International Missions
Here are some of the international mission ministries and organizations we are connected to.
Anglican Relief and Development Fund Canada (ARDFC)
The Anglican Relief and Development Fund Canada (ARDFC) is a Canadian global aid agency that works in close partnership with the Anglican Network in Canada (ANiC).
ARDFC together with the Anglican Relief and Development Fund (ARDF) comprise the global relief and development arm of our province, the Anglican Church in North America (ACNA). In 2012, we welcomed ARDF-Australia(ARDFA) to the ARDF network.
ARDFC's mission
ARDFC undertakes carefully selected and monitored relief and development projects with partner dioceses in developing nations, to relieve poverty,
provide food and other necessities of life, as well as provide training to
improve skills in healthcare, agriculture and irrigation, and to advance the Christian faith.
ARDFC’s distinctives
At the Anglican Relief & Development Fund Canada (ARDFC), we believe that Christ’s command to love our neighbours as ourselves is integrally linked to His commission to go into all the world and make disciples.
When you support ARDFC projects, you can be confident that your gift will make a real and lasting difference in the lives of people in developing countries. You also have the assurance that ARDFC projects have been thoroughly researched and are carefully monitored to ensure objectives are being met. And you will know that your gift will help an Anglican diocese in the Global South meet often desperate needs in its communities.
When ARDFC takes on projects, it establishes direct partnerships with the Global South dioceses that will implement each of these life-changing missions.
Since ARDFC is a registered Canadian Charity, it can issue receipts for Canadian income tax purposes.
ARDFC projects
ARDFC projects are selected from those approved by global Anglican leaders.
In order to be selected, projects must be:
local ventures in the Global South with high impact results that provide permanent life changes
well researched and provide measureable goals and results
administered through the local Global South Anglican Diocese
Latin America Missions
Because of the endemic poverty and continuing humanitarian crisis in Cuba and many other Latin American countries, opportunities have been created for congregations of the Anglican Diocese of Canada, in conjunction The Reformed Episcopal Church, a sub-jurisdiction of the Anglican Church in North America to develop Gospel mission partnerships with those Anglican communities in the greatest need.
Over the last 18 years these partnerships between congregations have raised up over 20 pastors who have planted 14 Anglican churches in Cuba. Our Canadian and US mission teams and the congregations they represent have donated thousands of pounds of medication and water filtration systems, as well as providing the necessary income for the pastors and church planters and their families so that they could concentrate on Gospel ministry.
However, opportunities remain for more congregations to partner with these growing Cuban, and now other Latin American congregations and their church planters.
How can you help? Great question. Contact The Rev. Canon Barclay Mayo, barclay.mayo@gmail.com
He will provide more information about how you and your congregation can get involved.