The 2003 edition of the Church of England Yearbook contains: selected Church statistics; a Who's Who directory of Synod members and other senior clergy, lay people and senior staff; a summary of Synod business for the year; an outline of the structure of the Archbishops' Council and how the Council fits with existing bodies; details of the work of the Archbishops' Council during 2002; names and addresses of officers in the 44 dioceses of the Church of England; addresses, objectives and activities of organizations linked to the Church; essential information about the Churches and Provinces in the worldwide Anglican Communion, including maps; details of ecumenical organizations linked to the Anglican Church; and a review of the year 2002 by Professor Peter Toyne, a member of The Archbishops' Council and of Synod.

First published in 2003. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Most Christians are completely unaware that for over 200 years there has existed in England, and at times in Wales, Scotland, Canada, Bermuda, Australia, New Zealand, Russia and the USA, an episcopal Church, similar in many respects to the Church of England, worshipping with a Prayer Book virtually identical to the 1662 Book of Common Prayer, and served by bishops, presbyters and deacons whose orders derive directly from Canterbury, and ecumenically enriched by Old Catholic, Swedish, Moravian and other successions. The Free Church of England as an independent jurisdiction within the Universal Church began in the reign of George III. In 1991 the Church sent a bishop to George Carey's Enthronement as Archbishop of Canterbury. In addition to presenting for the first time a detailed history of the Free Church of England, John Fenwick also explores the distinctive doctrinal emphases of the denomination, its Constitution, its liturgical tradition, its experience of the historic episcopate, and its many connections with other churches (including the Reformed Episcopal Church in the USA). He discusses why the Church has, so far, failed to fulfil the vision of its founders, and what the possible future of the Church might be - including a very significant expansion as many Anglicans and other Christians considering new options discover this historic, episcopal, disestablished Church with its international connections and ecumenical character.