Structure
CCI functions in an episcopal structure overseen by bishops. The House of Bishops, who govern collegially, provide the general oversight of the communion. At each level of the communion structure, leadership is elected and appointed to serve the dioceses, parish churches and other areas of service and ministry. The CCI Canons govern the way mission is accomplished and the manner in which communion organizations are regulated.
Provinces are generally made up of dioceses that exist (a) within a country's borders or (b) within a clearly defined ethno-linguistic group that may spill across international boundaries. We also provisionally recognize several bishop directed families of churches and affiliated ministries that are non-geographic/non-ethno-linguististic networks. Archbishop Quintin Moore is the Presiding Bishop of the CCI and Archbishop Chuck Travis is Presiding Bishop of the CEEC, the parent Communion of the CCI.
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