Reformed-Methodist
… When I was confirmed as an Anglican, I joined the Anglican Church in North America, a province founded in 2008. However, the formation of the ACNA has a long and complicated history that stretches long before 2008. Much like organizations such as the Wesleyan Covenant Association were working behind the scenes in United Methodism to advance orthodoxy, the Common Cause Partnership (CCP) filled a similar role in relation to the Episcopal Church. What was different about the CCP was that it included other Anglican denominations alongside conservative Episcopalians, chief among them the Reformed Episcopal Church (REC), a small Anglican denomination that separated from the Episcopal Church in 1873. When the members of the CCP were forming into a larger province, the REC joined the ACNA, maintaining a separate structure but participating alongside the whole. Continue Reading……