[Anglican Church of Canada] Members of the board of the Anglican Church of Canada’s global charity arm, until now known as the Primate’s World Relief and Development Fund (PWRDF), have voted to rename it Alongside Hope.
The Rev. Cynthia Haines-Turner, a member of the charity’s board, says it has been discussing the need for a new name on and off at least since she became a diocesan coordinator for it in 2001. In 2022, the organization’s strategic planning committee decided it was time to make the change, she says. And the board struck a task force dedicated to picking out a name that was “easier to say and less confusing,” which the board and PWRDF members approved at two votes this year, the first in September and the second on Oct. 15, according to a PWRDF press release. The new name becomes official March 1, 2025.
Aside from being a mouthful to pronounce either in long form or as initials, says board president Mark Hauck, the meaning of the charity’s existing name has sometimes been unclear to people outside the church who aren’t familiar with the word “primate” as a religious title.
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