The Bartonville Agreement came from a meeting held in May 1999 by bishops representing both the

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's American province ( The Episcopal Church) and a number of

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jurisdictions in North America. As such, it was an early effort made by conservative Episcopal bishops and Continuing Anglican bishops to voice a common set of principles which might become the basis of future cooperation between their churches or dioceses. The schism that had divided these church bodies had occurred in 1977 at the Congress of St. Louis when "Continuers" met and formed a new Anglican church in reaction to changes in doctrine and practice that had been approved by The Episcopal Church and the Anglican Church of Canada. These bishops assembled in

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's Abbey. In his opening comments the host, Abbot Alberto Morales, encouraged those present "to let the Holy Spirit guide us and show us the way that we should go...that as we face the new millennium we may present to the world a portion of the

reconciled and united, which in turn, may be an example to imitate for all good and faithful Anglicans and for the Church in general." The result of the meeting was the signing of a "Call to prayer" for unity and a determination to meet again. A second convocation of bishops took place in Bartonville on October 29 of the same year. The result of this meeting was the signing of the Articles of Ecclesiastical Fellowship. The signatories of the original compact were the following: * Keith Ackerman,

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* Robert Crawley, Anglican Catholic Church of Canada * A. Donald Davies,

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Primate * *

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Primate * Herbert Groce, Anglican Rite Synod in America *

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Primate *

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, Anglican Catholic Church in Australia *

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, Episcopal Diocese of Fort Worth * Joel Johnson,

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, retired Episcopal bishop of Quincy *

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, Anglican Catholic Church of Canada Primate * Donald Parsons, retired Episcopal bishop of Quincy * Donald Perschall,

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Primate * Larry Shaver,

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, Anglican Rite Synod in America :^* It is reported that Davies was present but did not sign the document. Present but not empowered to sign was: * Joseph Deyman, Diocese of the Midwest,

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Diocese of Mid-America, Presiding Bishop of the

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The following were signatories of the Articles of Ecclesiastical Fellowship:VIRTUOSITY archives - December 1999 (#20)
/ref> * Louis Falk, ACA Primate * Herbert Groce, ARSA Primate * Walter Grundorf, APA Primate * Scott Earle McLaughlin, OAC * Donald Perschall, AAC & AS Primate * Larry Shaver ARSA * Richard Boyce, Diocese of the West, Anglican Province of America * Ronald Johnson, Philippine Independent Catholic Church * Robert J. Godfrey,

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