About Us
The International Anglican Family Network is one of the networks of the world wide Anglican Communion. It began at the Mission of St James and St John in Melbourne, Australia, in 1987 and produced an important resource document on families for the 1988 Lambeth Conference when Anglican Bishops from all over the world met together in Canterbury.
The Network was then placed under the management of The Children’s Society, a major voluntary organisation linked with the Church of England. IAFN now regularly produces newsletters on issues concerning families. Since 1996, these have been published in Anglican World, a magazine distributed throughout the Anglican Communion. In 2002, the Anglican Communion Office, rather than The Children’s Society became the “host organisation” for the Family Network, providing some administrative support. IAFN is managed by a voluntary Committee with a part-time Co-ordinator, Dr Sally Thompson.
Committee Members
- President: Bishop James Tengatenga, Bishop of Southern Malawi, Chair of Anglican Consultative Council
- Chair: The Rt Revd Patrick Harris retired Bishop of Southwell.
- Revd John Bradford, Member of the Global Network of Religions for Children (NGO)
- Sue Burridge, Adviser (Marriage and Family Policy), Church of England Community and Public Affairs Unit
- Roberta McKelvey, Mothers' Union Provincial Representative Trustee
- Kevin Hawkes, Anglicans in World Mission Support Care Co-ordiantor, USPG
- Angela Wingate, formerly at USPG College of the Ascension, Selly Oak, Birmingham
- Anita Matthews, CMS Adviser Children and Youth
- Ian Sparks, formerly Chief Executive of The Children's Society
- Revd John Kafwanka, Research/Project Officer Mission and Evangelism, Anglican Communion Office
- John Rea, Provincial Overseas Committee, Scottish Episcopal Church
Officers
Network Co ordinator: Dr Sally Thompson
