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=== Anglican Joint Synods – G-4 to G-3 ===
In January 2016, the [[Anglican Catholic Church]], the [[Anglican Church in America]], the [[Anglican Province of America]], and the [[Diocese of the Holy Cross]] reached a formal accord. Forming the Anglican Joint Synods, a "Group of 4" churches, called the G-4, pursuing eventual corporate unity. A joint synod was planned for all four jurisdictions to discuss common mission and unity.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Continuing Churches Plan Joint Synods |work=DioceseOfTheHolyCross.org |url= http://dioceseoftheholycross.org/involvement/CONTINUING%20CHURCHES%20PLAN%20JOINT%20SYNODS.pdf}}</ref>

On October 6, 2017, the Anglican Church in America, the Anglican Catholic Church, the Anglican Province of America, and the Diocese of the Holy Cross signed a ''communio in sacris'' agreement at jointly held [[Synod#Anglican|synods]] in [[Atlanta]], Georgia,<ref>{{Cite web |title=News Releases: Four jurisdictions sign agreement in Atlanta; full communion established |url= http://www.anglicancatholic.org/news/Four-jurisdictions-sign-agreement-in-Atlanta-full-communion-established |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200412141548/http://www.anglicancatholic.org/news/Four-jurisdictions-sign-agreement-in-Atlanta-full-communion-established |archive-date=April 12, 2020 |website=AnglicanCatholic.org}}</ref> pledging to pursue full, institutional, and organic union.

On October 13, 2017, Archbishop Shane Janzen, then primate of the [[Traditional Anglican Communion]] and Metropolitan of the [[Anglican Catholic Church of Canada]], together with Bishop Craig Botterill, released a statement expressing the hope that the "initiative will lead to further ecumenical dialogue, cooperation and reconciliation between and among the Continuing Anglican Churches around the world, as well as here in Canada".<ref>{{Cite web |date=October 13, 2017 |title=Statement on the Anglican Joint Synods |work=CCSJE.org |url= http://www.ccsje.org/statement-on-the-anglican-joint-synods/ |access-date=August 21, 2022}}</ref>

In 2019, a joint mission and evangelism ministry called Continuing Forward was formed for these G-4 jurisdictions.<ref>{{Cite web |last=West |first=Joel |date=February 12, 2021 |title=About Continuing Forward |work=ContinuingForward.org |url= https://www.continuingforward.org/post/about-continuing-forward |access-date=August 21, 2022 |publisher=Continuing Forward}}</ref> All four were represented at a second joint synod held January 13–17, 2020 in Atlanta.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Tarsitano |first=R. R. |date=January 29, 2020 |title=The 2020 Anglican Joint Synods: Commentary from the Continuing Anglican Jurisdictions |url= https://northamanglican.com/the-2020-anglican-joint-synods-commentary-from-the-continuing-anglican-jurisdictions/ |access-date=August 21, 2022 |website=The North American Anglican}}</ref>

On September 23, 2021, the Diocese of the Holy Cross voted to join the Anglican Catholic Church as a non-geographical diocese, making the "Group of 4" a "Group of 3" (G-3) churches.<ref>{{Cite web |title=G-4 Anglicans become G-3 as DHC joins ACC |url= http://anglicancatholic.org/news/g-4-anglicans-become-g-3-as-dhc-joins-acc/ |access-date=August 21, 2022 |website=AnglicanCatholic.org}}</ref>

On February 16, 2022, the primates of the Anglican Province of America and the [[Traditional Anglican Church]] announced the establishment of a full communion agreement between the two traditional Anglican churches.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Anglican |date=February 17, 2022 |title=Full Communion Between the APA & TAC - Anglican Province of America |work=Anglican Province of America |url=https://anglicanprovince.org/2022/02/full-communion-between-the-apa-tac/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220521115856/https://anglicanprovince.org/2022/02/full-communion-between-the-apa-tac/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 21, 2022 |access-date=August 21, 2022 }}</ref> On May 22, 2022, [[Rogation Sunday]], the Anglican Province of America and the Traditional Anglican Church officially signed the agreement of full sacramental communion at Saint Barnabas Cathedral, [[Dunwoody, Georgia]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=January–June 2022 |title=APA and Traditional Anglican Church |pages=2 |work=Presiding Bishop's Epistle |url=http://www.mysknotify.com/UserFiles/Docs/18684/BpEpistle-Jan-June-2022-FINAL-7-13-2022-9-52-32.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220802212844/http://www.mysknotify.com/UserFiles/Docs/18684/BpEpistle-Jan-June-2022-FINAL-7-13-2022-9-52-32.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=August 2, 2022 }}</ref> At the 2023 Anglican Joint Synods, the House of Bishops of the Anglican Church of America resolved to seek "fullest unity possible with the Anglican Catholic Church while maintaining the integrity and unity of the Traditional Anglican Church."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mathias |first=Brad |date=October 17, 2023 |title=Anglican Unification - News from AJS 2023 |url= https://www.acadne.org/post/anglican-unification-news-from-ajs-2023 |access-date=November 7, 2023 |website=ACADNE.org |publisher=Anglican Church in America Diocese of the Northeast}}</ref> 

==== Dialogue with the Polish National Catholic Church ====
A dialogue between the G-3 (at the time, G-4) churches and the [[Polish National Catholic Church]] (PNCC) opened, resulting from the desire to restore the kind of intercommunion that the PNCC had shared with the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States before 1978.<ref>{{Cite web |date=December 7, 2021 |title=Introduction to the 2018 Convocation for Restoration and Renewal of the Undivided Church |work=TheUnionOfScranton.org |url= http://theunionofscranton.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/The-PNCC-and-the-Declaration-and-Union-of-Scranton-for-Union-of-Scranton-Webiste.pdf}}</ref> The meetings began after representatives of the PNCC were invited and attended the Anglican Joint Synods of the G-4 in 2017.<ref name=":7" /> The dialogue has addressed various issues and ways the churches can continue to grow closer together and achieve unity.<ref>{{Cite web |title=G-3 and PNCC Continue Ecumenical Dialogue |work=AnglicanCatholic.org |url= https://anglicancatholic.org/news/g-3-and-pncc-continue-ecumenical-dialogue/}}</ref>

The first official dialogue was held January 15, 2019, in Dunwoody, Georgia.<ref>{{Cite web |date=January 29, 2019 |title=Press Release: Continuing Anglican Churches and Polish National Catholic Church begin dialogue in Atlanta |url= https://anglican.ink/2019/01/29/continuing-anglican-churches-and-polish-national-catholic-church-begin-dialogue-in-atlanta/ |access-date=December 7, 2021 |website=Anglican Ink}}</ref> The Jurisdictions of the G-4 were represented by their presiding bishops and archbishops from the Anglican Catholic Church, the Anglican Church in America, the Anglican Province of America, and the Diocese of the Holy Cross. Also in attendance was a bishop of the [[Anglican Catholic Church of Canada]] (ACCC). The PNCC was represented by three bishops, including Prime Bishop [[Anthony Mikovsky]] and Bishop [[Paul Sobiechowski]], and two senior priests.<ref name=":7">{{Cite web |date=January 18, 2019 |title=Union of Scranton–Anglican Joint Synods Dialogue |url= https://anglicanprovince.org/2019/01/union-of-scranton-anglican-joint-synods-dialogue/ |access-date=December 7, 2021 |website=AnglicanProvince.org |publisher=Anglican Province of America |archive-date=December 7, 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20211207213824/https://anglicanprovince.org/2019/01/union-of-scranton-anglican-joint-synods-dialogue/ |url-status=dead}}</ref>

On July 28, 2020, the G-4/PNCC Ecumenical Dialogue Group met via Zoom.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Anglican Joint Synods (G4) – Polish National Catholic Church Dialogue |work=VirtueOnline: The Voice for Global Orthodox Anglicanism |url= https://virtueonline.org/anglican-joint-synods-g4-polish-national-catholic-church-dialogue |access-date=December 7, 2021}}</ref>

On October 5–6, 2021, the G-3/PNCC Ecumenical Dialogue Group met at Holy Trinity Cathedral in Manchester, New Hampshire.<ref>{{Cite web |title=G-3 and PNCC Continue Ecumenical Dialogue |url= http://anglicancatholic.org/news/g-3-and-pncc-continue-ecumenical-dialogue/ |access-date=December 8, 2021 |website=AnglicanCatholic.org}}</ref>

On March 15–16, 2022, the G-3/PNCC Ecumenical Dialogue Group met at the Anglican Cathedral of the Epiphany in Columbia, South Carolina.<ref>{{Cite news |date=March 2022 |title=Anglican – Polish National Catholic Dialogue |volume=100 |pages=9 |work=God's Field |issue=3 |url= http://pncc.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/mar_2022_gods_field_online.pdf |access-date=March 24, 2022}}</ref>

G-3 representatives were also in attendance with the bishops of the PNCC at the 125th anniversary and General Synod of the Polish National Catholic Church in Scranton, Pennsylvania.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Opening of the XXVI General Synod of the PNCC |date=October 20, 2022 |publisher=St. Stanislaus Cathedral |url= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8rTT-KyzDs |access-date=November 12, 2022 |via=YouTube}}</ref>

As a part of the ACC's worldwide efforts with the [[Union of Scranton]], meetings have been held between the ACC [[Diocese of the United Kingdom]] and the [[Nordic Catholic Church]], an [[Old Catholic Church|Old Catholic]] denomination of [[High church Lutheranism|High Church Lutheran]] patrimony.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ecumenical Cordiality |work=AnglicanCatholic.org.uk |publisher=[[Anglican Catholic Church]] |url= https://www.anglicancatholic.org.uk/2020/02/22/ecumenical-cordiality/ |access-date=August 21, 2022}}</ref><ref name="NCC2012">{{cite web |title=About us |url=https://nordiccatholic.com/about-us/ |publisher=Nordic Catholic Church |access-date=6 May 2021 |language=English |date=26 August 2012 |quote=Furthermore, the Nordic Catholic Church emphasises in its Statement of Faith that it adheres to its Scandinavian Lutheran heritage to the extent that it has embraced and transmitted the orthodox and catholic faith of the undivided church.|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20210418233706/https://nordiccatholic.com/about-us/|archivedate=18 April 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=UK |first=NCC-UK in NCC |date=March 3, 2020 |title=Catholic Affinity |url= https://nordiccatholic-uk.com/catholic-affinity/ |access-date=August 21, 2022 |website=NordicCatholic-UK.com |publisher=Oratory of the Way and the Mind of the Spirit}}</ref>

On January 23–25, 2023, delegates of the G-3 and the PNCC met for their 7th Dialogue at St. Paul's Anglican Church (APA), [[Melbourne, Florida]], and produced this statement:<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Fortnightly |date=March 24, 2023 |url= https://madmimi.com/s/7a18e51 |access-date=April 11, 2023 |website=Mad Mimi}}</ref>

{{blockquote|We, the Bishops and members of the G-3 and the PNCC celebrate the anniversary of our Ecumenical Dialogue. We began our initial discussions on January 11, 2019 for the purpose of discussing God's will for our mutual journey in Christ.

Over the past four years, we have gathered for worship and sacred fellowship. We have grown to know each other as brothers in Christ, and committed ourselves to find ways we may work together for mutual support and the ever challenging task of becoming one.

Though we gratefully share the fullness of the Catholic faith, we are aware that the goal of unity may take many years. Nevertheless, we believe that our work together is essential to the fulfillment of God's will.

We will keep our Churches in prayer that our efforts may bear the necessary spiritual fruit and be ever pleasing to God.}}

==== Dialogue with the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod ====
In May 2024, representatives of the G3 churches met with representatives of the [[Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod]] (LCMS) in [[St. Louis|St. Louis, Missouri]]. Continuing meetings were planned for the future for the purpose of both parties coming to understand the other better, and to form joint statements on pressing theological or moral matters.<ref>{{Cite news |date=July–August 2024 |title=G3, MISSOURI SYNOD LUTHERANS BEGIN DIALOGUE |work=The Trinitarian |pages=1–2}}</ref>