Welcome to the Ekklesia Society Website

Ekklesia is an international society committed to making disciples of Jesus Christ, conforming to the Lambeth Quadrilateral, affirming:

• The authority of the Scriptures
• The faith of the historic Creeds
• The Sacraments as instituted by Jesus
• Historic Apostolic Ministry

The Ekklesia Society was established in 1996 as a result of the drift of the western Anglican churches from Biblical faith. This has been especially true as the American Episcopal Church has departed biblical Christianity. Ekklesia has fostered better links of communication between the global south and churches still aligned with orthodox theology and practice in North America.

Canon Bill Atwood was the founding General Secretary and now travels internationally to see that the mission of the Ekklesia Society is carried out. Following a call by several Primates (Archbishop leaders of Anglican Churches in many nations around the world), Ekklesia's Primates Council was formed in 2000 under the leadership of Archbishops Drexel Gomez and Gregory Venables. Some of the other Primates involved have included Archbishops David Gitari, Donald Mtetemela, Henry Orombi, Bernard Malango, and Benjamin Nzimbi.

In June 2007, Canon Atwood was elected and confirmed as Suffragan Bishop for International Affairs in the All Saints Cathedral Diocese in Nairobi under Archbishop Benjamin Nzimbi, Primate of the Anglican Church of Kenya. Bishop Atwood continues to serve as General Secretary of Ekklesia and look after clergy and congregations under Kenyan jurisdiction in North America along with Bishop Bill Murdoch who was consecrated with him in Nairobi in August.

Bishop Atwood had an awakening of faith in 1972 while serving as a pilot in the US Air Force. That led to a vocation in ordained ministry. He received theological training at Mercer School of Theology in Long Island and Kings College in London, England. In 1989, he received a doctorate from Fuller Seminary in Pasadena, California (Church Growth and Development). Ordained in 1979, Bishop Atwood has served congregations in a variety of settings.

Ekklesia member bishops oversee more than 40 million of the world's Anglicans in over thirty countries. He has ministered extensively in Kenya and many other African nations. Ekklesia holds conferences for advancing the Christian faith and is involved in many development projects such as equipment and supplies for medical clinics, bicycles for clergy, radio station, and many tons of grains for famine relief. Ekklesia has also provided commercial fishing boats in Central Africa.