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The Anglican Church of Papua New Guinea came into existence as a discrete province of the Anglican Communion when the Anglican Province of Papua New Guinea was separated from the Anglican ecclesiastical Province of Brisbane, Australia, in 1975 immediately prior to PNG's independence. Its first Archbishop and Primate was David Hand, the Bishop of Port Moresby. In accordance with early concordats among European missionaries by which they agreed not to engage in undue competition with each other, Anglican missionary activity was largely confined to the Northern District of Papua and the Oro (Northern) Province remains the only civil province of Papua New Guinea of which a majority of the population are Anglican. The Anglican Communion uses the compass rose as its symbol, signifying its worldwide reach and decentralized nature. ... The term Anglican describes those people and churches following the religious traditions of the Church of England, especially following the Reformation. ... Port Moresby town Port Moresby, (9°30′ S 147°12′ E), population 193,242 (1990), is the capital of Papua New Guinea. ... The term Oro, when used by itself, can refer to: In Polynesian mythology (Tahiti), Oro is a god of both war and peace. ...
Historically the Anglican mission was not well funded and it did not compare favourably with other denominations in terms of health and education services. Although it was historically part of the ecclesiastical province of Brisbane, today its overseas support appears to be substantially from England, notably by the Papua New Guinea Church Partnership, formerly the New Guinea Mission.
In Anglican terminology the New Guinea Martyrs were eight Anglican clergy, teachers and medical missionaries killed by the Japanese in 1942, although 333 church workers of various denominations, the largest number Roman Catholic, were killed.
The churchmanship of the denomination is Anglo-Catholic; the Anglican Church participates in the Melanesian Council of Churches and maintains especially close ties with the Evangelical Lutheran and Roman Catholic Churches.
The Independent State of PapuaNewGuinea (informally, PapuaNewGuinea or PNG) is a country in Oceania, occupying the eastern half of the island of NewGuinea and numerous offshore islands (the Indonesian provinces of Papua (Indonesian province) and West Irian Jaya (Irian Jaya Barat) occupy the western half of NewGuinea).
Papua was administered under the Papua Act until it was invaded by the Japanese in 1941, and civil administration suspended.
The churches with the largest number of members are the Roman Catholic Church (with 30% of the population), the Evangelical Lutheran Church of PapuaNewGuinea, the United Church of PapuaNewGuinea, and the Seventh-day Adventists.
PapuaNewGuinea occupies the eastern half of the island of NewGuinea off the north east corner of Australia.
The AnglicanChurch is currently putting major emphasis on the development of small faith communities, with the objective of achieving greater self-reliance.
HIV/AIDS is a rapidly growing problem within PapuaNewGuinea, and Anglicare, an agency of the Diocese of Port Moresby, is engaged in a major StopAIDS programme which is making a significant contribution to AIDS education both in the nation's capital and in the country as a whole.
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