It is a province formed in 2009 by Anglicans who left The Episcopal Church and the Anglican Church of Canada, and it is not a member province of the Anglican Communion.
The Anglican Church in North America was founded in 2009 with Archbishop Robert Duncan as its first archbishop, uniting several continuing and breakaway Anglican bodies. It uses the Book of Common Prayer of 2019 and states the Jerusalem Declaration of 2008 among its foundational commitments.
Sources
Primary
- Fundamental Declarations of the Anglican Church in North America, in its Constitution and Canons (2009)
Secondary
- Mark Chapman, Anglicanism: A Very Short Introduction (2006)