St. Thomas Anglican Church is located in Mountain Home

Mountain Home, Arkansas

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, Baxter County

Baxter County, Arkansas

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, Arkansas

Arkansas

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 and is the seat for Bishop Sam Seamans.

Founding

The church was founded on August 8, 2004 and became a parish in the United Episcopal Church of North America

United Episcopal Church of North America

The United Episcopal Church of North America is a traditional Anglican Christian church that is part of the Continuing Anglican movement...

, which is a jurisdiction of the Continuing Anglican movement

Continuing Anglican Movement

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., but later voted to align with the Reformed Episcopal Church

Reformed Episcopal Church

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 in 2009.

The church's current building was finished in late 2007 and early 2008.

REC

In March 2009 three parishes, a bishop and archdeacon departed from the UECNA. Approximately one month later, on April 19, 2009, St. Thomas Anglican Church's congregation voted to align with the Reformed Episcopal Church

Reformed Episcopal Church

The Reformed Episcopal Church is an Anglican church in the United States and Canada and a founding member of the Anglican Church in North America...

.

Seamans was accepted by the REC and continues to serve at his church in Mountain Home.

Franciscan order

In February 2010, the first missional monastic order of the Anglican Church in North America chose to relocate to property immediately adjacent to the church. Mountain Home was selected after several cities were considered including St. Louis, Missouri; Tulsa, Oklahoma; Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas; and Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The first Minister General is Fr. Greg Mashburn a 15 year retired veteran of the United States Air Force.