Episcopal Church in the United States in the context of Association of Religion Data Archives


Episcopal Church in the United States in the context of Association of Religion Data Archives

⭐ Core Definition: Episcopal Church in the United States

The Episcopal Church (TEC), also known as the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America (PECUSA), is a member of the worldwide Anglican Communion, based in the United States. It is a mainline Protestant denomination and is divided into nine provinces. The current presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church is Sean W. Rowe.

In 2024, The Church of England Yearbook reported 2.4 million total members. In 2023, the Episcopal Church had 1,547,779 active baptized members. In 2011, it was the 14th largest denomination in the United States. In 2020, according to the Association of Religion Data Archives, The Episcopal Church was the 12th-largest denomination as measured by number of congregations. It was the 9th-largest Protestant denomination as measured by adherents in 2025 according to Pew Research. In 2025, Pew Research estimated that 0.9 percent of the adult population in the United States, or about 2.4 million people, self-identify as adherents of the Episcopal Church. A total of 1% of US adults, or 2.6 million people, self-identify as mainline Episcopalians/Anglicans. The church has seen a sharp decline in membership and Sunday attendance since the 1960s, particularly in the Northeast and Upper Midwest.

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Episcopal Church in the United States in the context of Windsor Report

In 2003, the Lambeth Commission on Communion was appointed by the Anglican Communion to study problems stemming from the consecration of Gene Robinson, the first non-celibate, openly gay priest to be ordained as an Anglican bishop, in the Episcopal Church in the United States and the blessing of same-sex unions in the Anglican Diocese of New Westminster. The Commission, chaired by Archbishop Robin Eames, published its findings as the "Windsor Report" on 18 October 2004. The report recommended a covenant for the Anglican Communion, an idea that did not come to fruition.

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Episcopal Church in the United States in the context of Global Anglican Futures Conference

The Global Anglican Future Conference (GAFCON) is a series of conferences of conservative Anglican bishops and leaders.

The first of these conferences was held in Jerusalem from 22 to 29 June 2008 to address the growing controversy of the divisions in the Anglican Communion, the rise of secularism, as well as concerns with HIV/AIDS and poverty. As a result of the conference, the Jerusalem Declaration was issued and the Global Fellowship of Confessing Anglicans was created. The conference participants also called for the creation of the Anglican Church in North America as an alternative to both the Episcopal Church in the United States and the Anglican Church of Canada, and declared that recognition by the Archbishop of Canterbury is not necessary to Anglican identity.

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