The Episcopal Church

Overview

The Episcopal Church is the Anglican Communion's historic province in the United States, organized after the American Revolution in 1789. TEC formally holds the Thirty-Nine Articles as a historical standard, but in practice functions as a mainline liberal Protestant body: same-sex marriage authorized since 2015, women ordained in all three orders since 1976, and sustained Christological and doctrinal latitude in its progressive wings. Its departures triggered the 2009 formation of the Anglican Church in North America. AskCredo places TEC in the C-tier as a formally Anglican body whose current public teaching stands outside the historic Christian confessional tradition on sexuality, biblical authority, and, in some wings, on Christology.

Confession / Standard

39 Articles (nominally); 1979 BCP

Governance

episcopal

Soteriology

mixed

Key Beliefs

• Liberal theology
• LGBTQ ordination and marriage affirmed
• Social justice

Distinctives

• Departed from orthodox sexuality ethics
• Christological minimalism in progressive wings

Background

North America · Founded 1789

Official Website

https://episcopalchurch.org