The Church of England (Continuing) is part of the Continuing Anglican Movement. It was founded in England in 1995 in reaction to the decision of the Church of England to modernise the prayer book (which became Common Worship) and to the ordination of women. It holds to the Thirty-Nine Articles of Religion of the Church of England "understood in their original, natural and intended sense" (e.g. interpreting man as solely referring to men, not to all humans), and uses exclusively the 1662 Book of Common Prayer in worship. The Continuing Anglican Movement is a group of Christian churches which follow the Anglican tradition but which split from one or another province of the Anglican Communion because of its perceived rejection of orthodoxy. ... The Church of England is the officially established Christian church in England, and acts as the mother and senior branch of the worldwide Anglican Communion, as well as a founding member of the Porvoo Communion. ... Common Worship is a series of books of services and prayers, known as a liturgy, published by the Church of England. ... There are a variety of positions on the ordination of women among different religions, sects and denominations within each religion. ... The Thirty-Nine Articles are the defining statements of Anglican doctrine. ... A Modern Prayer Book The Book of Common Prayer is the prayer book of the Church of England and also the name for similar books used in other churches in the Anglican Communion. ...

Although the CofEC was widely discussed in Anglican circles at the time of its founding, it has not achieved significant growth since that time. The suggestion has been made that one reason for this may be the greater acceptance of vernacular worship and women clergy among younger Christians, many of whom would logically have come to the Church through the evangelical movement.

Five congregations are listed by the CofEC as of 2006 (St. Mary's, Castle Street, Reading, Berkshire; Nuffield Parish Church, near Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire; St. John's Church, Colliers Wood, London; St. Silas Church, Wolverhampton and Holy Trinity Church, Frinton-on-Sea). The current presiding bishop of the Church of England (Continuing) is the Rt. Rev'd Edward Malcolm. Its American representative is the Rt. Rev'd Albion Knight, Jr. who was formerly the presiding bishop of the United Episcopal Church of North America. Reading is a town and a unitary authority (the Borough of Reading) in the English county of Berkshire. ... Map sources for Henley-on-Thames at grid reference SU7682 Henley-on-Thames from by the playground near the Rail Station A Hill near Henley-on-Thames Henley-on-Thames is a town on the north side of the River Thames in South Oxfordshire, England, about 10 miles downstream and... Oxfordshire (abbreviated Oxon, from the Latinised form Oxonia) is a county in south-east England, bordering on Northamptonshire, Buckinghamshire, Berkshire, Wiltshire, Gloucestershire, and Warwickshire. ... The Houses of Parliament and the clock tower containing Big Ben Part of the London skyline viewed from the South Bank London (see Wiktionary:London for the name in other languages) is the capital of the United Kingdom and England. ... Wolverhampton is an industrial, commercial and university city and metropolitan borough in the English West Midlands, traditionally part of the county of Staffordshire. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article may require cleanup. ... Albion Knight, Jr was the vice-presidential candidate of the US Taxpayers Party in the U.S. presidential election, 1992, as the running-mate of Howard Phillips. ...

External links

• Official website
• the thirty-nine articles of religion as presented by the above