"We affirm that the Church of our fathers, sustained by the most Holy Trinity, lives yet, and that we, being moved by the Holy Spirit to walk only in that way, are determined to continue in the Catholic Faith, Apostolic Order, Orthodox Worship and Evangelical Witness of the traditional Anglican Church, doing all things necessary for the continuance of the same. We are upheld and strengthened in this determination by the knowledge that many provinces and dioceses of the Anglican Communion have continued steadfast in the same Faith, Order, Worship and Witness, and that they continue to confine ordination to the priesthood and the episcopate to males. We rejoice in these facts and we affirm our solidarity with these provinces and dioceses."

                                          --Introduction of the Affirmation of St. Louis, 1977

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. The current President of the ACA House of Bishops is the Rt Rev George Langberg.

The ACA is part 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 , on the other hand, is the American member church of the Anglican Communion headed by Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams.)

The Traditional Anglican Communion, of which we are members, is orthodox and solidly traditional in its teaching and practice, while the Canterbury-based Communion emphasizes "inclusiveness" and embraces a wide range of belief, practice, and moral teaching. The TAC shares a common ancestry, including Apostolic Succession, with Canterbury, but there is no direct hierarchical or organizational connection between us. As stated in the Affirmation of St Louis, however, we remain in communion with "all faithful parts of the Anglican Communion."

For more information about the Anglican Church in America, please visit their website at www.acahome.org