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Introduction
to the The Reformed Episcopal Church is a continuation of the English Church established in the sixteenth century by the leaders of the Protestant Reformation. It was officially organized on December 2, 1873, by The Rt. Rev. George David Cummings, D.D. Bishop Cummins was a duly consecrated Bishop in the Protestant Episcopal Church who became increasingly concerned about the manner in which that church was straying from its biblical and historical base. In founding the new denomination, Bishop Cummins' vision was of a church committed to the Holy Scriptures functioning within the historical framework of the ancient and reformational church. In his words, it was to be a church following the "old paths." The Diocese of Mid-America, the oldest Diocese in the Reformed Episcopal Church, was founded in 1875 by the Rt. Rev. Charles Edward Cheney of Chicago, IL. The Diocese was first incorporated as the Synod of Chicago. In 1996 it was renamed the Diocese of Mid-America. The Reformed Episcopal Church, both liturgical and evangelical, has been careful to preserve her historic Episcopate ever since its founding in 1873 and has remained faithful in her use of the historic Book of Common Prayer as a vehicle for worshiping God and in her adherence to the Word of God and to the 39 Articles of Religion.
Read the
Mission Statement of the Reformed Episcopal
Church
Contact a
Bishop in the Diocese of Mid-America:
The Rt. Rev. Royal
U. Grote, Ordinary (Send Email)
The
Rt. Rev. Daniel R. Morse, Coadjutor (Send Email)
Bishop Morse is Rector of
St. Barnabas Church,
Bellville, TX. The
Rt. Rev. Ray R. Sutton, Suffragan (Send Email)
Bishop Sutton is Rector
of Church
of the Holy Communion, Dallas, TX. |