Church in the Province of the West Indies
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The Church in the Province of the West Indies is one of 40 member
Global South Fellowship of Anglican Churches
.
History
The West Indies became a self-governing
. Great emphasis is being placed on training personnel for an indigenous ministry. The island locations and scattered settlements make pastoral care difficult and costly.Mission organisations
The Jamaica Church Missionary Society is the recognised missionary agency of the
Diocese of Jamaica and the Cayman Islands
in the Province of the West Indies. The society focuses on evangelisation with special relevance to daily human needs.
The society was established in 1861 as a subsidiary of the church, intended to target those sections of Jamaica's "hard to reach" population. For many years the mission stations established and maintained by the society provided the only means of reaching the masses of the population with Christianity and basic education.
Theological college
Anglican preparatory in Saint John, Barbados
, opened in 1745.
Dioceses
- The Bahamas and the Turks and Caicos Islands
- Barbados
- Belize
- Guyana
- Jamaica and the Cayman Islands
- North East Caribbean and Aruba
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Windward Islands
See also
References
- ^ Staff writer (2 August 2013). "Archbishop of Canterbury to visit Barbados". CBC. Retrieved 3 August 2013.
One of his primary commitments as Archbishop is to visit each of the Archbishops of the thirty-eight Provinces of the Anglican Communion within his first two years as Archbishop of Canterbury. His visit to Archbishop of the West Indies and Bishop of Barbados, John Holder, is in keeping with this promise. He is expected to discuss matters relating to the Church in the Province of the West Indies.
- ^ "Province of the Church of the West Indies (Anglican) 2021". Retrieved 2021-11-06.
- ^ "Bishop Howard Gregory is the New Archbishop of the West Indies – Diocese of Jamaica & The Cayman Islands". Retrieved 2019-06-25.
External links
- Anglican Communion provincial website
- Church of England history in the West Indies Archived 2011-07-06 at the Wayback Machine
- Anglicanism in the West Indies and Caribbean from Project Canterbury
- Anglican Diocese of Belize Web site
- About St. Kitts Anglican Church — part of the Diocese of North East Caribbean and Aruba
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