Anglican Diocese of Christchurch New Zealand

About

Official Page of the Anglican Diocese of Christchurch,

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Welcome!

The Anglican Diocese of Christchurch is an exciting place to be!

We have hundreds of churches throughout the wider Canterbury and Westland regions where you can find Christian teaching, worship and loving Christian community.

We also offer many ministries, community programmes and social services.

Please take a look at the ‘Find a church‘ and ‘Within our diocese’ sections of our website to see what is available in your area.



Our purpose

The Anglican Diocese of Christchurch is a regional jurisdiction within the Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia.

We exist to serve the people in our region by working towards the Global Anglican Communion’s five marks of mission:

To proclaim the Good News of the Kingdom
To teach, baptise and nurture new believers
To respond to human need by loving service
To transform unjust structures of society, to challenge violence of every kind and pursue peace and reconciliation
To strive to safeguard the integrity of creation, and sustain and renew the life of the earth
Within this mission, our Diocese has three strategic priorities that guide our work:

Young Leaders: Raise up; encourage; educate; appoint and enable young people as leaders in our Diocese.

Christ-Centred Mission: Christ is both our centre and the One we serve. We become Christ-like by furthering the Kingdom and further the Kingdom by becoming Christ-like.

Faithful Stewardship: Of the Christian faith; environment; Diocesan properties and finances; time; talent and our heritage. Stewardship of the Christian faith includes how we offer theological education.