OCTOBER 21-23 | ST. JOHN’S, NL | Our next synod will be hosted by Church of the Good Samaritan in St. John’s, Newfoundland. Clergy Day will be on October 20th, with Synod itself running for three days, October 21-23, ending at 12pm on the Friday. We will have many more details to come. But for … Read more
A letter from Bishop Dan, regarding a recent event and reading Scripture well. Dear friends, I want to take this opportunity to affirm how we must faithfully approach God’s word. Recently an event was planned in the Province with a panel discussion centered around the book ‘Safe Church: How to guard against sexism and abuse … Read more
A letter from Bishop Dan regarding Bill C-9 under review in Parliament. Dear clergy, Many of you know that Bill C-9 which is currently under review in Parliament is being widely discussed amongst religious communities. The bill is also known as the Combating Hate Act and was introduced in September 2025 as a response to … Read more
Resources for developing and honing your congregational Safety, Response and Care policy, an upcoming Readiness Survey for rectors, and a Zoom gathering for discussion in February.
On Tuesday, October 14, 2025 Rev. Chad Graham from Christ the King in Edmonton presented to our clergy on ‘Strategic Fundraising for Churches: Business, Giving, and Wisdom for Kingdom Impact.’ Watch Chad’s presentation and Q&A below:
On Tuesday, September 30, 2025 the Reverend Canon Mark Eldredge joined our clergy for a Ministry Growth Gathering presenting his work and resources regarding Parish Revitalization. You can watch his presentation and discussion, and access some of the resources Mark provided below. Resources
We just wanted to highlight our Safety, Response and Care (SRC) resources here. We know many may be looking for either our diocesan policies or the policy templates we have available for congregations. Diocesan Policies You can find all our diocesan policies, including our SRC Policy and our SRC Team Policy, on our Policy Manual … Read more
This is just a quick note to indicate that our intention is to write our diocesan initialism in all capital letters: ADOC. We know that for many it’s natural to use a lowercase “o”, however we’ve made the decision to simply use all capitals. If you forget and use the lowercase “o” don’t worry, this … Read more
On Thursday, April 24th the team who manages our Group Retirement Plan with Manulife joined our clergy over Zoom to give an overview of features and options and to answer any questions. You can watch the presentation below.
Join Bishop Dan Gifford and the Packer College leadership for this special Zoom gathering of updates and thanksgiving. If you are a supporter, donor, prayer warrior, prospective student, or simply curious about Packer College join them for this 45 minute gathering. It will be hosted by Bishop Dan and Bishop Charlie (Chancellor of Packer College), … Read more
Dear friends, By now you will know that the federal government has extended the 2024 charitable donation deadline to February 28, 2025. This means that donations made between January 1 and February 28, 2025 might be used to reduce 2024 Canadian personal income taxes. Many Christians are seeing this as a great opportunity to return … Read more
Since our name change to the Anglican Diocese of Canada passed at Synod 2024, we will be working to now update all the necessary references to ANiC with our new name. This process will take some time, given the scope of the change. We are intending once we have enough infrastructure updated to promote the … Read more
On Tuesday, October 8, 2024 Canon David Short lead our clergy in a examining good practices for approaching and preparing the Scripture text for preaching. You can watch his presentation and discussion below.
At Synod 2023 Richard Borgonon, founder of The Word One to One evangelism resource, presented to us over the course of the Wednesday in two sessions. In Part 1 Richard focuses on the history and rationale for The Word One to One and its approach to equipping people for evangelism. In Part 2 Richard looks … Read more
NOV 20-22 | BURLINGTON, ON | Our annual general synod this year will be held at St. George’s in Burlington, Ontario on November 20-22. There will be a day for clergy on the 19th. More information to come!
On September 26, 2023 the Rev. Dr. Glen Taylor, interim rector at Christ the King Toronto and long-time professor at Wycliffe College, joined our clergy on Zoom to teach on “Preaching Christ in All the Psalms”. You can watch his presentation below. This was a follow up to his earlier teaching on “Seeing Christ in … Read more
There are many types of online scams which a church or church leadership might encounter. And so it’s important that we are careful to observe anything unusual about emails we receive and to keep our passwords safe. Some of these scams can include: These scams can be increasingly hard to detect but a few simple … Read more
At our Bishops’ Zoom Gatherings for clergy on April 5, 2022 the Rev. Dr. Glen Taylor presented on “Seeing Christ in All the Psalms.” Watch Glen’s presentation and some discussion below. We’ve also included some of the notes and resources Glen references. Documents and Diagrams
On Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at our Bishops Zoom Gatherings with clergy Bishop Ron facilitated presentations from Rev. Grady Buhler and Rev. Rick Bergh about bi-vocational ministry. You can watch both presentations below beginning with Grady’s. Rick’s part begins at about 21:00.
At our Bishops Zoom Meetings with clergy on March 8, 2022 Ven. Darrell Critch, Deacon Jane Manary-Parent, Rev. Colton Carrick (at the first meeting), and Rev. Ken Deeks (at the second meeting) reported about the developments thus far in establishing Packer College in St. John’s, NL. You can watch the video from the second meeting … Read more