Anglican Church in North America

==Structure==
[[File:Anglican Church in North America (provincial flag).svg|thumb|right|This is the provincial flag for Anglican Church in North America.]]
The Anglican Church in North America is structured as a self-governing, multinational [[ecclesiastical province]]. The province's polity is described in its constitution and [[canon law]]. The basic level of organization is the [[Parish church|local congregation]]. Each congregation is part of a [[diocese]] led by a [[bishop]]. Dioceses are self-governing bodies that operate according to their own diocesan canon law (as long as this is consistent with the provincial constitution), and they are able to leave the province at any time if they so choose.{{sfn|Anglican Church in North America|2014|pp=2, 4}}

The ACNA is a [[conciliarity|conciliar]] church in which both clergy and [[laity]] participate in church governance. Every five years, between 250 and 300 diocesan delegates meet as a representative body called the Provincial Assembly.<ref name=governance>{{cite web | url = http://www.anglicanchurch.net/index.php/main/Governance/ | title = Governance | website = www.anglicanchurch.net | publisher = Anglican Church in North America | access-date = October 17, 2016 }}</ref> Each diocese is represented by its bishop, two clergy delegates, and two lay delegates. In addition, a diocese receives one additional clergy delegate and one additional lay delegate for every 1,000 constituents, calculated by average attendance at Sunday church services. Dioceses also send youth representatives between the ages of 16 and 26, and these representatives have full voting rights. The Provincial Assembly must approve all constitutional amendments and new canons before they go into effect. Other duties of the assembly include deliberating on church affairs and making recommendations to the provincial governing bodies on such matters.{{sfn|Anglican Church in North America|2014|p=17}}

The ACNA's governing body is the Provincial Council. The council meets every June and is responsible for enacting policy, approving a budget, and recommending changes to the constitution and canons. Each diocese selects a bishop, a clergy member, and two lay persons to represent it on the council. The council itself may also appoint up to six other persons as members, bringing the total number to around 140 members. Council members serve five-year terms. The Provincial Council is led by an executive committee, which sets the council's agenda and serves as the church's [[board of directors]]. The executive committee's 12 members are divided equally between clergy and laity. In addition to meeting three times a year in person, they communicate regularly by conference call.<ref name=governance/>{{sfn|Anglican Church in North America|2014|pp=15–16}}

All bishops in active ministry are members of the [[College of Bishops]]. The college elects the [[archbishop]], the presiding officer and [[Primate (bishop)|primate]] of the church, who convenes the Provincial Assembly, the Provincial Council, and the College of Bishops. The college also has authority to approve diocesan elections of bishops, or in some cases actually elect bishops. There are 50 active bishops sitting in the college. The archbishop has a cabinet composed of leading bishops within the church which functions as a council of advice.<ref name=ExCombegins>Anglican Church in North America (August 10, 2010), [http://www.anglicanchurch.net/?/main/page/145 "Elected Executive Committee Begins Work"]. Accessed February 21, 2011.</ref> The Provincial Tribunal is an [[ecclesiastical court]] empowered to rule on constitutional and canonical disputes.

[[File:Christ-church-plano-exterior.jpg|thumb|alt=The exterior (west front) of Christ Church in Plano, Texas, the provincial pro-cathedral of the Anglican Church in North America.|The exterior (west front) of [[Christ Church (Plano, Texas)|Christ Church]] in Plano, Texas, the provincial pro-cathedral of the Anglican Church in North America.]]
Local congregations hold their own property and the province disavows any claim on the property of local congregations. Existing property-holding arrangements within the founding member entities are not affected by their relation to the province. The province also disavows any authority to control the member entities' policies regarding the question of the ordination of women as deacons or priests.{{citation needed|date=August 2021}}

The constitution and canons specify that other non-member groups (such as a seminary, monastic order or ministry organization, or a diocese, congregation or other entity) may be considered for association as ministry partners or affiliated ministries. These affiliated groups may have representation in church gatherings as determined by the archbishop and may withdraw from affiliation or have their affiliation ended with or without cause.{{sfn|Anglican Church in North America|2014|loc=Title I, canon 7}} ACNA affiliated ministries include Anglican Global Mission Partners (a missionary organization), Anglican Relief and Development Fund, and Anglican 1000 (a [[church planting]] initiative).{{citation needed|date=September 2021}}

In 2021, Foley Beach designated [[Christ Church (Plano, Texas)|Christ Church]] Plano, one of the largest churches in the ACNA to serve as [[pro-cathedral]] for the province under Beach's personal oversight as archbishop. Christ Church hosted the investiture of Robert Duncan as the first archbishop and the ACNA province-wide assembly in 2019.<ref name="procathedral">{{cite news |last1=Walton |first1=Jeff |title=Christ Church Plano's Paul Donison on new Anglican Provincial Cathedral |url=https://www.christianitynews.net/2021/11/19/christ-church-planos-paul-donison-on-new-anglican-provincial-cathedral/ |access-date=13 July 2022 |work=Christianity News |date=19 November 2021}}</ref>

===Dioceses and statistics===
{{Further|List of dioceses of the Anglican Church in North America}}
In 2019, the Anglican Church in North America reported 972 congregations with a membership of 127,624 and an average Sunday attendance of 84,310 people.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|last=Walton|first=Jeff|date=2020-06-27|title=Anglican Decline, Pandemic and Pandemonium in "Challenging Times"|url=http://anglican.ink/2020/06/26/anglican-decline-pandemic-and-pandemonium-in-challenging-times/|access-date=2020-06-29|website=Anglican Ink © 2020|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=June 26, 2020|title=ACNA Stats|url=https://2b2gdzjtaey3o01p41qinbri-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/ACNA-Stats.jpg|access-date=June 28, 2020|website=juicyecumenism.com}}</ref> The primate of the ACNA, Archbishop [[Foley Beach]], and church staff identified the departure of two dioceses from the [[Convocation of Anglicans in North America]] as the primary cause of the decline in membership and attendance.<ref name=":2" /> In 2020, the denominational statistics reported 972 congregations, no change from 2019, 126,760 members, and an average Sunday attendance of 83,119 people.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Walton|first=Jeff|date=2021-06-25|title=Contra expectations, Anglican numbers largely hold steady in 2020|url=https://anglican.ink/2021/06/24/contra-expectations-anglican-numbers-largely-hold-steady-in-2020/|access-date=2021-06-26|website=Anglican Ink © 2021|language=en-US}}</ref> In 2022, using statistics from 2021, the ACNA reported 974 congregations, a slight increase, 122,450 members, and an average Sunday attendance of 73,832 from its highest two months; average Sunday attendance overall was 58, 255.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ernie |date=2022-06-29 |title=A Summary of Provincial Council 2022 |url=https://anglicanchurch.net/a-summary-of-provincial-council-2022/ |access-date=2022-09-25 |website=The Anglican Church in North America |language=en-US}}</ref> The ACNA saw a slight increase from 2022 in membership to 124,999 members and saw an increase in average Sunday attendance to 75,583.<ref name=":3" />

In 2017, the ACNA reported 1,037 congregations with a membership of 134,593 and an average Sunday attendance of 93,489.<ref name="dropbox.com">{{Cite web |title=Provincial Council 2018 Documents |url=https://www.dropbox.com/sh/7stcpg36y20u1jd/AABGo2vxyvhqUkJistzf4KNea?dl=0&preview=Congregational+Report+to+Provincial+Council+2017.pdf |access-date=2022-08-17 |website=Dropbox |language=en}}</ref> The 2017 average Sunday attendance was an increase from statistics reported in 2009, the year the church was founded when the church reported 703 congregations and an average Sunday attendance of 69,167.<ref name="newcongregations">[http://anglicanchurch.net/index.php/main/page/95/ "One Hundred and Six New Anglican Congregations in Nine Months"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110725201656/http://anglicanchurch.net/index.php/main/page/95/ |date=July 25, 2011 }}. Anglican Church in North America. April 13, 2010. Accessed April 15, 2010.</ref><ref name="dio&deles">[https://web.archive.org/web/20090704012202/http://acnaassembly.org/media/ACNA_-_Dioceses_and_delegates_-_June_2009_-_fact_sheet.pdf ACNA Dioceses and Delegates Fact Sheet]. June 2009. Accessed April 15, 2010.</ref> However, in 2018, the average Sunday attendance was 88,048.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.anglicanchurch.net/index.php/main/About/|title=Anglican Church in North America|website=www.anglicanchurch.net|language=en|access-date=2020-01-07}}</ref> ACNA had a maximum of 30 dioceses, that was reduced to 28, with the withdrawal of the Missionary Diocese of CANA West and the Anglican Diocese of the Trinity to remain solely as [[Church of Nigeria]] and [[Convocation of Anglicans in North America]] dioceses, on May 23, 2019. The Missionary Diocese of CANA West rejoined ACNA with the name of [[Anglican Diocese of All Nations]], in 2023. ACNA congregations are now organized into the following 29 dioceses:<ref name="Dioceses">{{cite web|title=Dioceses and Congregations|url=http://www.acna.org/admin_units?qkind_eq=Diocese|website=Anglican Church in North America|access-date=November 7, 2023}}</ref>

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#[[Anglican Diocese of All Nations]]
#[[Missionary Diocese of All Saints]]
#[[Special Jurisdiction of the Armed Forces and Chaplaincy]]
#[[Anglican Network in Canada]]
#[[Diocese of the Carolinas]]
#[[Diocese of Cascadia]]
#REC [[Diocese of the Central States]]
#[[Anglican Diocese of Christ Our Hope]] 
#[[Episcopal Diocese of Fort Worth]]
#[[Anglican Diocese of the Great Lakes]] (Not to be confused with the older [[Diocese of the Great Lakes]], an autonomous [[Continuing Anglican]] jurisdiction.)
#[[Gulf Atlantic Diocese]]
#[[International Diocese]]
#[[Anglican Diocese of the Living Word]]
#REC [[Diocese of Mid-America]], with the Convocation of the West and Western Canada
#[[Diocese of the Mid-Atlantic]]
#[[Anglican Diocese in New England]]
#REC [[Diocese of the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic]], with the Convocation of Eastern Canada
#[[Anglican Diocese of Pittsburgh]]
#[[Anglican Diocese of the Rocky Mountains]]
#[[Diocese of Quincy (Southern Cone)|Diocese of Quincy]]
#[[Diocese of Churches for the Sake of Others]]
#[[Anglican Diocese of San Joaquin|Diocese of San Joaquin]]
#[[Anglican Diocese of the South]]
#[[Anglican Diocese of South Carolina]]
#REC [[Diocese of the Southeast (Reformed Episcopal Church)|Diocese of the Southeast]]
#[[Anglican Diocese of the Southwest]]
#[[Anglican Diocese of the Upper Midwest]]
#[[Diocese of Western Anglicans]]
#[[Anglican Diocese of the Western Gulf Coast]]
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 | [[Church of Our Lord (Victoria, British Columbia)|Church of Our Lord]], Victoria, British Columbia ([[Anglican Network in Canada]])
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 | [[Church of the Resurrection (Washington, D.C.)|Church of the Resurrection]], Washington, D.C. ([[Anglican Diocese of Christ Our Hope|Diocese of Christ Our Hope]])
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 | [[Cathedral Church of St. Peter (Tallahassee, Florida)|St. Peter's Cathedral]], Tallahassee, Florida ([[Gulf Atlantic Diocese]])
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 | [[Holy Cross Cathedral (Loganville, Georgia)|Holy Cross Cathedral]], Loganville, Georgia ([[Anglican Diocese of the South|Diocese of the South]])
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 | [[St. John's Parish (Quincy, Illinois)|St. John's Parish]], Quincy, Illinois ([[Anglican Diocese of Quincy|Diocese of Quincy]])
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 | [[Church of the Resurrection (Wheaton, Illinois)|Church of the Resurrection]], Wheaton, Illinois ([[Anglican Diocese of the Upper Midwest|Upper Midwest Diocese]])
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 | [[Christ Church (Accokeek, Maryland)|Christ Church]], Accokeek, Maryland ([[Diocese of the Mid-Atlantic]])
| File:Old Mariner Church, Detroit.jpg
 | [[Mariners' Church]], Detroit, Michigan ([[Diocese of Mid-America|REC Diocese of Mid-America]])
| File:Holy Trinity Church, Raleigh, NC (27224707477).jpg
 | [[Holy Trinity Anglican Church (Raleigh, North Carolina)|Holy Trinity Church]], Raleigh, North Carolina ([[Diocese of the Carolinas]])
| File:St. Peter and St. Paul Anglican Church - 52043399343.jpg
 | [[St. Peter & St. Paul's Anglican Church (Ottawa)|St. Peter and St. Paul Anglican Church]], Ottawa, Ontario ([[Anglican Network in Canada]])
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 | [[Church of the Ascension (Pittsburgh)|Church of the Ascension]], Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania ([[Anglican Diocese of Pittsburgh|Diocese of Pittsburgh]])
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 | [[St. Michael's Anglican Church (Charleston, South Carolina)|St. Michael's Church]], Charleston, South Carolina ([[Anglican Diocese of South Carolina|Diocese of South Carolina]])
| File:Charleston - St. Philip's Episcopal Church - 20170608182208.jpg
 | [[St. Philip's Church (Charleston, South Carolina)|St. Philip's Church]], Charleston, South Carolina ([[Anglican Diocese of South Carolina|Diocese of South Carolina]])
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 | [[St. Vincent's Cathedral]], Bedford, Texas ([[Episcopal Diocese of Fort Worth|Diocese of Fort Worth]])
| File:Church of the Holy Communion in North Dallas, Texas.jpg
 | [[Church of the Holy Communion (Dallas)|Cathedral Church of the Holy Communion]], Dallas, Texas ([[Diocese of Mid-America|REC Diocese of Mid-America]])
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 | [[Church of St. Clement (El Paso, Texas)|Church of St. Clement]], El Paso, Texas ([[Anglican Diocese of the Southwest|Diocese of the Southwest]])
| File:Truro Anglican Church, Fairfax, Virginia (1959) 05.jpg
 | [[Truro Church (Fairfax, Virginia)|Truro Church]], Fairfax, Virginia ([[Diocese of the Mid-Atlantic]])
| File:The-falls-church-anglican-2.jpg
 | [[The Falls Church (Anglican)|The Falls Church Anglican]], West Falls Church, Virginia ([[Diocese of the Mid-Atlantic]])
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