Vision

From 1-3 May 2006, the Anglican Indigenous Network held a Youth-Elder consultation at the Pala Casino and Resort, California. After much discussion about the need to build a “network that works” the participants identified the call to focus on identifying and nurturing a new generation of Anglican/Episcopalian indigenous leadership.

The vision of the Indigenous Nations Project is to expand the horizons of young indigenous Anglican/Episcopalian leaders.  To equip young leaders with the gifts, wisdom and inspiration to discern and respond to God's calling in their lives. Through hard work, organized worship, teamwork, selflessness, and adherence to Gospel principals of formation in community, young adults will be removed from familiar environments and connected with indigenous communities across the member nations of the Anglican Indigenous Network. By removing competition and introducing the intentional formation of community that is both religious (Anglican/Episcopalian) and reflective theologically, leaders will be given the means to look beyond themselves through the lenses of other cultures and traditions. This includes a focus on the wisdom of traditional ways of learning and the place of Elders in community.

Each individual brings unique God given gifts that enhance and grow the community. We seek to recognize and mirror those gifts so they can claim and use them for the betterment of the community. So they can grow in their knowledge of the traditional ways we seek to remember and honour.

Building Relationships within the indigenous community context is the underlying principle of the vision of the Indigenous Nations Project. Participants will make friends and build relationships that change them forever. This reflects a true spirit of reconciliation. The project will not be about theological tourism whereby participants visit simply for the sake of seeing new places. All projects will benefit the community spiritually, economically, socially and recreationally and will have a long term effect on the community designed to last for decades.


Participant Criteria

A deep relationship with God through Christ
Public Speaking Skills
Knowledge of culture and cultural performance ability
Knowledge of their own Anglican/Episcopalian church structure and mission
Consciousness of Indigenous struggle
Diocese and Gender balance
Ongoing commitment to the vision of the AIN
Commitment to ministry within their own Anglican/Episcopalian church and Indigenous ministry
Require a write up of the project


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