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The '''Church of England (Continuing)''' is part of the [[Continuing Anglican Movement]]. Although the church was widely discussed in [[Anglican]] circles at the time of its founding in 1994, it has not achieved significant growth since that time.

Since 2008 the church has regularly exhibited at the Christian Resources Exhibition at Esher, Surrey and elsewhere in England.<ref>((cite web | url = https://creonline.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/CRE-National-2021-brochure.pdf | title = 12-14 October 2021 - Sandown Park, Surrey | year = 2021 | website = Christian Resources Exhibition | access-date = 2023-09-15 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210726102739/https://creonline.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/CRE-National-2021-brochure.pdf | archive-date = 2021-07-26))</ref> It publishes a magazine called ''The Journal'' as well as other literature and books.<ref>((Cite web |title=The Journal of The Church of England (Continuing) |url=https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/cofec/publications/journal09.pdf))</ref> It holds an annual conference. The 2023 conference is due to be held at [[St Mary's Church, Castle Street, Reading]].<ref>((cite web | url = https://cofec.org/news/ | title = News | year = 2023 | website = Church of England (Continuing) | access-date = 2023-09-15 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230915160340/https://cofec.org/news/ | archive-date = 2023-09-15))</ref>

==Origins and doctrine==
The church was founded on 10 February 1994 at a meeting chaired by [[David Samuel (bishop)|David Samuel]] at St Mary's, Castle Street, Reading, as a reaction against the use of contemporary-language liturgies (particularly the 1980 ''[[Alternative Service Book]]'') and the recently approved [[ordination of women]] as priests.

The church assents to the unmodified [[Thirty-Nine Articles]] of Religion of the Church of England (constitution section 1), the [[Book of Common Prayer (1662)|1662 ''Book of Common Prayer'']] for liturgy, and to the historic three-fold ministry of bishops, priests, and deacons, ordained according to the Ordinal of the 1662 Book of Common Prayer. Its doctrine is [[Calvinism|Calvinist]], and it stands in the [[conservative evangelical]] protestant tradition.((cn|date=April 2022))

The church maintains a conservative view on Christian leadership, and women are not permitted to teach at meetings or to exercise authority in the church (constitution section 3).<ref name=const>((cite web |url = https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/cofec/publications/journal35.pdf |title = Constitution |last= |first= |author= |date= |year= |editor-last= |editor-first= |publisher = Association of the Continuing Church Trust |location= |page= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200921003653/https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/cofec/publications/journal35.pdf |archive-date=2020-09-21 |url-status=live |access-date = 12 June 2020 |quote= Constitution, section 3))</ref>

==Congregations==
The Church of England (Continuing) has one church building, [[St Mary's Church, Castle Street, Reading|St Mary's]] in [[Reading, Berkshire|Reading]], which was the church of its founding member, David Samuel. A second group meets in [[Wolverhampton]], in the former Long Street synagogue (built 1903). Additionally, small groups meet in a rented hall  in [[Wimbledon, London|Wimbledon]], and a community centre in [[Frinton-on-Sea]].

These are the four congregations listed by the church as of 2020:<ref>((cite web | url = http://www.cofec.org/congregations.htm | title = Congregations | publisher = Church of England (Continuing) | accessdate = 10 January 2012 | url-status = dead | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20120509183740/http://www.cofec.org/congregations.htm | archivedate = 9 May 2012 ))</ref>
*St Mary's Church, Castle Street, Reading, Berkshire – minister, Edward J. Malcolm [http://www.stmaryscastlestreet.org.uk/]
*St John's Church, [[Wimbledon, London|Wimbledon]], London – minister, Peter Ratcliff [http://www.wimbledonchurch.com/]
*St Silas' Church, [[Wolverhampton]]
*Holy Trinity Church, [[Frinton-on-Sea]] – lay minister, Philip Lievesley
A fifth congregation, at [[Nuffield, Oxfordshire|Nuffield]], has since closed.

==Leadership==
The church has had three presiding bishops since its foundation:
* David Samuel, 1995–2001
* Edward Malcolm, 2001–2013
* Edward J Malcolm, 2013–present

The first bishop of the church was its founder, David Samuel, who is now retired. He consecrated as his successor Edward Malcolm, minister of St Silas' Wolverhampton, who died on 17 November 2013.<ref>((cite news|title= Edward Malcolm (obituary)|newspaper=English Churchman|date=13 December 2013))</ref>  The current presiding bishop is Edward J. Malcolm, minister of St Mary's, Reading, who was also consecrated by David Samuel, one week after the death of Edward Malcolm in 2013.

The bishop, Edward J Malcolm, is currently one of only three active clergymen in the church, although there are several [[lay reader]]s and preachers.

The church establishes its [[episcopal succession]] from [[Albion W. Knight Jr.|Albion Knight]] (1924–2012), Archbishop of the United Episcopal Church of North America, who consecrated David Samuel on 11 June 1995. The closest link of episcopal succession with the Church of England is [[John Moore (Archbishop of Canterbury)]], who consecrated [[William White (Bishop of Pennsylvania)|William White]] of Pennsylvania in 1787, and from whom Knight claimed his succession.

==References==
((reflist))

==External links==
*[http://www.cofec.org/ Official website]

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