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Anglicans For Life (AFL) is the only Life-Affirming ministry in the Anglican Communion. AFL educates and provides pastoral resources on the issues of abortion, assisted suicide, adoption, sexual risk avoidance, and bioethics. AFL is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that relies on the generosity of donors. All donations are tax-deductible.

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Relevant & Newsworthy

We’ve researched and found the most relevant and worthy articles to educate and equip you in affirming and protecting life. We encourage you to share these stories and updates on social media. Make sure you bookmark this page and come back weekly for updated news. To read past articles, click here.

The Unseen Cost of Organ Transplants: Ethical Issues and Spiritual Implications

This is one of the more comprehensive articles that documents the many sides of the organ donation, procurement, and diagnosis discussion.

UN Report Condemns Surrogacy - Exposes Billion Dollar Trade Reducing Women to Breeding Stock

While we empathize with people struggling with infertility and wanting children, this article that features findings from a United Nations report, highlights the many reasons why surrogacy cannot become an acceptable means for creating children.

Scientists Create 82 Human Beings and Kill Them for Dubious Research

Articles like this highlight the lack of moral integrity in medical research in today’s culture. Understanding what is happening must inspire us to stop it.

Ministry Impact

Through the grace of God, since December 2024 our ministry has grown to see…

Resources distributed internationally

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Anglican Churches Accept the Declaration of Life Statement

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Getting involved with AFL’s Life-Affirming ministry can be a multi-faceted approach. Some people wish to get-involved from an individualistic approach, while others want to be in the heat of advocacy and church planning. That’s why we’ve made it easy for you to navigate the various ways to get involved through our leadership opportunities, resources, events, and blog.

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“Jesus Christ called His disciples to be light in the world. Light pushes back darkness & shows the way. Anglicans For Life is just such a ministry. It stands for the unchanging standard of God’s gift of life from conception.”

Archbishop Ray Sutton

“We honor God as the creator of life. For this reason, I support AFL, whose mission is to equip & engage the Church in fulfilling Scripture’s mandate to care for the unborn, the elderly, & the vulnerable.”

Bishop John Guernsey

“I’m grateful for the ministry of Anglicans For Life. Their mission to inform the Church & engage the culture reminds those of us in the Anglican Communion, and all Christian people, of our duty to defend the Sanctity of Life.”

Archbishop Foley Beach

AFL Blogs

April is Child Abuse Prevention Month

Apr 20, 2022 | Adoption, Sanctity of Life, Suffering

According to Child Maltreatment 2020, the latest report from the National Child Abuse and Neglect Data System (NCANDS) found an average of more than 8,600 children received a child protective services investigation PER DAY in the United States during Fiscal Year 2020. Nearly 1,700 were found to be victims of maltreatment on an average day. Among those victimized children, more than 75% were neglected, and more than 25% were physically and/or sexually abused (the figures for all categories will add up to more than 100% due to some children experiencing 2 or more forms of maltreatment).