ARTICLES OF INTERCOMMUNION
Between
The Anglican Province of America
and
The Reformed Episcopal Church

Whereas both The Anglican Province of America and The Reformed Episcopal Church give their adherence to the Old and New Testaments as the Revealed will of God; The Ecumenical Creeds; The Articles of Religion of 1801 (commonly known as The Thirty Nine Articles of Religion); The Historic Episcopate; the Liturgical Forms of Public Worship which are shared in common; be it understood that:

Article I: As an evidence of our union in Christ and the Common Standards of the faith existing between The Anglican Province of America and The Reformed Episcopal Church, a delegation of ministers and laymen may be sent annually from the Provincial and Diocesan Synods of The Anglican Province of America to the General and Diocesan Councils of The Reformed Episcopal Church, and from the General and Diocesan Councils of the Reformed Episcopal Church to the Provincial and Diocesan Synods of The Anglican Province of America with the right to take part in the deliberations of said bodies respectively.

Article II: In the Consecration or Ordination of Bishops or other Ministers in either Church, the Bishops and Ministers of the other Church shall be entitled to participate.

Article III: The Ministers of either of said Churches shall be entitled to officiate transiently in the congregations of the other, and also, subject to the respective regulations of said Churches, shall be eligible to a pastoral charge in the other.

Article IV: Communicants of either Church shall be received by the other, on presentation of letters of dismissal.

Article V: Missionary or other congregations of either Church may transfer their connection to the other, on such terms as may be mutually agreed upon.

Article VI: The two Churches, recognizing the fact that they are working together in the same great cause, and on the same basis, pledge, each other, their mutual cooperation, sympathy and support.

Signed this the 12th Day of June in the year of our Lord 1998.

(signed) +Leonard Riches +Royal Grote +Walter H. Grundorf +Richard Boyce