[Eisenhower]

Easy, tiger. I don't think he meant any offense by it, and if he did...well then just ignore it. Seriously, though, I had the same question. Being an uncultured and uneducated member of the un-Christian Roman Catholic Church, I've never heard the phrase "Continuing Church". Could you enlighten me? (That was all in jest. Except the question, I really am curious.)

[Huber]

Please excuse the brief reply. (I am boarding a flight). Wikepedia has an article on the continuing Anglican Church(es) that will provide a reasonably good answer to your question. Sionnsar and I both belong to continuing churches (APKC and ACC are examples.) You can also search on the Anglican Catholic Church website which provides a good general history.

If S is near his computer, he may be able to add to this.

[sionnsar]

I've never heard the phrase "Continuing Church". Could you enlighten me?

What are known as the Continuing churches were mostly formed in a mass departure from PECUSA in 1977, over several issues including (best-known) the ordination of women and the new prayer book. The founding document is The Affirmation of St. Louis, and you will see the term therein.

Most definitions of the Continuing churches somewhat incorrectly also include the Reformed Episcopal Church, a group that left PECUSA in the late 1800s -- yet that church and a "real" Continuing church, the APA, are in the process of merging.