SOMA UK website

Welcome to the SOMA UK website

Our Mission Statement is:
"SOMA works for the transformation of individuals and churches, and the healing of communities and their lands through the Renewing power of the Holy Spirit by sending and receiving teams worldwide on short-term mission within the Anglican Communion."

Rowan Williams - Archbishop of Canterbury

"I wholeheartedly commend the work of SOMA (Sharing of Ministries Abroad) to all Anglican bishops, clergy and lay ministers. Short term mission teams really do make a significant difference in bringing about long term renewal and transformation in communities, churches and Dioceses across the Anglican Communion."

The Most Revd Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury

"SOMA has developed considerable experience in sending teams to assist dioceses in different parts of the world, especially in areas where the church has had to face conflict and shortage of material resources. They take steps to ensure that team members are carefully recruited and trained for the task required. SOMA, with its distinctive renewal perspective, seeks to serve the Anglican Communion in its mission. I warmly commend its work to you"

Most Revd George Carey, former Archbishop

Under the authority of the Bishop who invites us we seek in compassion and humility to share teaching and practice and so equip for ministry those who receive and those who go. While the needs of the Church are varied, our particular calling is in the area of spiritual support, to bring refreshment, and to encourage unity and reconciliation. We are pilgrim people who stand in our relationship with God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, and under the authority of Holy Scripture. On this basis, we seek to develop and to work within relationships, defined not by text but by trust, with the rest of the international SOMA family and all those we serve.

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Created 2003 by [Pneumedia]
Revised: Jun 2010