The Episcopal Missionary Church (EMC), incorporated in 1992, is an outgrowth of the Episcopal Synod of America (now
Forward in Faith, North America), an association formed to maintain the traditional faith and practice of the
Episcopal Church.
A. Donald Davies, retired bishop of
Fort Worth, Texas, served as its first presiding bishop and was succeeded by
William W. Millsaps, former chaplain of the
University of the South at
Sewanee, Tennessee. Millsaps continues to be the
Ordinary of the
Diocese of the South, with John Greaves serving as
Bishop Coadjutor and Christ Church,
Monteagle, Tennessee, serving as the cathedral for the diocese. Peter Ng'ang'a became Presiding Bishop of the EMC in 2024 and is the Ordinary of the Diocese of the West, and Wale Fafiade is the Ordinary of the Diocese of the East. The EMC acknowledges the
Nicene and
Apostles' Creeds as definitive statements of the Christian faith. They emphasize the necessity of the
sacraments of
baptism and
Holy Communion and support the historic
Episcopate as a means of maintaining
apostolic succession. The EMC embraces a variety of
liturgical styles from
low church to
high church,
evangelical to
Anglo-Catholic. On 14 September 2020, the EMC endorsed a concordat of
full communion with the
Anglican Church in North America (ACNA), which was signed by then-Archbishop
Foley Beach and EMC Presiding Bishop William Millsaps. ==References==