High Protestant Liturgical Worship
We joyfully embrace a high Protestant liturgical worship that celebrates the sacraments according to the living traditions of the Presbyterian, Reformed, Methodist, Anglican, Episcopal, and Lutheran churches. In our common life of prayer, Word, and Sacrament, we seek to honor the depth and beauty of these traditions while gathering them into one ecumenical Protestant fellowship.
The Early Foundations
Founded in 2026, the Ecumenical Protestant Church in America was established to gather together the rich traditions of Lutheran, Methodist, Anglican, Episcopal, and Reformed churches into one ecclesial foundation, expressing a truly Protestant ecumenical church.
Living in the Present
Today, we continue to bear witness to Jesus Christ by centering our common life on the proclamation of the Word, the celebration of the Holy Eucharist, and a public commitment to justice and human dignity.
Leadership & Episcopal Structure
Office of the Archbishop
Archbishop Andrew Michael
Primate of the Communion
Official Biography
The Most Reverend Andrew Michael, M.A., M.S. serves as Archbishop of The Ecumenical Protestant Church in America, providing episcopal leadership, theological direction, pastoral oversight, and liturgical formation for a church committed to historic Christian faith, Protestant catholicity, biblical preaching, sacramental worship, and ecumenical renewal.
Archbishop Andrew Michael is a scholar-practitioner whose vocation stands at the intersection of theology, leadership, pastoral care, and Christian formation. His academic and ministerial work reflects a sustained commitment to theological study, ecumenical engagement, Christian leadership, and the formation of faithful communities rooted in Scripture, sacramental worship, and historic Christian tradition.
His educational formation includes a Bachelor of Arts in Theology from Saint Joseph's College of Maine, awarded in 2012; a Master of Arts in Theology from Saint Leo University, awarded in 2014; a second Master of Arts in Theology from Ave Maria University, awarded in 2020; graduate certificates from Benedictine University in Public Health Education and Promotion, Public Health Administration, and Emergency Management, awarded in 2018; and a Master of Science in Christian Ministry from Amridge University, awarded in 2025. He also continues doctoral work in Interdisciplinary Studies at Amridge University, with concentrations in Biblical Studies, Leadership, and Ministry; the PhD in Interdisciplinary Studies is expected to be awarded in 2030.
In ecclesiastical ministry, Archbishop Andrew Michael was ordained to the sacred order of deacons on June 28, 2022, ordained to the sacred order of priests on March 1, 2023, and consecrated to the episcopate on March 1, 2023, at St. Angelo Liberal Catholic Church. Bishop Jason Peter Edwards Dench used the 1979 Book of Common Prayer Ordinal to ordain him a deacon and a priest, and to consecrate him a bishop. These holy orders shape his ministry of preaching, teaching, sacramental leadership, episcopal oversight, and the building up of the Body of Christ.
As Archbishop of The Ecumenical Protestant Church in America, he seeks to cultivate a church drawing deeply from Anglican, Episcopal, Methodist, Lutheran, Presbyterian, and Reformed traditions while remaining centered on Holy Scripture, the historic creeds, the sacraments, the ministry of Word and Table, and the mission of making disciples. His episcopal vision emphasizes reverent worship, accessible catechesis, disciplined prayer, theological seriousness, pastoral compassion, and the renewal of Christian life in homes, missions, parishes, and online communities.
Archbishop Andrew Michael's leadership is guided by servant leadership, ecumenical charity, intellectual rigor, and a conviction that the Church must speak clearly and faithfully in the modern world. Through preaching, teaching, liturgical formation, pastoral oversight, and the development of church resources, he labors to strengthen Christian faith, form disciples, and advance the mission of Christ through The Ecumenical Protestant Church in America.