Reformed Episcopal Church
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| Classification | Protestant |
| Orientation | Anglican, Reformed |
| Polity | Episcopal |
| Leader | Ray R. Sutton |
| Associations | Anglican Church in North America, Federation of Anglican Churches in the Americas. Intercommunion with Free Church of England, Anglican Province of America and Church of Nigeria. |
| Region | United States and Canada |
| Founder | George David Cummins |
| Origin | December 2, 1873 New York City |
| Separated from | Protestant Episcopal Church in the USA |
| Congregations | 150+ |
| Members | c. 14,000 |
The Reformed Episcopal Church (REC) is an Anglican Christian church of evangelical Episcopalian heritage. It was founded in 1873 in New York City by George David Cummins, formerly a bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Church.
The REC is a founding member of the Anglican Church in North America (ACNA), and its four U.S. dioceses are member dioceses of ACNA. REC and ACNA are not members of the Anglican Communion. REC is in communion with the Free Church of England, the Church of Nigeria, and the Anglican Province of America.
The current Presiding Bishop of the REC is the Rt. Rev. Ray R. Sutton due to the death of the Most Rev. Royal U. Grote, Jr.
As of 2016, it reports 108 parishes and missions in the United States and three in Canada, and also has churches in Croatia, Cuba, Germany, and Serbia. In 2009, the Reformed Episcopal Church reported 13,600 members.
In the 19th century, as the Oxford Movement urged that the Protestant Episcopal Church and the Church of England return to Anglicanism's roots in pre-Reformation Catholic Christianity, George David Cummins, the Assistant Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Kentucky, became concerned about the preservation of Protestant, Evangelical, Reformed, and Confessional principles within the church.
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