The Anglican
Leadership Institute
ANSWERING THE CALL FOR THE NEXT GENERATION OF ANGLICAN LEADERS
Guiding emerging Anglican leaders toward their full potential during a three-week retreat in Charleston, South Carolina and other locations around the globe.
THE IMPACT
We have graduated 165 fellows from 33 different countries, equipped missionary-minded leaders, including many Bishops and Archbishops, and facilitated men and women to form lasting and effective friendships throughout the globe.
How We Began
During 2014 it became clear to Bp Mark Lawrence in consultation with church leaders in South Carolina and senior figures from the Global Church, that the Lord was calling for the creation of a leadership training initiative that would bring future leaders together for study, teaching, reflection, and nurture. ALI was founded in response to this conviction,
Our Programs
THE INSTITUTE
We offer men and women, with a proven track of ministry, a chance to spend three weeks in community under the guidance of expert leaders who have exercised faithful and effective ministry in their own contexts.
HOW TO APPLY OR NOMINATE
All Applicants will need to be nominated by a Senior Anglican leader or one of our Alumni. Nominees will be those with distinctive leadership potential as well as a track record of church and missional leadership.
The Institute invitation will include a full scholarship to cover the costs of travel, training and residential expenses.
THE GLOBAL SUMMIT
We offer alumni, supporters and ministry partners a chance to gather to receive equipping and a chance to collaborate creatively on key issues facing the global church.
HOW TO APPLY OR NOMINATE
The Global Summit is open to Alumni, ministry supporters and friends of ALI. There are some scholarships available upon application for Alumni.
Testimonials From Institute Two
Once each year, for a full three weeks, fifteen to eighteen fellows arrive from the four corners of the earth to live and learn together, breaking any culture barriers that might naturally keep them apart. Few have ever met, many will never come this way again, and few have ever experienced the culture and customs that shaped their classmates. The only common factor is that they are all committed to Anglican ministry. Some are bishops, and others are relatively new to ministry, but most fall somewhere between the 35-55 age group and are open to learning about leadership in the modern world.
Each Institute brings together emerging Anglican leaders for a unique learning experience with teachings in the principles of leadership based on the foundation of the Anglican Formularies and the Jerusalem Declaration. In addition to lectures on the Bible, culture, and preaching, they are also given tools to assess their gifts, character, and leadership styles. The Institute is designed to facilitate friendship, fellowship and rest.
Support For Anglican Leadership Institute
“Leadership training is a long neglected component of biblically faithful Anglicanism, so the knowledge that the Anglican Leadership Institute is now to be born is exceedingly good news. Without wise and imaginative leadership congregations cannot flourish, nor can any vision of spiritual advance be sustained. In our age of spiritual drift a potential significance of leadership training is enormous."
— Rev Dr. Professor J.I. Packer (1926 - 2020)
"Exactly in line with one of my passions...I am with you 200%...May God grant real fruitfulness and effectiveness in this wonderful initiative to encourage, equip and resource key leaders!"
— The Rt. Rev. Ken Clarke
"A laudable and most needed project for the future of the Church. I offer myself to be part of it..."
— The Most Rev. Benjamin Kwashi
"Good news for the Anglican communion. The Institute is crucial to equip new leaders who can help the church grow and the Gospel to spread."
—The Most Rev. Dr. Mouneer Anis
"This sounds wonderful and will help shape the next generation of Anglican Leaders from around the world...It also will encourage theological education for young clergy around the Anglican Communion."
— The Most Rev. Foley Beach
"A wonderful project..that gives an opportunity to encourage some of the excellent leaders that are already in the ministry in many countries."
— The Rt. Rev. Henry Scriven