THE QUICK RUNDOWN:
ARE WE IN FULL COMMUNION: Yes.
CAN MERGER CHURCH CLERGY SERVE IN AN EPISCOPAL CHURCH: Yes.
CAN MERGER CHURCH CLERGY BECOME EPISCOPAL CLERGY WITHOUT RE-ORDINATION: Yes, under canon III.10.2.
CAN EPISCOPAL CLERGY SERVE IN A MERGER CHURCH: Yes.
CAN MERGER CHURCH LAITY BE MEMBERS OF AN EPISCOPAL CHURCH: Yes.
ARE MERGER CHURCH LAITY CONFIRMED OR RECEIVED: Merger Church laity who have been confirmed are received into the Episcopal Church. (See Confirmation/Reception Guidelines.)
CAN MERGER CHURCH CLERGY SERVE IN AN EPISCOPAL CHURCH: Yes.
CAN MERGER CHURCH CLERGY BECOME EPISCOPAL CLERGY WITHOUT RE-ORDINATION: Yes, under canon III.10.2.
CAN EPISCOPAL CLERGY SERVE IN A MERGER CHURCH: Yes.
CAN MERGER CHURCH LAITY BE MEMBERS OF AN EPISCOPAL CHURCH: Yes.
ARE MERGER CHURCH LAITY CONFIRMED OR RECEIVED: Merger Church laity who have been confirmed are received into the Episcopal Church. (See Confirmation/Reception Guidelines.)
Updated 1/15/18
Churches Resulting from the Merger of Anglican Churches with other Churches:
Full Communion has been established between Provinces of the Anglican Communion and these Churches resulting from the union of Anglican dioceses with Christians of other traditions:
- Church of Bangladesh
- Church of North India
- Church of Pakistan
- Church of South India
Representatives of these united churches participate in the Primates’ Meeting, the Anglican Consultative Council and the Lambeth Conference.
IMPORTANT WEBSITES FOR THIS RELATIONSHIP
Merger Church site on Ecumenical and Interreligious Relations
Full Communion has been established between Provinces of the Anglican Communion and these Churches resulting from the union of Anglican dioceses with Christians of other traditions:
- Church of Bangladesh
- Church of North India
- Church of Pakistan
- Church of South India
Representatives of these united churches participate in the Primates’ Meeting, the Anglican Consultative Council and the Lambeth Conference.
IMPORTANT WEBSITES FOR THIS RELATIONSHIP
Merger Church site on Ecumenical and Interreligious Relations