# Anglicans for Life > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Anglicans_for_Life > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Anglicans_for_Life.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglicans_for_Life > Source revision: 1354671162 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Anglican pro-life organization}} {{Infobox organization | name = Anglicans for Life | image = Anglicans for Life logo.png | caption = | map = | map_size = | map_alt = | map_caption = | map2 = | type = | tax_id = | registration_id = | founded = {{Start date|1966}} (''as Episcopalians for Life'') | founder = [Joseph Harte](/source/Joseph_Harte) | predecessor = | dissolved = | merged_into = | successor = | location = [Sewickley, Pennsylvania](/source/Sewickley%2C_Pennsylvania) | addnl_location = | coordinates = | origins = | key_people = Georgette Forney, Vicky Hedelius | region_served = | products = | services = | focus = | mission = | method = | revenue = | disbursements = | expenses = | endowment = | num_volunteers = | num_employees = | num_members = | affiliations = [Anglican Church in North America](/source/Anglican_Church_in_North_America), [Global Fellowship of Confessing Anglicans](/source/Global_Fellowship_of_Confessing_Anglicans) | subsid = | owner = | former_name = Episcopalians for Life | website = [https://anglicansforlife.org/ anglicanforlife.org] | footnotes = }} '''Anglicans for Life''' ('''AFL''') is the [anti-abortion](/source/anti-abortion) ministry of the [Anglican Church in North America](/source/Anglican_Church_in_North_America) and internationally associated with some member churches of the [Global Fellowship of Confessing Anglicans](/source/Global_Fellowship_of_Confessing_Anglicans). AFL educates and provides pastoral resources on the [right to life](/source/right_to_life) position on the issues of [abortion](/source/abortion), [assisted suicide](/source/assisted_suicide), [elderly care](/source/elderly_care), [cloning](/source/cloning) and [embryonic stem cell](/source/embryonic_stem_cell) research. AFL also educates and provides pastoral resources on [abstinence](/source/abstinence) and [adoption](/source/adoption). The organization has volunteer Life Leaders in more than 100 parishes in the [United States](/source/United_States), [Canada](/source/Canada), [Kenya](/source/Kenya) and [Uganda](/source/Uganda). AFL also has the support of the [American Anglican Council](/source/American_Anglican_Council). Anglicans for Life Canada is affiliated with the [Anglican Diocese of Canada](/source/Anglican_Diocese_of_Canada), a diocese of the Anglican Church in North America, being officially launched at 7 May 2014 in a seminar held at [St. Peter and St. Paul's Anglican Church](/source/St._Peter_%26_St._Paul's_Anglican_Church_(Ottawa)) in [Ottawa](/source/Ottawa). The current president is Georgette Forney. The first director is Vicky Hedelius.{{cite web|url=http://www.anglicannetwork.ca/anglicans_for_life_canada.htm|title=Anglicans for Life Canada|publisher=|accessdate=14 June 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150622013633/http://www.anglicannetwork.ca/anglicans_for_life_canada.htm|archive-date=22 June 2015|url-status=dead}} In the United States, the organization has EIN 52-1431886 as a 501(c)(3) Public Charity; in 2024 it reported total revenue of $386,903 and total assets of $272,154.{{cite web |title=Anglicans For Life Inc |url=https://app.candid.org/profile/7756196/anglicans-for-life-inc-52-1431886 |website=candid.org |publisher=Candid. |access-date=9 February 2026}} ==History== [[File:M4L Elvert Barnes IMG 2207 (16360279245).jpg|right|thumb|An Anglican clergyman marches with Anglicans for Life at the 2015 [March for Life](/source/March_for_Life_(Washington%2C_D.C.)) in Washington, D.C.]]The Episcopal Church was historically anti-abortion. In 1958, it still held that "Abortion and infanticide are to be condemned."{{cite web|url=http://www.pregnantpause.org/people/wherchur.htm|title=Abortion: Where Do the Churches Stand?|publisher=|accessdate=14 June 2015}} In 1966 [Joseph Harte](/source/Joseph_Harte), bishop of the [Episcopal Diocese of Arizona](/source/Episcopal_Diocese_of_Arizona) founded Episcopalians for Life, which was officially incorporated in 1983 as the National Organization of Episcopalians for Life Research and Education Foundation (NOEL).[http://www-personal.umich.edu/~bobwolfe/gen/pn/p920.htm Bishop Joseph M. Harte Biography] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120204150243/http://www-personal.umich.edu/~bobwolfe/gen/pn/p920.htm |date=2012-02-04 }}[https://anglicansforlife.org/about/ Anglicans For Life, "Our History."] From 1983 to 1996 NOEL operated from Fairfax, Virginia. It published newsletters and educational resources to present their [anti-abortion](/source/anti-abortion) concerns. NOEL's ministry reached nationwide, ministering to women in unplanned pregnancies, educating Episcopalians about abortion, and working to influence the church by introducing [anti-abortion](/source/anti-abortion) resolutions at [General Convention](/source/General_Convention)s. In 1988, the 69th General Convention of the Episcopal Church adopted a resolution that stated: "All human life is sacred. Hence it is sacred from its inception until death." The statement went on to call for church programs to assist women with problem pregnancies and to emphasize the seriousness of the abortion decision. In 1994, the Episcopal Church was the first church member of the Anglican Communion to fully support legal abortion at the 71st General Convention, expressing its "unequivocal opposition to any... action... that [would] abridge the right of a woman to reach an informed decision about the termination of her pregnancy, or that would limit the access of a woman to a safe means of acting upon her decision." In 1996 the NOEL headquarters moved from Virginia to [Sewickley, Pennsylvania](/source/Sewickley%2C_Pennsylvania). In 1998 the board appointed Georgette Forney as the fifth president of NOEL, a position formerly named "executive secretary" and "executive director".[http://www.anglicansforlife.org/afl_team Georgette Forney, Anglicans for Life official website] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722145242/http://www.anglicansforlife.org/afl_team |date=July 22, 2011 }} NOEL changed its name to Anglicans For Life in 2006 as its ministry expanded to the wider [Anglican Communion](/source/Anglican_Communion). In the US, AFL works with parishes of [ACNA](/source/Anglican_Church_in_North_America), and other Continuing Anglican groups.[https://anglicansforlife.org/life-map/ Life Leaders and Churches] The Anglican Church in North America, upon its creation, in 2009, adopted an official pro-life stance on abortion and euthanasia, stating that "all members and clergy are called to promote and respect the sanctity of every human life from conception to natural death".{{sfn|Anglican Church in North America|2014|loc=title II, canon 8}} The ACNA became associated with Anglicans for Life, who has been their official pro-life ministry.{{cite web|url=https://anglicansforlife.org/|title=Anglicans For Life|work=anglicansforlife.org|access-date=October 5, 2015}} ==Campaigns== thumb|Anglicans for Life attendees gather at the U.S. Supreme Court at the end of the 2023 March for Life in Washington, D.C.In conjunction with [Priests for Life](/source/Priests_for_Life), Anglicans for Life (then NOEL) launched the [Silent No More](/source/Silent_No_More) campaign in 2003 in an effort to further educate the general public about abortion and other related issues. Silent No More is a ministry started by post-abortive women and men with the intention of reaching out to other post-abortive people.{{cite web|url=http://www.silentnomoreawareness.org|title=Silent No More Awareness Campaign|publisher=|accessdate=14 June 2015}} The Campaign allowed AFL to network and partner with other [anti-abortion](/source/anti-abortion) organizations in the United States. In 2010, AFL launched the "Anglican Angel Ministry" to raise awareness about the need to help pregnant women and to provide a parish-based support system for single mothers. The Silent No More campaign has 80 Regional Coordinators worldwide, in the United States, Canada, Ireland, Scotland, France, Netherlands, Czech Republic, Spain, Australia and Uganda.[http://www.anglicansforlife.org/about_afl Silent No More at Anglicans for Life Official Website] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130903045732/http://www.anglicansforlife.org/about_afl |date=September 3, 2013 }} ==See also== {{Portal|Christianity}} *[Abortion debate](/source/Abortion_debate) *[Right to life](/source/Right_to_life) *[Silent No More](/source/Silent_No_More) ==References== {{reflist}} ==Sources== * {{cite book |author=Anglican Church in North America |year=2014 |title=Constitution and Canons |url=https://c119b78671d19b8aee34-1ab073aa91389396dfc8b6aabc9b141e.ssl.cf2.rackcdn.com/Constitution-and-Canons-CURRENT-9-5-14.pdf |publisher=Anglican Church in North America |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161225091843/https://c119b78671d19b8aee34-1ab073aa91389396dfc8b6aabc9b141e.ssl.cf2.rackcdn.com/Constitution-and-Canons-CURRENT-9-5-14.pdf |archive-date=December 25, 2016 |access-date=October 17, 2016 }} ==External links== * [http://anglicansforlife.org Official homepage] {{Anglican Church in North America}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Anglicans for Life}} Category:American Christian political organizations Category:Anglican Church in North America Category:Anglican organizations Category:Christian organizations established in 1966 Category:Anti-abortion organizations in the United States Category:1966 establishments in Pennsylvania --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Anglicans for Life](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglicans_for_Life) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglicans_for_Life?action=history)). 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