The Free Episcopal Church USA (TIFPECUSA)

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We are an independent association of clergy and religious. Some of our ecumenical roots began with a group of bishops in Europe in 1897 that had a vision for Christian sacramental unity. Additional roots of our current ministry also include historical ties to the Eastern, Old and other Catholic jurisdictions. Today, we stand within a universal Anglican tradition that includes aspects of our independent heritage: Old Catholic, Episcopal, Methodist and Franciscan expressions of our historical yet progressive faith in Christ.

Within The Free Episcopal Church USA, Inc. (an Arizona non-profit) we strive to:

"...walk in newness of life...". - Romans 6:4

Please note: The International Free Protestant Episcopal Church in the USA, 1897 AD, uses their truncated name: The Free Episcopal Church USA for convenience of reference.

The historical "Free Protestant Episcopal Church" was originally founded by four Catholic-Christian Bishops in Europe in 1897 A.D. It had gone by several different names from time-to-time and incorporated several different Christain faith traditions.  Theses bishops were consecrated and authorized to begin their ecumenical ministry from within the combined heritage of Eastern and Anglican-catholic Churches. This church body has always been a very small, yet ecumenical one.  Currently, The Free Episcopal Church USA, Inc. (TIFPECUSA) stands as one of the remaining branches of that same "Free Protestant Episcopal Church" that had begun in 1897. 

With over 110 years of global ministry and history behind this movement, our religious and missionary church organization is now known in the United States and in the Americas as: The Free Episcopal Church USA, Inc. (TIFPECUSA). Within our particular institution we have a Methodist-Episcopal Mission, a Franciscan Secular Order and Chaplain Ministries.

TFECUSA is an "independent" or "free" ecclesiastical association.

While we retain a great degree of respect for the historical church bodies within Christianity, our only "official" associated with them is via our ecumenical membership in the International Council of Community Churches.  As members of the ICCC-USA, we value the "community church movement" and its role to reach out to the many dispersed faithful throughout our own highways and hedges (St. Luke 14:23).  May our Lord hasten the day that we are all more clearly united in Spirit (Ephesians 4:4-6; St. John 10:16 & 17:23).

 

The Free Episcopal Church USA 7942 W. Bell Rd, Suite C5-155 Glendale, AZ 85308

+Ken, OSF

Servant-Bishop

 


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