About Us
Lwanga Tusubira Christopher
The Worldwide Anglican Church Since 1921
We warmly welcome you to the Worldwide Anglican Church, founded in 1921 with one solid mission of evangelism and service – namely, the ‘Great Commission.’ We achieve this by being a culturally diverse, dynamic, and loving family with churches throughout the world. We are honored to be part of the rich tapestry of the ancient Anglican tradition with many of our clergies coming from Roman Catholic and Anglican seminaries, whilst others have a Methodist, Baptist and Pentecostal background before being called to the Anglican Church. We embrace this fact enthusiastically, for it enables us to meet people exactly where they are.
The Most Revd Dr.Ch. Vijay Mohan Rao
The Most Revd. Dr.Ch.Vijaya Mohan Rao.
Patriarch-Presiding Archbishop-ACE-DIOCESE, NCA- CHURCH, GCOB, WAECAEM & WAC
Primate Archbishop,General Director for Southern Asia.
was the Archbishop,Patriach for ACE- DIOCESE, NCA- CHURCH, GCOB, WAECAEM- Director General of Sourhern Asia.& NNHRF- Human Rights-DGCEO.
His parents Father’s name is Joseph & Mother DevaKrupavaram both are Teachers & head Master in CSI- DIOCESE in Dornakal. Right from their studies in same Diocese Hostels.Both are return to home.
His parents are blessed six male and one daughter. He is second one for his parents. He is also Studied in CSI-DIOCESE Hostels at Kothagudem & Ramavaram for primary and high schooling. He is from Boy hood close intract with highly Clergies during the studies.
He is completed MA, Bped. & Mth.MDvin and DD. He began his Ministry by Serving teenage through Young Life. Now Prior to serving as a archbishop & Director General also DGCEO he planted and led St. Philip Church in Andhra Pradesh, India.
The scripture verse that has most guided his ministry is Proverbs 3:5-6: “Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths.” (ESV)
Archbishop Vijay Mohan Rao can be heard on radio stations in the India and around the world via his teaching ministry through Facebook live, A Word from the Lord, and his One-Minute Message, an evangelism outreach to the unchurched.
He and his wife are life-long Georgians, and have three adult children.
Inconection with above named organizations carring his Childrence…
Who We Are
The Worldwide Anglican Church is a conservative, bible-based Church, and much emphasis is placed upon teaching from the Word and putting faith into action. To this end, we work closely as a team to fulfill our mission throughout the world. This is done through our Committees, Councils, and Commissions, which include: the Consultative Council, Finance and Endowment Committee, Membership and Candidate Selection Committee, the Liturgy Commission, International Special Events Committee, Project Development Committee, Bereavement and Chaplaincy Committee, Children’s Council, Public Relations and Communication Committee, Historical Research Committee, and the Committee on Faith and Justice. We warmly invite you to peruse our website, where you will learn more about the ministries we offer to thousands in need.
We serve across the world in the following countries: The USA, India, Nigeria, Kenya, Zambia, Rwanda, Uganda, Bolivia, Peru, Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, Johannesburg, Brazil, Chile, Nicaragua, South Sudan, Barbados/West Indies, Nepal, Ghana, Equatorial Guinea, Liberia, Cameroon, Cape Town/ South Africa, Guatemala, Mexico, Argentina, Paraguay, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Australia, Canada, The United Kingdom.
As we begin to organize our Centenary celebrations, we continue to reflect upon the great responsibilities that have been placed upon us, and we encourage and welcome you to join us as we walk in grace, truth, mercy, and love.
Our History
The Worldwide Anglican Church began on September 2nd, 1921, and was called The African Orthodox Church. Its faith, as declared, was Orthodox, in conformity with the Orthodox Churches of the east from which its Episcopate was derived. While it admitted to membership and other privileges persons of all races, it sought particularly to reach out to millions of African descents in both hemispheres and declared itself to be perpetually autonomous and controlled by Africans. Hence the name, African Orthodox.The African Orthodox Church (AOC) owed its Episcopate and Apostolic Authority to the Syrian Church of Antioch where their disciples were first called Christians, and of which the See of St Peter the Apostle was the first Bishop.
In a Bull issued by Ignatius Peter III, Patriarch of Antioch and the East, permission was given for the Consecration of the Priest Joseph Rene Vilatte as Archbishop – Metropolitan of the Archdiocese of America, namely, for churches adhering to the Orthodox Faith; and, on May 29th, 1892, Archbishop Vilatte was duly consecrated in Ceylon by Archbishop Julius Alvarez, assisted by the Syrian Bishops George Gregorius and Paul Athanasius, all three being under obedience of the Patriarch of Antioch. His Grace, the Most Rev ++ George Alexander McGuire, the first Bishop, Metropolitan Archbishop of the African Orthodox Church was born on March 28, 1866, in Sweets, Antigua. He was also a physician and surgeon at the Boston College of Physicians and Surgeons, was an Episcopal priest, who became involved in a movement to establish a Black Anglican denomination. He was consecrated a Bishop on September 21, 1921, in Chicago, according to the book “Black Moses: The Story of Marcus Garvey and the Universal Negro Improvement Association.”
Father McGuire left his Boston pulpit in 1920 to become Chaplain General of the Universal Negro Improvement Association, founded by Garvey. McGuire served many years with UNIA, which was based in New York. Garvey argued that “God was made in our image—black.” When the Fourth International Convention of the Negro Peoples of the World met in 1924, Bishop McGuire urged Negroes to name a day when they would tear down and burn pictures of a white Madonna and white Christ in our homes. “Then let us start our Negro painters getting busy,” Bishop McGuire said. “And supply a black Madonna and a black Christ for the training of our children.” At the time of his death on November 10, 1934, the African Orthodox Church had 30,000 members and about 50 clergies in 30 parishes in the United States, Africa, Cuba, Antigua, and Venezuela. He was canonized by the African Orthodox Church on July 31, 1983. He is a saint of the church.