Anglican Orthodox Leaders Meeting in Cairo – October 2023
The Relay Trust is a Mission Partner of the Global South Fellowship of Anglican Churches (GSFA) and our CEO, Canon Charles Raven, was invited to attend a meeting for Anglican Orthodox Leaders at All Saints’ Cathedral, Cairo, 17th-19th October. This meeting followed up a commitment in the ‘Ash Wednesday Statement’ of 20th February 2023 by […]
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 Ezekiel Kondo, the Primate of the Episcopal Church of Sudan, on his first journey outside of Sudan since the start of the conflict in April 2023. The visit was also […]
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 in Sudan on behalf of the Relay Trust. During his visit Simon spent a week alongside Bishop Andudu, who is based in a small village located in the remote Nuba […]
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 and displacement of countless others. We partner with the Episcopal Church of Sudan, whose members have been caught up in the violence. We stand in solidarity with the people of […]
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) Provincial Training Workshop. The workshop was a resounding success, with engaging discussions, excellent facilitation and a real sense of the Holy Spirit guiding the work of all in the room. […]
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 in September and October 2022, Doug Ingram met with members of the Episcopal Province of Alexandria. The Province of Alexandria has been newly formed following the separation from the Province […]
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.
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.
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.”
