Church of England (Continuing)  The Church of England (Continuing) is part of the Continuing Anglican Movement. Although the church was widely discussed in Anglican circles at the time of its founding, it has not achieved significant growth since that time. In 2019 the church held a celebration of 25 years since its foundation. It holds an annual conference at Benson, Oxfordshire. Since 2008 the church has regularly exhibited at the Christian Resources Exhibition at Esher, Surrey and elsewhere in England. It publishes a magazine called "The Journal" as well as other literature and books. The church was founded on 10 February 1994 at a meeting chaired by David Samuel at St Mary's, Castle Street, Reading, as a reaction against the use of contemporary-language liturgies (particularly the 1980 "Alternative Service Book") and the recently approved ordination of women as priests. The church holds to the unmodified Thirty-Nine Articles of Religion of the Church of England (constitution section 1), to the 1662 "Book of Common Prayer", which alone is used by its congregations for worship (constitution section 2), and to the historic three-fold ministry of bishops, priests, and deacons, ordained according to the Ordinal of the 1662 Book of Common Prayer (constitution section 3). Its doctrine is Calvinist, and it stands in the conservative evangelical protestant tradition. The church maintains a conservative view on Christian leadership, and women are not permitted to teach at meetings or to exercise authority in the church (constitution section 3). The Church of England (Continuing) has one church building, St Mary's in Reading, which was the church of its founding member, David Samuel. A second group meets in Wolverhampton, in the former Long Street synagogue (built 1903). Additionally, small groups meet in a retirement housing complex in Colliers Wood, and a community centre in Frinton-on-Sea. These are the only four congregations listed by the church as of 2020: A previous fifth congregation, at Nuffield, has since closed. The church has had three presiding bishops since its foundation:  The first bishop of the church was its founder, David Samuel, who is now retired. He consecrated as his successor Edward Malcolm, minister of St Silas' Wolverhampton, who died on 17 November 2013. The current presiding bishop is Edward J. Malcolm, minister of St Mary's, Reading, who was also consecrated by David Samuel, one week after the death of Edward Malcolm in 2013. The bishop, Edward J Malcolm, is currently one of only two active clergymen in the church, although there are several lay readers and preachers.