About the Anglican Church of Tanzania
The Anglican Church of Tanzania, P.O. Box 899, Dodoma,
Tanzania.
Phone : +255 (0)26 232 1437, 232 1860
FAX : +255 (0)26 232 4565
E-mail :
act@anglican.or.tz
Archbishop : The Most Revd. Donald Mtetemela, also
Bishop of Ruaha
E-mail :
ruaha@anglican.or.tz
Dean : Rt. Rev. Dr. Philip Baji, the Bishop of the Diocese of Tanga
Provincial Treasurer : Rt. Rev. Hilkiah Omindo Deya, the Bishop of the Diocese of Mara.
Provincial Registrar : Justice Augustino Stephen Lawrence Ramadhani.
General Secretary : The Revd Canon Dr R. Mwita Akiri,
Ph.D.
E-mail :
akiri@anglican.or.tz
Vision
A sustainable Church working together effectively for the growth of God’s Kingdom through prayer, worship, preaching, teaching, pastoral care and social services.
Mission
To proclaim the Kingdom of God through spiritual and socio-economic transformation and empowerment of individuals and communities to experience the fullness of life in God.
The Anglican Church of Tanzania was established in 1970 as an independent Province and is headquartered in Dodoma. It was carved from the Church of the Province of East Africa [Kenya and Tanzania].
It has grown in term of geographical area and membership. It has grown from 8 Dioceses when the Province was created in 1970 to 21 Dioceses now (2007) with four million members in both Tanzania mainland and Zanzibar. One more Diocese will be created by the end of 2007. It is expected that five more Dioceses will be created by 2010
With its uniqueness within Africa, the Anglican Church of Tanzania is made up of Evangelical Anglican Church that owe their tradition to the Church Missionary Society (CMS United kingdom, CMS Australia and CMS New Zealand) and Anglo-Catholic Anglican Churches that owe their tradition to the British universities’ Mission to central Africa (UMCA) which merged with the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel (SPG) to form the United Society for the Propagation of the Gospel (USPG). Both CMS and USPG are Anglican Missions.
Some of the Provincial Institution, most of which are semi-independent of the Provincial Office, are two Provincial Theological Colleges (St. Phillip’s located at Kongwa, and St Mark’s in Dar es Salaam); the Central Tanganyika Press (CTP) and the Literature Organization (SKM, trading as the Dar es Salaam Bookshop). The ACT also has three semi-independent Associations: the Mothers' Union (MU), the Tanzania Anglican Youth Organization (TAYO) and the Anglican Evangelistic Association (AEA).
In Tanzania, the Anglican Church is led by the Archbishop who is elected every five years by the Provincial Synod. He leads the church as primus inter pares (first among equals) and continues to be bishop of his Diocese. The current Archbishop is the Most Reverend Donald Mtetemela, the Bishop of the Diocese of Ruaha.
The administration of the Province is the responsibility of the. General Secretary, based at the Provincial Office in Dodoma, (500 km west of Dar es salaam)