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The Anglican Discipleship Programme in South Sudan
One of the largest and most wide ranging programmes the Relay Trust has embarked upon in 2023 has been the Anglican Discipleship Programme (ADP) in South Sudan.

Relay Trust Becomes a Mission Partner of the GSFA
The Relay Trust is honoured to have been accepted as a Mission Partner organisation by the GSFA (The Global South Fellowship of Anglican Churches).

Visiting Freetown Diocese
In August Doug Ingram (our COO), Daniel Magagnin (Regional Relationship Manager) and Ella Marshall (Regional Relationship Officer) travelled to Freetown, Sierra Leone to visit the

Visiting the Rural Parishes of the Diocese of Guinea
In early August Doug Ingram (our COO), Daniel Magagnin (Regional Relationship Manager) and Ella Marshall (Regional Relationship Officer) travelled to Guinea to visit the Anglican Church within the country

TLT Graduation in Togo
The Apostolic Church in Togo held a ceremony for the graduates of the TLT programme sponsored by the Relay Trust on 12th August 2023.

Sudan – Meeting in Cairo
In July 2023, Charles Raven (our CEO), Doug Ingram (our COO) and Sasha Raven (Senior Administrator for the GSFA) travelled to Cairo to meet Archbishop

Rooted in Jesus in Zambesia – June 2023
Daniel Magagnin, the Relay Trust’s Regional Relationship Manager for Lusophone Africa, recently travelled to the Missionary Diocese of Zambezia, in Mozambique, to participate in the

TLT in Liberia
In May 2023, the Trust supported our partners in the Episcopal Church of Liberia (ECL) with grassroots training for their catechist and clergy.

Consecration in Gambia – June 2023
In mid-June, Doug Ingram, our Chief Operating Officer, visited the Anglican Diocese of the Gambia. The purpose of his trip was two-fold: to attend the

South Sudan May 2023
Supporting Theological Education and Empowerment in South Sudan Doug Ingram, our COO, recently embarked on a visit to discuss the Episcopal Church of South Sudan’s

Nuba Mountains – March 2023
Nuba Mountains – March 2023 In March Simon Tustin, the Executive Officer of Anglican International Development, embarked on a important visit to the Nuba Mountains

Relay Trust statement on Sudan Conflict
Sudan Conflict April 2023 The Relay Trust is deeply concerned about the ongoing conflict in Sudan, which has resulted in the loss of many lives

Sudan February 2023
Sudan Provincial Training Workshop, February 2023 From 20-23 February 2023, the Provincial Peace Building in Khartoum played host to the Episcopal Church of Sudan (ECS)

Daniel Visits Angola – February 2023
In February 2023, Daniel Magagnin returns to Angola to continue developing the Relay Trust’s relationship with the dioceses in the country, which are part of the Anglican Province of IAMA.

Visit to South Sudan – January 2023
Visiting the Anglican Discipleship Course – January 2023 The Episcopal Church of South Sudan is the fourth largest church in the Anglican Communion and the

Christmas 2022
Christmas 2022 The central image of Christmas for Christians must be the baby in the manger and its enduring power lies in paradox. The tiny

Chris Hyliger joins the Relay Trust
Welcome to Chris Hyliger, the Relay Trust’s new Regional Relationship Manager for Francophone Southern Africa The Relay Trust is thrilled to announce the newest member

Final year visit to the Church of the Internal Province of West Africa
Final year visit to the Church of the Internal Province of West Africa Doug Ingram continued to develop the Relay Trust’s relationship with the Internal

The Internal Province of West Africa Synod in Guinea
The Internal Province of West Africa Synod in Guinea Charles Raven and Doug Ingram recently had the pleasure of travelling to Conakry in Guinea to

Egypt September 2022
Whistlestop tours to the Province of Alexandria – September/ October 2022 Whilst taking advantage of the long connections in Cairo going to and from Sudan

Anglican Discipleship Conference Nairobi
Anglican Discipleship Course Nairobi The Relay Trust joined partners from across Eastern Africa to take part in the initial planning conference for a province wide

Visit to Sierra Leone July 2022
Visit to Sierra Leone in July 2022 Alex Klausen (ABK), Doug Ingram (DI) and Issa Maguey (IM) visited Sierra Leone (SL) from 19-31 July 2022.

Mozambique and Angola Visit June 2022
Visit to Mozambique and Angola June 2022 In June 2022, Charles Raven and I (Daniel Magagnin) visited Mozambique and Angola, which together form IAMA –

Visiting and connecting with our brothers and sisters in Sudan
The Episcopal Church of Sudan (ECS) is a relatively new independent Province of the Anglican Communion, having been established in 2017, following the split from the Episcopal Church of South Sudan.

Daniel Magagnin joins the Relay Trust
Daniel Magagnin joins the Relay Trust as the new Regional Relationship Manager for Lusophone Southern Africa The Relay Trust pleased to announce a new member

Church Strengthening in Ethiopia
Recent news about Ethiopia has been dominated by the civil war being waged in the north of the country between the government and Tigrayan rebels, but there is another story of rapidly growing churches in Africa’s second most populous country which I was able to experience first-hand on a recent visit. Of a population of some 110 million, 72 million are Christians, mainly Ethiopian Orthodox but with a rapidly growing minority of Evangelicals.

South Sudan Fact finding visit
Out of a population of some 12 million, 5 million South Sudanese belong to the Episcopal Church of South Sudan (ECSS) which is part of the worldwide Anglican Communion. Since independence in 2011, South Sudan has suffered from a three-year civil war and endemic inter-communal violence along with frequent drought and flooding.

Welcome to Doug Ingram Head of Logistics and Information Management
Doug served for 20 years as a commissioned officer in the British Army, specialising in medical supply and ammunition disposal, and spent a number of years serving across Western Europe, the Middle East and Central Asia.

First The Relay Trust Course in Uganda
“This course is a blessing: it adds onto the knowledge you already have about God’s love and care about others.”

Building relationship with Togo
We are also excited about a new relationship we are building with the Apostolic Church in Togo. In January, we began to conduct surveys among the 200+ pastors serving in the church to learn more about their qualifications and situations.