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

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's American province (

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) 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

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when "Continuers" met and formed a new Anglican church in reaction to changes in doctrine and practice that had been approved by

and the

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. These bishops assembled in Bartonville, Illinois at St. Benedict'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

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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,

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* A. Donald Davies,

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Primate * * Louis Falk,

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Primate * Herbert Groce, Anglican Rite Synod in America * Walter Grundorf,

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Primate *

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* Jack Leo Iker,

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* Joel Johnson, Anglican Rite Synod in the Americas * Edward MacBurney, retired Episcopal bishop of Quincy * Scott Earle McLaughlin,

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Primate * Donald Parsons, retired Episcopal bishop of Quincy * Donald Perschall, American Anglican Church/ Anglican Synod Primate * Larry Shaver, Diocese of St. Augustine, 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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* Royal U. Grote, Jr.

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, 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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Webpage of St. Benedict's Abbey
{{Continuing Anglican Continuing Anglican movement Anglican ecumenism Peoria County, Illinois 1999 in Christianity

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