About Us:

The Episcopal Church in the United States was organized as a branch of the Anglican Communion immediately after the Revolution in 1789, having been planted on these shores by missionaries of the Church of England in 1607. As a daughter of this church, the Episcopal Church is an heir to a continuing Christian tradition dating from the second century when the Faith was first brought to the British Isles. The Church is at present made up of approximately 2,500,000 baptized persons. It is united with 17 other national churches throughout the world to make up the Anglican Communion. As an Anglican Church, it has been profoundly influenced by the great religious movement of the Reformation, but still continues in the unbroken line of the Holy Catholic Church since Apostolic times. The Church's reason for being is to continue the ministry begun by Jesus Christ. It strives to continue this ministry by proclamation and by witness, both in its corporate life and in the lives of its individual members.