fruitful for God’s Kingdom.
Student Leadership Network
The Next Generation Leadership Initiative (NGLI) exists to assist dioceses and parishes in the work of developing the next generation of leaders, both lay and ordained. Our mission is to discover, develop, and deploy leaders and ministry resources for the Anglican Church in North America.
Grace Anglican Church
Since purchasing a permanent home in White Post, VA and discerning that they have become a regional body of believers, it no longer seemed fitting to be called "Winchester" Anglican Church. So after much prayer, discussion, and input from the entire congregation they have settled on a new name!
An Introduction to Christian Persecution
On November 5, 7 p.m., in recognition of International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted, you are invited to The Falls Church Anglican for an evening of worship and prayer for our brothers and sisters who are persecuted for their faith in Jesus.
The Booyah Brrr!
Anglican Youth Ministry is holding it’s first-ever winter retreat, The Booyah Brrrr! That’s right! On Jan. 14, 2022, we will be heading to Watermarks Camp in Scottsville, Va for an amazing weekend getaway with other Anglican youth groups from around the country.
The Mid-Atlantic Messenger - October 14, 2021
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A Message from the Bishop - October 2021A
Have you noticed that some days you might be surrounded by chaos and face crisis upon crisis, yet you experience the supernatural joy of the Lord in the midst of it all? And then there are other days, when outwardly things are smooth sailing, but inside you’re a wreck?
Racial Reconciliation Seminar
Are you willing to serve as an ambassador for racial reconciliation in our society? To help equip you for this ministry, Christ the Redeemer Anglican Church, Fairfax, VA, would like to invite you to attend an online Racial Reconciliation Seminar, October 30, from 9 a.m. to noon.
Matthew 25 Initiative: Anglicans on the Streets
The mission at Matthew 25 Initiative is to equip and sustain Anglicans serving alongside the vulnerable. The most recent video in this series features, Communidad, an Anglican ministry in Falls Church, VA.
Always Forward: Church Planting in North America
The Decade of Discipleship, Evangelism and Missions is an ongoing activity of the Gafcon Movement. Recently in North Carolina, people from across ACNA gathered for training in Church Planting, so that as the gospel is proclaimed to the nations, churches can be planted and Christ glorified