Anglicanism

===Worldwide distribution===
[[File:Anglican C., Porvoo C., Utrecht Union.svg|thumb|upright=2.5|A world map showing the provinces of the '''Anglican Communion''' (blue). Shown are the Churches in full communion with the Anglican Church: The Nordic Lutheran churches of the [[Porvoo Communion]] (green), and the [[Old Catholic Church]]es in the [[Utrecht Union]] (red).]]
[[File:Jamestown Virginia ruin.JPG|thumb|An 1854 image of the ruins of [[Jamestown Church]] in [[Jamestown, Virginia]], the first Anglican church in North America]]
Anglicanism represents the third largest Christian communion in the world, after the [[Roman Catholic Church]] and the [[Eastern Orthodox Church]].{{sfn|Worsley|2015}} The number of Anglicans in the world is over 85&nbsp;million {{As of|2011|lc=y}}.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.adherents.com/adh_branches.html#Christianity|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19990819112057/http://adherents.com/adh_branches.html#Christianity|url-status=usurped|archive-date=19 August 1999|title=Major Branches of Religions|website=www.adherents.com}}</ref> The 11 provinces in Africa saw growth in the last two decades. They now include 36.7&nbsp;million members, more Anglicans than there are in England. England remains the largest single Anglican province, with 26&nbsp;million members. In most industrialised countries, church attendance has decreased since the 19th century. Anglicanism's presence in the rest of the world is due to large-scale emigration, the establishment of expatriate communities, or the work of missionaries.

The [[Church of England]] has been a church of [[missionary|missionaries]] since the 17th century, when the Church first left English shores with colonists who founded what would become the United States, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and South Africa, and established Anglican churches. For example, an Anglican chaplain, [[Robert Wolfall]], with [[Martin Frobisher]]'s [[Arctic]] expedition, celebrated the Eucharist in 1578 in [[Frobisher Bay]].

The first Anglican church in the Americas was built at [[Jamestown, Virginia]], in 1607. By the 18th century, missionaries worked to establish Anglican churches in Asia, Africa, and Latin America. The great Church of England missionary societies were founded; for example, the [[Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge]] (SPCK) in 1698, the [[Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts]] (SPG) in 1701, and the [[Church Mission Society]] (CMS) in 1799.

In the 19th century, social-oriented evangelism with societies were founded and developed, including the [[Church Pastoral Aid Society]] (CPAS) in 1836, [[Mission to Seafarers]] in 1856, [[Girls' Friendly Society]] (GFS) in 1875, [[Mothers' Union]] in 1876, and [[Church Army]] in 1882, all carrying out a personal form of evangelism.

In the 20th century, the Church of England developed new forms of evangelism, including the [[Alpha course]] in 1990, which was developed and propagated from [[Holy Trinity Brompton Church]] in London.

In the 21st century, there has been renewed effort to reach children and youth. [[Fresh expressions]] is a Church of England missionary initiative to youth begun in 2005, and has ministries at a [[skate park]]<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20070728180306/http://www.legacyweb.org/YouthCong.htm Legacy XS Youth Centre & Skatepark, St. George's, Benfleet]</ref> through the efforts of St George's Church, [[Benfleet Urban District|Benfleet]], Essex, the [[Diocese of Chelmsford]], or youth groups with evocative names, like the C.L.A.W (Christ Little Angels – Whatever!) youth group at [[Coventry Cathedral]]. For those who prefer not to actually visit a [[brick and mortar]] church, there are Internet ministries, such as the [[Diocese of Oxford]]'s online Anglican i-Church, which was founded on the web in 2005.