What is the Reformed Episcopal Church?
In the mid 1800s, the thoughtless modernism and centralization of power that have spoiled so much of American life began to have their effect on Americas churches, including the Episcopal Church. Old freedoms in Christ began to disappear before a wave of uncharitable bureaucracy. What were the faithful in Christ to do? The faith was good, but the human institution was in error. Following the example of the reformers, a number of Episcopalians led by Bishop David Cummins founded the Reformed Episcopal Church in 1873. Like those faithful reformers in the Reformation period, they did not want to sow discord or hatred against the former church, but desired to get on with the business of evangelism and following Christ as His Body. Rather than getting bogged down in endless church politics, they chose to create a Church that would again fully embrace the faith once delivered by Jesus Christ and His apostles. Ironically, the descendants of many faithful Episcopalians who chose to stay in the
