Other Anglican Churches
The oldest independent Anglican churches are the Free Church of England (the first congregations of which were founded in 1844) and the Reformed Episcopal Church (founded in 1873).
Other Anglican bodies not in communion with the Archbishop of Canterbury include the Church of England in South Africa; the Anglican Orthodox Church (another Low Church body that was founded in 1963), and the Orthodox Anglican Communion founded by the AOC in 1967. These churches are not universally considered to be Continuing Anglican churches because they were founded prior to the beginning of the Continuing Anglican movement of the 1970s; however, they relate to the Continuing churches on a number of levels and have similarities in beliefs and practices.
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