Church in the Province of the West Indies
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The Church in the Province of the West Indies is a member province in the worldwide Anglican Communion. The church comprises eight dioceses spread out over much of the West Indies area. The present archbishop and primate of the West Indies is the Most Rev. Drexel Wellington Gomez. The church is also part of the Global South.
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[edit] History
The West Indies became a self-governing province in 1883 because of the Church of England missions in territories that became British colonies. It is made up of two mainland dioceses and six island dioceses, including Barbados, Belize, Guyana, Jamaica, the Bahamas, Tobago, Trinidad, and the Windward Islands. Great emphasis is being placed on training personnel for an indigenous ministry. The island locations and scattered settlements make pastoral care difficult and costly.
[edit] Mission Organisations
The Jamaica Church Missionary Society is the recognised missionary agency of the Diocese of Jamaica and the Cayman Islands in the Province of the West Indies. The society focuses on evangelisation with special relevance to daily human needs.
The society was established in 1861 as a subsidiary of the church, intended to target those sections of Jamaica's "hard to reach" population. For many years the mission stations established and maintained by the society provided the only means of reaching the masses of the population with Christianity and basic education.
[edit] Dioceses[1]
- Bahamas and the Turks and Caicos Islands
- Barbados
- Belize
- Guyana
- Jamaica and the Cayman Islands
- North East Caribbean and Aruba
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Windward Islands
[edit] External links
- Anglican Communion provincial Web site
- Church of England history in the West Indies
- About St. Kitts Anglican Church — part of the Diocese of North East Caribbean and Aruba
[edit] References
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