Orthodox Anglican Communion

The Orthodox Anglican Communion (OAC) is a communion of churches established in 1964 or 1967,[1] by James Parker Dees.[2] The Orthodox Anglican
Communion was formed outside of the See of Canterbury; the OAC is not part of the Anglican Communion.[1] The Orthodox Anglican Communion adheres to
the doctrine, discipline and worship contained in the 1662 Book of Common Prayer and the 1562 Articles of Religion.[3]

The OAC was created as a conservative alternative to the mainstream Anglican Communion.[2] The presiding bishop of the Orthodox Anglican Church serves as
metropolitan of the OAC.[3][4] The Orthodox Anglican Communion claims to have "over one million lay members".[1]

Orthodox Anglican Church

The Orthodox Anglican Church is a member of the Orthodox Anglican Communion.[1] It was founded as the Orthodox Anglican Church
Anglican Orthodox Church in 1963 or 1964 by James Parker Dees, in Statesville, North Carolina.[2][5]

James Parker Dees died in 1990. Dees was succeeded as leader by George Schneller; Schneller resigned soon after
due to illnesses. The leader thus became Robert J. Godfrey. In 2000, Godfrey resigned; Scott McLaughlin succeeded
him as leader.[2][5]

In 1999, the group changed its name to Episcopal Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of America.[6] It then changed it
to Orthodox Anglican Church in 2005.[7]

The organization "champions the 1928 Book of Common Prayer, emphasizes Christian orthodoxy, and insists on high
moral standards".[2]
Crest of the Orthodox Anglican Church
Godfrey and McLaughlin were signatories to the Bartonville Agreement in 1999. In 2007, McLaughlin signed a
Orientation Anglicanism
Covenant of Intercommunion between the Orthodox Anglican Church and the Old Catholic Church in Slovakia,
represented by the Most Revd Augustin Bacinsky.[8] Polity Episcopal
Presiding bishop Thomas Gordon
See also Associations Orthodox Anglican
Communion
Traditional Anglican Church
Official website orthodoxanglican.us
(https://www.orthod
References oxanglican.us/)

1. "Affiliation | The Orthodox Anglican Church - North America" (https://www.orthodoxanglican.us/about/affiliation/). Retrieved 2022-06-21.
2. Melton, J. Gordon (2009). "Orthodox Anglican Church". Melton's encyclopedia of American religions (http://archive.org/details/meltonsencyclo
pe0008melt). Chapter 3: Western Liturgical Family, Part II: Anglicanism (8th ed.). Detroit: Gale Cengage Learning. p. 165. ISBN 978-0-7876-
9696-2.
3. "THE CANONS OF THE ORTHODOX ANGLICAN COMMUNION" (http://www.orthodoxanglican.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/OAC-Cano
ns-3.9.09.2.pdf) (PDF). The Orthodox Anglican Communion.
4. "Our Metropolitan | Orthodox Anglican Communion" (http://www.orthodoxanglican.net/our-metropolitan/). Retrieved 2022-06-21.
5. "Anglicans Online | Churches not 'in the Communion' " (http://anglicansonline.org/communion/nic.html). anglicansonline.org. Retrieved
2022-06-21.
6. https://web.archive.org/web/20220621042843/https://www.sosnc.gov/online_services/imaging/download/1b_8547893_ca32983ccc804de18655
7. https://web.archive.org/web/20220621042955/https://www.sosnc.gov/online_services/imaging/download/1b_14667583_962ec61a860045389e1
8. A Covenant Between The Old Catholic Church In Slovakia and the Orthodox Anglican Church (http://orthodoxanglican.net/images/OACOCS.
pdf) Archived (https://web.archive.org/web/20070821034921/http://orthodoxanglican.net/images/OACOCS.pdf) 2007-08-21 at the Wayback
Machine April 25, 2007.

External links
Official website (http://orthodoxanglican.net/)

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