ACN and Diocese of Singapore Advance Mission Partnership

The Anglican Communion Network (ACN) and the Diocese of Singapore have taken the next new step in their mission partnership which began last spring. The partnership is intended to spur on mission work in Nepal, Cambodia, Vietnam, Laos, Thailand and Indonesia. The idea was originally presented by then Bishop John Chew, Diocese of Singapore, while attending the Annual ACN Council meeting and received the enthusiastic support of the Council to move forward.

A more formal agreement was drawn up in early February 2006 by representatives of the Network and the Diocese during meetings held in Singapore just before the installation of the Most Rev. John Chew as the new Archbishop of Southeast Asia. Bishop Robert Duncan, Network Moderator, and the Rev. Canon Daryl Fenton, Chief Operating Officer, were in attendance as the invited representatives of the Network.

“The vision for this partnership is to assist the diocese in extending the missionary enterprises it has already begun in these countries,” said Canon Fenton, “We’re not imposing a program, but rather responding to the leadership of Archbishop Chew by joining in this missionary work which has enormous potential.”

Canon Fenton expects the Anglican Global Mission Partners (AGMP) will be heavily involved in the implementation of the plan to support Anglican mission efforts in Southeast Asia. “There are many details to be worked out, but in the AGMP, we have the expertise of some 30 active mission agencies and ministries to draw on,” he explained.
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