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Nairobi-Cairo Proposals: ACC-19 calls for ‘relationships and trust to grow’ across Anglican Communion

The Anglican Consultative Council has affirmed the need for “relationships and trust to grow” and received The Nairobi-Cairo Proposals as resources for “continuing discernment”.

04 July 2026

ACC-19: Election results for the Anglican Consultative Council Standing Committee Announced

The results of the Anglican Consultative Council Standing Committee elections have been announced at ACC-19.

04 July 2026

Anglican Communion Chair Maggie Swinson commissioned during Liverpool Cathedral service

The Chair of the Anglican Communion Standing Committee, Canon Maggie Swinson, is commissioned for her role in the Cathedral.

14 November 2023

Anglican Consultative Council vote shapes new Anglican Communion Standing Committee

The result of elections to the Standing Committee of the global Anglican Communion of Churches has been announced during ACC-18.

18 February 2023

Palestinian Archbishop elected unopposed as Vice Chair of global Anglican Consultative Council

The Anglican Episcopal Archbishop in Jerusalem, the Most Revd Hosam Naoum, elected as Vice Chair of the Anglican Consultative Council.

17 February 2023

Liverpool Lay Canon elected unopposed as Chair of global Anglican Consultative Council

Canon Maggie Swinson, a lay canon from England, has been has been acclaimed as the new Chair of the Anglican Consultative Council.

16 February 2023

Anglican Communion Standing Committee conclude “hopeful and uplifting” meeting

Members of the Anglican Communion’s Standing Committee have this week held their first in-person residential meeting since 2019. 

30 September 2022

Archbishop Linda Nicholls chosen as Americas regional primate on Standing Committee

Archbishop Linda Nicholls of Canada has been chosen as the Americas regional representative to the Primates’ Standing Committee.

06 August 2022

Standing Committee review leads to shift of focus in the Anglican Communion Office

The Anglican Communion Standing Committee has announced changes to the operational priorities of the Anglican Communion Office.

19 January 2021

Anglican Consultative Council’s new youth member elected to the Standing Committee

ACC members from Jerusalem and the Middle East, Tanzania, and a regional Youth Member from Africa, are elected to the Standing Committee.

04 May 2019