We Haven't Changed

The ANGLICAN CHURCH IN AMERICA (ACA) is among the largest of several "Continuing Churches" which emerged from the AFFIRMATION OF ST. LOUIS and the 1977 gathering of faithful Anglicans which produced that document. Archbishop Louis Falk is the Primate of the ACA.

The ACA is the American member of the TRADITIONAL ANGLICAN COMMUNION (TAC), a worldwide body of some half million members on six continents. The Primate of the TAC is Archbishop John Hepworth of Australia.

The Episcopal Church USA (ECUSA) under Presiding Bishop Frank Griswold, on the other hand, is the American member church of the ANGLICAN COMMUNION headed by Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams.

THE ACA IS NOT PART OF THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH USA
 OR THE CANTERBURY-BASED ANGLICAN COMMUNION

The Traditional Anglican Communion, of which we are members, is uniformly orthodox and traditional in its teaching and practice, while the Canterbury-based Communion emphasizes "inclusiveness" and embraces a wide range of beliefs. The TAC shares a common ancestry, including Apostolic Succession, with Canterbury, but there is no direct hierarchical or organizational connection between us.

PLEASE ALSO NOTE the "IN" in our name. There is no connection whatsoever between us and a body calling itself "The Anglican Church OF America" (TACA), which holds doctrinal positions and moral views we do not share.