The Federation of Anglican Churches in the Americas (FACA) is an association of six Continuing Anglican jurisdictions with nearly 600 parishes in the

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. The Federation, which was founded in 2006 to enable a closer association of these and other jurisdictions, does not include any provinces of the

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. The vision of FACA is stated as being "faithful Anglican Churches working together in communion to fulfill the Great Commission." The

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of FACA is Bishop

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of the

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. He is not a member of any of FACA's six constituent denominations. These denominations include the

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, a founding jurisdiction of the

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, two ministry partner bodies, the

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and the

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, and the

Anglican Mission in the Americas The Anglican Mission in the Americas (AMiA) or The Anglican Mission (AM) is a self-governing church inheriting its doctrine and form of worship from the Episcopal Church in the United States (TEC) and Anglican Church of Canada with members and chu ...

, an initial full member but a ministry partner since December 2011. FACA members agree to "hold to the primacy of Holy Scripture, the Ecumenical Creeds and Councils, adhere to the

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, and the principles of the Chicago-Lambeth Quadrilateral." Members cooperate in federation while each uses its own version of the

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and exercises its own autonomy.

Five tasks

As stated in the official articles,{{Cite web , url=http://anglicanfederation.org/articles.html , title=FACA Articles , access-date=2008-08-18 , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080823045257/http://anglicanfederation.org/articles.html , archive-date=2008-08-23 , url-status=dead FACA has five tasks: # Furthering mutual understanding of its member provinces, Jurisdictions and Ministries with a view to eventual union when and if deemed practical; # Propagating the truths of the gospel as articulated and practiced in the historic Anglican way; # Taking appropriate public and private steps in common causes in order to speak with one voice and act in concert for the welfare and witness of member Provinces, Jurisdictions and parishes; # Pursuing a communal and charitable relationship with the worldwide Anglican Communion; and # Planting mission parishes in the Americas

Members

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References

External links

Official website
Anglican Church in North America Continuing Anglican movement