Being

Anglican
Part 2
Learning from
Global Perspectives
Guide Book

Theological Education in the

Anglican Communion (TEAC)
Anglican Communion Office
2022
Being Anglican
Part 2
Learning from Global Perspectives

First Edition, Published January 2022

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Course Sessions

Welcome................................................................................................................................. 4

Session 1: Anglican Discipleship....................................................................................... 8

Section 2: Anglican Worship............................................................................................ 12

Section 3: Anglican Mission............................................................................................. 17

Section 4: Anglican Ecumenism and Interfaith Relations ......................................... 22

Section 5: The Anglican Communion............................................................................. 26

Section 6: Anglican Spirituality........................................................................................ 30

Section 7: Additional Resource....................................................................................... 34

‘The Being Anglican video project is a very impressive achievement

and it is really good to hear voices from all around the communion. The
testimony is really warm and a joy to see. It also puts very clearly, just by
looking at it, that the Anglican Communion is broad and global. It also
brings voices (and not just printed words) from all over the place together.’

Revd Dr Will Adam,

Director of Unity, Faith and Order and Deputy Secretary General of
the Anglican Communion.

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Welcome
Welcome to this set of videos on the experience of being Anglican today across
the world. It is designed for anyone interested in learning more about worldwide
Anglicanism, especially for study groups and for use within academic programmes.
The Theological Education department at the Anglican Communion Office (TEAC)
has received requests for such a resource from different parts of the world
especially from regions where study materials are limited. In response to this need,
TEAC has produced a project ‘Being Anglican’ in two parts:

Part 1 is ‘Learning from our History’, which can be found on its webpages
(https://www.anglicancommunion.org/theology/theological-education/being-
anglican.aspx).

Part 2, this one, ‘Learning from Global Perspectives’, consists of a set of videos on
a YouTube channel accompanied by this Guide Book. This is produced by a small
international working group who have been collaborating for two years. We hope
it will fill a gap and help to enhance the learning and discipleship of Anglicans and
others in many different places.

As the Anglican Communion grows and spreads around the world, now encompassing
42 autonomous churches including the united churches of the Indian subcontinent, in
over 165 countries, its nature becomes more and more diverse, famously described by
Bishop John Hind as ‘the bewildering diversity of Anglicanism’. The pressures within it
also become more complex. All of this raises the question of the nature of Anglicanism
– what does it mean to be an Anglican and what is the Anglican Communion? Current
controversies and divisions within Anglican churches make the search for answers all
the more pressing, not least for ordinands and other trainee ministers as they prepare
to become public ministers within this branch of God’s church.

Why This Project?

In a post-colonial body of churches it is for each member church to explore, discern
and inhabit its own point of view. But Anglican churches belong to a communion,
which means they share a common ancestry, share a family likeness with a common
set of values and practices, share a commitment to the mission of Christ expressed
through the Five Marks of Mission, and meet and worship with each other in a
number of different settings on a regular basis. This means there is common ground
on the basis of which they can listen to and learn from each other if given the
opportunity. This project is about helping that to happen by collecting together

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a range of testimonies from lay people and clergy, and scholarly commentaries
from academics and church leaders, from across the Anglican Communion in a
structured way that provides a concise yet broadly-based set of windows onto this
phenomenon. Every attempt has been made to make the testimonies represent
every region of the Anglican Communion. They do not cover every member church
but they do open many windows onto the breadth of Anglican experience across the
world. They represent a large scale global conversation of reflections and personal
testimonies and do not represent the official teaching of any Anglican bodies.

Why a YouTube Channel?

This resource is a set of video testimonies and short commentaries. One reason
for using videos is that we do not want to exclude those Anglicans who prefer to
communicate through the spoken word rather than the written word. Also using
an online platform means that the study materials will be accessible to a wide a
range of people in many different places.

For these reasons a YouTube Channel has been created: “Being Anglican:
Learning from Global Perspectives” (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-
Xb_sdp8Y9guqo72m1-qhg) which is readily accessible to those with internet
connection. This is free to viewers. It can be accessed and downloaded onto
devices for use in classrooms and in study groups.

The videos feature lay people and clergy from different continents and diverse
cultures and languages. Members of the Communion speak many different
languages. English subtitles are included when the speaker uses a language other
than English. We hope Spanish, Portuguese and French versions of the channel
will be available in due course.

This Guide Book provides questions for discussion and lists of further resources
(videos and books) for any who want to use the materials within an accredited
course or for self-study.

Learning Goals
This project will increase the participants’ ability to

• understand the global diversity of Anglicans for the enriching of faith and
deepening of experience

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• hear from those groups of Anglicans who have not been sufficiently heard up
to now, especially non-English speakers

• foster unity and growth in mission in the Anglican Communion and beyond

• generate conversation about the nature of Anglicanism in churches,

seminaries, theological colleges and other contexts.

A Guide for Facilitators

The study materials have six sections, on Anglican Discipleship, Anglican Worship,
Anglican Mission, Anglican Ecumenism and Interfaith Relations, the Anglican
Communion and Anglican Spirituality. Each section can be used in small group
discussions and/or incorporated into teaching programmes or modules. Each has
between four to six short testimonies and two longer commentaries from scholars
(both academics and church leaders), which offer reflections and further questions
on the testimonies.

It will be helpful for facilitators to watch the videos before leading the session.
Participants should watch the videos together within the following structure for
each session:

Session Outline

1. Facilitators create a welcoming environment so that participants can respect

and listen to each other with openness and humility.

2. An opening prayer invites God’s Spirit to open hearts and minds to the
insights of others.

3. The video testimonies are watched, with participants making a note of what
they learn from them.

4. Each participant shares with each other what they have learnt from the
testimonies.

5. The discussion questions printed below are used to encourage discussion.

6. Short break

7. The two commentaries are viewed, with participants making a note of what
they learn from them.

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8. Each participant shares with each other what they have learnt from the
commentaries and respond to the other discussion questions.

9. Each participant discusses and decides on some practical response to what

they have learnt, to be put into practice in the week ahead.

10. Closing prayer.

The discussion questions are meant to invite conversation and the sharing of
experiences. There are no right or wrong answers.

Facilitators should be aware of the power dynamics in the group (such as race, gender,
class, age, and educational level, etc.) when creating a safe space for dialogue and
mutual learning. Participants may have different levels of knowledge about Anglican
experience and history. Some may not have had many opportunities for listening to
Anglicans from another culture, especially those from marginalized communities.
They will need encouragement, guidance and patience from facilitators. Facilitators
also need to leave space for individual learning, knowing that each participant learns
in his or her own way and speed.

In addition to creating a safe space, it is important to pay attention to the local context
and culture as these shape the experience of being Anglican. We hope that entering
into conversation with other Anglicans through watching and discussing different
videos will provide a mirror to look at our context anew. Facilitators can adapt the
discussion questions to the local contexts and add other questions.

Each section includes references to videos available from the Internet and important
books on the topic. They will be helpful for those who want to pursue studies in
these topics.

We recommend that study groups are small, with around six members, so that there
is opportunity for everyone to contribute. These study materials can also be used by
people studying on their own.

Thank you to all the contributors for making these study materials possible. They are
a taonga (Maori for ‘treasured gift’) from the Anglican Communion for the Anglican
Communion and for anyone else who is interested in learning more about it.

Kwok Pui-lan
Muthuraj Swamy
Marcus Throup
Paulo Ueti
Stephen Spencer

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Session 1:
Anglican
Discipleship

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Aims

To promote understanding and be inspired by different expressions of

Anglican discipleship within the Anglican Communion

To understand that Anglican discipleship is not static but changing

To discover the unity and diversity of Anglican discipleship, especially what is

common and of Christ across the differences

Scripture
As many of you as were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with
Christ. (Galatians 3:27)

PART 1
Please watch the four testimonies in Section 1 on the YouTube Channel
(https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-Xb_sdp8Y9guqo72m1-qhg)

Testimonies
• Mr Jacob Trent Ngileb is a student at St. Andrew’s
Theological Seminary, Quezon City, and a member
of the Episcopal Church in the Philippines.

• Rev Seipati Ngcobo is a priest in the Diocese of

Natal in the Anglican Church of Southern Africa.

• Ms Catherine Pate is Director of Communications

for the Anglican Diocese of British Columbia,
Canada.

• Rev Dr Stephen Burns, originally from UK, is

Professor of Liturgical and Practical Theology at
Pilgrim Theological College of the University of
Divinity in Melbourne, Australia.

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Discussion Questions
1. Each participant shares with each other what they have learnt from the
testimonies.

2. Do these testimonies speak to your experience?

3. What is common to them all, and how do they differ from each other?

4. How would you describe Anglican discipleship in light of these testimonies?

PART 2
Please watch the two commentaries in Section 1 on the YouTube Channel
(https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-Xb_sdp8Y9guqo72m1-qhg)

Commentaries
• Dr Esther Mombo is Professor of African Church
History, Gender and Theology at St. Paul’s
University in Limuru, Kenya.

• Rev Canon Dr Anderson Jeremiah, originally from

India, is Senior Lecturer in the department of
Politics, Philosophy and Religion at the University
of Lancaster, UK.

Discussion Questions
1. What have you learnt from these commentaries?

2. How do they broaden and deepen your understanding of Anglican

discipleship?

3. How will you respond to this in a practical way in the week ahead?

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Recommended Resources
Videos

Ng, Moon Hing. ‘Archbishop Datuk Ng Moon Hing (former Primate of Anglican
Church of South East Asia) Interview’ (33:55). YouTube. https://www.youtube.
com/watch?v=kl8e92cp2XQ.

Diocese of Jamaica and the Cayman Islands. ‘The Anglican Church: Our Mission,
Our Gifts’ (22:24). YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-WYtLgIODg.

McDonald, Mark. ‘Climate Change’ (21:20). 2015 Sacred Circle Keynote in

Canada. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EtOwZFAYB64.

Mombo, Esther. ‘Christianity in Contemporary Africa’ (20:12). YouTube.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X39CvImzgD0.

Schori, Katharine Jefferts. ‘Connecting to the Wider Church’ (31:39) at the 2014
Enthusiastically Episcopalian Conference. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=hXRPxgXL3-w&t=11s.

Books

Kaye, Bruce. An Introduction to World Anglicanism. Cambridge: Cambridge

University Press, 2008.

Kwok, Pui-lan, Judith A. Berling, and Jenny Plane Te Paa, eds. Anglican Women on
Church and Mission. New York: Morehouse Publishing, 2013.

Throup, Marcus. All Things Anglican: Who We Are and What We Believe. London:
Canterbury Press, 2018.

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Section 2:
Anglican
Worship

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Aims

To become familiar with the diversity of ways of worship in churches of the

Anglican Communion

To identify commonalities in the worship of churches across the Anglican

Communion

To recognise the cultural context expressed in worship

To be inspired by the worship of others across the churches of the Anglican

Communion

To be able to relate worship with justice and peace

Scripture
‘Do this in remembrance of me.’ (Luke 22:19)

Amazed and astonished, they asked, ‘Are not all these who are speaking
Galileans? And how is it that we hear, each of us, in our own native language?’
(Acts 2:7-8)

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PART 1
Please watch the six testimonies in Section 2 on the YouTube Channel
(https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-Xb_sdp8Y9guqo72m1-qhg)

Testimonies
• Mr Lucas Schumacher is a Lay Minister
in the Anglican Episcopal Church of
Brazil.

• Rev Carmen Kawano is a priest in the

Anglican Episcopal Church of Brazil.

• Rev Ada Wong Nagata, originally from

Hong Kong, is a Chinese American priest
in the Diocese of Los Angeles in The
Episcopal Church, USA.

• Mr Tonderai Muzhinji is a member of the

Anglican diocese of Harare in Zimbabwe
in the Church of the Province of Central
Africa.

• Ms Gabriela Merayo is a theologian in

the Anglican Church of Argentina.

• Rev Yanel Valvidia is a deacon in the

Episcopal Church of Cuba.

Discussion Questions
1. Each participant shares with each other what they have learnt from the
testimonies.

2. Liturgy finds expression in different ways in different contexts. What do you

see as common in these testimonies?

3. What questions do these testimonies raise for you?

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PART 2
Please watch the two commentaries in Section 2 on the YouTube Channel
(https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-Xb_sdp8Y9guqo72m1-qhg)

Commentaries
• Bishop Marinez Rosa dos Santos Bassotto
is Bishop of the Diocese of Amazonia in the
Anglican Episcopal Church of Brazil.

• Rev Dr Ruth Meyers is Dean of Academic

Affairs and Hodges-Haynes Professor of
Liturgics at Church Divinity School of the
Pacific in California, USA.

Discussion Questions
1. What have you learnt from these commentaries?

2. How do they broaden and deepen your understanding of Anglican worship?

3. How will you put into practice something of what you have learnt about
Anglican worship in the week ahead?

Recommended Resources
Videos

‘A New Zealand Prayerbook - He Karakia Mihinare o Aotearoa: Celebrating

the new edition (Advent 2020)’ (8:06). YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=EjdNzEskMto.

Burns, Stephen. ‘Interview with Stephen Burns’ (28:51). YouTube.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5XdJWtPmuA.

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Knight, Frances. ‘Why Study the Book of Common Prayer with Frances Knight’
(11:26). YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMwPc2jAB14.

Welcher, Louis. ‘The Book of Common Prayer’ (46:56). YouTube.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4Zvi3IPaNM.

Books

Burns, Stephen, ed. Liturgical Spirituality: Anglican Reflections on the Church’s Prayer.
New York: Seabury Books, 2013.

Hefling, Charles, and Cynthia Shattuck, eds. The Oxford Guide to the Book of
Common Prayer: A Worldwide Survey. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006

Meyers, Ruth, and Paul Gibson, ed. Worship-shaped Life: Liturgical Formation and the
People of God. Norwich: Canterbury Press, 2010.

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Section 3:
Anglican
Mission

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Aims

To understand the breadth and plurality of Anglican mission by sampling

missional initiatives and activities from a range of contexts

To introduce the Five Marks of Mission as a framework for living Anglican

mission, with a special focus on the relevance and urgency of the Fifth Mark
of Mission

To reflect on the ways in which your local/regional/national Church is

engaging in mission and to identify new ways/areas in which (a) you
personally, and (b) the church might engage missionally

Scripture
Is not this the fast that I choose:
to loose the bonds of injustice,
to undo the thongs of the yoke,
to let the oppressed go free,
and to break every yoke?
Is it not to share your bread with the hungry,
and bring the homeless poor into your house;
when you see the naked, to cover them,
and not to hide yourself from your own kin?
Then your light shall break forth like the dawn,
and your healing shall spring up quickly;
your vindicator shall go before you,
the glory of the LORD shall be your rear guard.
Then you shall call, and the LORD will answer;
you shall cry for help, and he will say, Here I am. (Isaiah 58: 6-9)

For I am not ashamed of the gospel; it is the power of God for salvation to
everyone who has faith, to the Jew first and also to the Greek. (Romans 1:16)

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PART 1
Please watch the five testimonies in Section 3 on the YouTube Channel
(https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-Xb_sdp8Y9guqo72m1-qhg)

Testimonies

• Bishop Alfredo Cooper is Bishop in the

Anglican Church of Chile.

• Bishop Jorge Cabral is Bishop of the

Luisitanian Church in Portugal.

• Ms Ellie Payne is a youth worker at St

Barnabas Church, Winchester, UK.

• Ms Jillian Aballe is former Advocacy

Manager and Head of Office, Anglican
Communion Office at the United
Nations.

• Dr Elizabeth Perry is Advocacy and

Communication Manager, Anglican
Alliance, Anglican Communion Office,
London.

Discussion Questions
1. What have you learnt from these testimonies about Anglican mission?

2. Were there things in the testimonies which you found surprising or would not
have thought of as being ‘mission’?

3. In what ways are you personally engaged in mission and what other things
could you do?

4. Do you agree that sharing the good news of Jesus is about our words and our
actions? What happens if our actions don’t match our words?

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The Five Marks of Mission

The mission of the Church is the mission of Christ

1. To proclaim the Good News of the Kingdom

2. To teach, baptize and nurture new believers

3. To respond to human need by loving service

4. To transform unjust structures of society, to challenge violence of every kind

and pursue peace and reconciliation

5. To strive to safeguard the integrity of creation, and sustain and renew the life
of the earth

PART 2
Please watch the two commentaries in Section 3 on the YouTube Channel
(https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-Xb_sdp8Y9guqo72m1-qhg)

Commentaries
• Dr Cathy Ross, originally from Aotearoa-
New Zealand, is the Head of Pioneer
Mission Leadership, Church Mission
Society, UK,

• Bishop Jean Pierre Methode is the bishop of

Karongi Anglican Diocese in Rwanda.

Discussion Questions
1. What have you learnt from these commentaries?

2. How do they broaden and deepen your understanding of Anglican mission?

3. ‘Mission is global and mission is local’ – how do you understand this statement
in the light of the testimonies and commentaries you have watched?

4. How will you participate in God’s mission in the week ahead? Formulate a
simple and practical way of doing this.

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Recommended Resources
Videos

Curry, Michael. ‘Evangelism Matters Keynote Address’ (49:12). YouTube.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xo7VblTMDrQ.

Haddad, Beverley. ‘Private and Public Pandemics in South Africa: Theological

Imperatives Summoned by HIV and Covid-19’ (13:45). YouTube.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_ncLOeTcbA.

Kafwanka, John. ‘Presence and Proclamation’ (48:08). YouTube.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fa1pydPsZ38.

Kwok, Pui Lan. ‘Postcolonial Study of Christianity and Christian Mission’ (45:01).
YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6Zf7eqM42M&t=18s.

Nazir-Ali, Michael. ‘Amnesia and Anamnesis: How We Lost Our Way’ at

Mere Anglicanism 2012 (55:05). YouTube.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=TZ0haNPnCJM&list=PL7p2AAcz9
AHg1tm5FPCBQjuUJOJyxXwYa&index=3.

Presler, Titus. ‘Reconciliation in God’s Mission’ (26:53). YouTube.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWlAcGW6rHY.

Books

Nazir-Ali, Michael. Anglican Mission: Bearing and Sharing the Good News—The
Beginnings, the Reformation and Now. Wheaton, IL: Crossway, 2022.

Presler, Titus. Going Global with God: Reconciling Mission in a World of Difference.
New York: Morehouse Publishing, 2010.

Swamy, Mutheraj, and Stephen Spencer, eds. Witnessing Together: Global Anglican
Perspectives on Evangelism and Witness. Cincinnati, OH: Forward Movement, 2019.

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Section 4:
Anglican
Ecumenism
and Interfaith
Relations

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Aims

To learn how Anglicans in different parts of the world relate to their

neighbours from other denominations and religions and engage in society

To have a self-reflection about one’s own relationships to neighbours

To reflect on how relationships can be improved and practice them in one’s

own contexts

Scripture
Then Peter began to speak to them: ‘I truly understand that God shows no
partiality, but in every nation anyone who fears him and does what is right is
acceptable to him’. (Acts 10: 34-35)

Then Esau said, ‘Let us journey on our way, and I will go alongside you’.
(Genesis 33:12)

PART 1
Please watch the five testimonies in Section 4 on the YouTube Channel
(https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-Xb_sdp8Y9guqo72m1-qhg)

Testimonies
• Rev Lilian Conceição da Silva is a priest in the
Southern Diocese of the Anglican Episcopal
Church of Brazil.

• Ms Lubna Younas is from the Church of Pakistan

and teaches at St. Thomas Theological College in
Karachi, Pakistan.

• Very Rev Canon Richard Sewell, an Anglican priest

from UK, is Dean of St. George’s College in the
Anglican Diocese of Jerusalem, Israel/Palestine

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• Mr Yin-An Chen from the Episcopal Diocese

of Taiwan is currently training for ordination in
the UK.

• Bishop Steven Abbarow is Bishop of West

Malaysia and previously vice principal of
Seminari Theoloji Malaysia.

Discussion Questions
1. Tell each other what you have learnt from the testimonies.

2. How does your church community relate to its neighbours?

3. Why are those relations important? How might they strengthen your faith
and life?

4. What are some of the challenges in trying to build good relationships with
other churches and faith communities?

PART 2
Please watch the two commentaries in Section 4 on the YouTube Channel
(https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-Xb_sdp8Y9guqo72m1-qhg)

Commentaries
• Rev Dr Lydia Mwaniki is an ordained minister
in the Anglican Church of Kenya and currently
director for Women, Gender and Youth at the All
Africa Conference of Churches.

• Rev Efren Velázquez is a priest in the Anglican

Church of Mexico and the current General
Secretary of that church.

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Discussion Questions
1. What have you learnt from these commentaries?

2. How do they broaden and deepen your understanding of relationships with

other churches and faith communities?

3. How will you put into practice good relationships with other churches and/or
faith communities in the week ahead? Formulate a simple and practical way of
doing this.

Recommended Resources
Videos

Berling, Judith. ‘A Herd of Elephants in the Room: The Many “Religions” in the
Religious/Theological Classroom’ (32:33). YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=bEJzCDzJ1g0.

Hind, John. ‘Anglican Catholics and the Future of Ecumenism’ (1:3:27). YouTube.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKw9qmQBCoU.

Idowu-Fearon, Josiah. ‘”Mr. Dialogue” Bishop Josiah Idowu-Fearon’ (32:23).

YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4JqcVb_Gdak.

Books

Avis, Paul. Reshaping Ecumenical Theology: The Church Made Whole? New York: T. &
T. Clark International, 2010.

Cavanaugh, Stephen, ed. Anglicans and the Roman Catholic Church: Reflections on
Recent Developments. San Francisco: Ignatius Press, 2011.

Kujawa-Holbrook, Sheryl A. God beyond Borders: Interreligious Learning among Faith

Communities. Eugene, OR: Pickwick, 2014.

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Section 5:
The Anglican
Communion

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Aims

To find encouragement from being part of the Anglican Communion

To learn what is the Anglican Communion and how it functions

To find ways of participating in the life of the Anglican Communion beyond

the parish and diocese

Scripture
The truth will make you free. (John 8:32)

PART 1
Please watch the five testimonies in Section 5 on the YouTube Channel
(https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-Xb_sdp8Y9guqo72m1-qhg)

Testimonies
• Rev Marcia Chanta Bhan, originally from Pakistan,
is an Episcopal priest resident in the Diocese of
Massachusetts, USA.

• Rev Luiz Lima, originally from Brazil, is the Vicar

of Christ Church, Worksop, Diocese of Southwell
and Nottingham, UK.

• Rev Canon Dr Vincentia Kgabe is Bishop of

Lesotho and previously Rector (principal) of the
College of the Transfiguration, Grahamstown,
South Africa.

• Rev Dr Kahwa Njojo is Rector of the Anglican

University of Apolo Kivebulaya, Butembo,
Democratic Republic of the Congo.

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Discussion Questions
1. Tell each other what you have learnt about the Anglican Communion from the
testimonies.

2. What links does your church and diocese have with the Anglican Communion?

3. How would you now describe the Anglican Communion?

PART 2
Please watch the two commentaries in Section 5 on the YouTube Channel
(https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-Xb_sdp8Y9guqo72m1-qhg)

Commentaries
• Venerable J. W. Kofi deGraft-Johnson from Ghana
is now General Secretary, Council of Anglican
Provinces of Africa, Nairobi, Kenya.

• Dr Jenny Te Paa Daniel was previously Principal

of the College of Saint John the Evangelist,
Auckland, Aotearoa New Zealand.

Discussion Questions
1. What have you learnt about the Anglican Communion from these
commentaries?

2. How would you sum up the Anglican Communion in all its diversity and unity:
as an institution? or as a family? or as a movement, or something else? On
what are your conclusions based?

3. How will you put into practice your memberships of the Anglican Communion
in the week ahead? Formulate one or two simple and practical ways of
doing this.

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Recommended Resources
Anglican Communion Website, http://www.anglicancommunion.org.

Videos

Chapman, Mark D. ‘Challenges Facing the Anglican Communion’ (1:31:12).

YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHYeGvYLg_Q.

Daniel, Jenny Te Paa. ‘Redeeming Anglican Imperialism: We Can, We Must,

We Will’. Cheney Lecture 2020 (44:03). YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=FbbjyDsC5qQ.

Welby, Justin. ‘BBC Hardtalk Justin Welby Archbishop of Canterbury’ (24:33).

YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2_x1q7SY-w.

Books

Chapman, Mark D., Sathianathan Clarke, and Martyn Percy, eds. The Oxford
Handbook of Anglican Studies. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2016.

Douglas, Ian D., and Kwok Pui-lan, eds. Beyond Colonial Anglicanism: The Anglican
Communion in the Twenty-first Century. New York: Church Publishing, 2001.

Markham, Ian S., et al., eds. The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to the Anglican
Communion. Malden, MA: Wiley Blackwell, 2013.

Ward, Kevin. A History of Global Anglicanism. Cambridge: Cambridge University

Press, 2006.

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Section 6:
Anglican
Spirituality

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Aims

To promote understanding and be inspired by different expressions of

Anglican spirituality within the Anglican Communion

To understand that Anglican spirituality is not static but changing

To discover the unity as well as diversity within the different ways that
Anglicans pray and connect with the presence of God.

Scripture
. . .there are varieties of activities, but it is the same God who activates all
of them in everyone. To each is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the
common good. (1 Corinthians 12:6-7)

PART 1
Please watch the five testimonies in Section 5 on the YouTube Channel
(https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-Xb_sdp8Y9guqo72m1-qhg)

Testimonies
• Ms Maria Thomas is from the Diocese of
West Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

• Rev Dr Stéphanie Burette, from France,

is now Chaplain at University College,
Durham, UK.

• Mr Ray Wong is a university student and

a member of Hong Kong Sheng Kung Hui
(Anglican Church of Hong Kong).

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• Rev Julius Anozie is from Nigeria and an

ordained minister in the diocese of Derby in
the Church of England.

• Rev Tariro Matsveru is from Zimbabwe

and an ordained minister in the diocese of
Birmingham in the Church of England.

Discussion Questions
1. Tell each other what you have learnt about Anglican spirituality from the
testimonies.

2. Which of these testimonies do you identify with most?

3. What is common to these testimonies, and what are the contrasts?

4. In the light of these testimonies how would you describe Anglican spirituality?

PART 2
Please watch the two commentaries in Section 6 on the YouTube Channel
(https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-Xb_sdp8Y9guqo72m1-qhg)

Commentaries
• Ms Sunshine Dulnuan is lecturer in systematic theology at St Andrew’s
Seminary in the Episcopal Church of the Philippines.

• Bishop Ian Douglas is Bishop Diocesan of The Episcopal Church in

Connecticut, USA.

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Discussion Questions
1. What have you learnt about Anglican spirituality from these commentaries?

2. How would you now sum up Anglican spirituality in the light of what you
have heard?

3. How will you put into practice Anglican spirituality in the week ahead?
Formulate one or two practical ways of doing this.

Recommended Resources
Videos

Archbishop Thabo Makgoba and Archbishop Justin Welby, ‘What Do You Mean
When We Pray Thy Kingdom Come’ (8:28). YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=Z2xch65TNes&t=5s.

Coakley, Sarah. ‘A Theology of Desire’ (1:1:19). YouTube. https://www.youtube.

com/watch?v=vxkHBKM4hMQ.

Williams, Rowan. ‘Prayer and Spirituality: Is God Really Listening’ (58:01). YouTube.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SrcfCRzOZgY.

Tutu, Desmond. ‘Reconciling Love’ (56:10). YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/

watch?v=iV2LURTu3eQ.

Books

Bartlett, Alan. A Passionate Balance: The Anglican Tradition. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis
Books, 2007.

Swamy, Muthuraj, and Stephen Spencer, eds. Listening Together: Global Anglican
Perspectives on Renewal of Prayer and Religious Life. Cincinnati, OH: Forward
Movement, 2020.

Williams, Rowan. Holy Living: The Christian Tradition for Today. London: Bloomsbury,
2017.

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Section 7:
Additional
Resource

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One of the key features of the ‘Being Anglican’ project is its diversity of participants,
reflecting something of the diverse make-up of the global Anglican Communion. To
be Anglican is to recognise and celebrate that no matter where we come from, what
language we speak or what colour our skin, we are all loved by the God in whose
image we are made and we are all one in Jesus Christ our Lord. This video comprises
a conversation between people who are working for the recognition and celebration
of ethnic diversity within the Church of England and against racial prejudice and
discrimination. It considers biblical and theological principles which speak powerfully to
these issues and relates these principles to the participants’ experiences of Anglicanism.

• Ms Rosemarie Davidson-Gotobed is from Jamaican

heritage and serves as National Minority Ethnic
Vocations Officer in the Church of England.

• Rev Shemil Mathew is Vice-dean of Emmanuel

Theological College. Originally from South India, he
is founding member and current general secretary of
Anglican Minority Ethnic Network (AMEN).

• Rev Eileen Harrop is from Chinese heritage and is a parish priest in the Diocese of
Durham and a member of the Anglican Minority Ethnic Network (AMEN) Executive.

• Rev Dr Marcus Throup, Centre Director of St Mellitus College, London (Tuesday), UK.

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Members of the ‘Being Anglican’ working group that produced the videos
and this Guide Book:

• Prof Kwok Pui-lan, Dean’s Professor of Systematic Theology, Candler

School of Theology, Emory University, Atlanta, USA.

• Rev Dr Muthuraj Swamy, Director of the Cambridge Centre for

Christianity Worldwide, Cambridge, UK and Project Manager of
Theological Education for Mission at the Anglican Communion Office.

• Rev Dr Marcus Throup, Centre Director of St Mellitus College, London

(Tuesday), UK.

• Prof Paulo Ueti, Assistant Director for Theological Education, Anglican

Communion Office and Anglican Alliance Theological Adviser and
Regional Facilitator for Latin America, Brazil.

• Rev Canon Dr Stephen Spencer, Director for Theological Education in

the Anglican Communion, Anglican Communion Office, London, UK.

Grateful acknowledgment to Mr Dongho Han for his assistance with

the project.

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