Federation of Anglican Churches in the Americas

Logo of the Federation of Anglican Churches in the Americas.

The Federation of Anglican Churches in the Americas (FACA) is an association of six Anglican jurisdictions with nearly 600 parishes in the New World. The Federation, which was founded in 2006 to enable a closer association of these and other jurisdictions, does not include any provinces of the Anglican Communion. The vision of FACA is stated as being "faithful Anglican Churches working together in communion to fulfill the Great Commission."^[1] The Patron of FACA is Bishop Gregory Venables of the Anglican Church of South America. He is not a member of any of FACA's six constituent denominations. These denominations include the Reformed Episcopal Church, a founding jurisdiction of the Anglican Church in North America, two ministry partner bodies, the Anglican Province of America and the Diocese of the Holy Cross, and the Anglican Mission in the Americas, a initial full member but a ministry partner until December 2011.

FACA members agree to "hold to the primacy of Holy Scripture, the Ecumenical Creeds and Councils, adhere to the Thirty-Nine Articles of Religion, and the principles of the Chicago-Lambeth Quadrilateral."^[2] Members cooperate in federation while each uses its own version of the Book of Common Prayer and exercises its own autonomy.

Five tasks

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Churches
Church of Nigeria Anglican Church in North America Anglican Church of Rwanda Anglican Church of South America Episcopal Diocese of South Carolina Episcopal Church of South Sudan and Sudan Anglican Diocese of Sydney Church of Uganda
Associations
American Anglican Council Anglican Coalition in Canada Anglican Communion Network Anglican Network in Canada Federation of Anglican Churches in the Americas Fellowship of Confessing Anglicans Forward in Faith
Events
Global Anglican Future Conference
Related churches
Anglican Mission in the Americas Anglican Province of America Convocation of Anglicans in North America Episcopal Missionary Church Reformed Episcopal Church
People
Peter Akinola Robert Duncan Drexel Gomez Peter Jensen Gene Robinson Gregory Venables Rowan Williams
Issues
Windsor Report Ordination of women Homosexuality and Anglicanism
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Global South Anglican Communion Continuing Anglican movement Personal ordinariates
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As stated in the official articles,^[3] 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

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