Benefits

What would be the benefits of a TEC-MCC full communion, besides «that all may be one» (John 17:21)? The UFMCC totalizes some 242 congregations and other ministries, while TEC about 1080 parishes and missions. In other words, TEC makes up 4½ times more than the MCC. Some of the full communion advantages would be: #1. From the MCC viewpoint. Overcome isolation. When the 1931 full communion agreement was signed between the Anglican Communion and the Old-Catholics, the latter were very, very small in size, compared to the former. Probably, without full communion with the Anglicans, the Old-Catholics would have remained an insignificant denomination. The MCC used to offer something unique in the past. However, as at the present times larger denominations accept gradually the marriage equality, the MCC will arguably be stagnant. However, through a potential full communion agreement with TEC, the MCC will gain popularity and credibility as a denomination, which will eventually help its perennity. Recover the historic episcopate. The next generation might appreciate that heritage. Other Churches did it in the past, and the nowadays generations appreciate that. Use Episcopal clergy where MCC is too small to have its own clergy. An Episcopal priest, ministering to a larger parish, could preside the Mass and administer sacraments and other rites to MCC tiny congregations until the MCC provides proper training and ordination to someone of their fold.

#2. From the Episcopal point of view. Reach homophobic countries. The Episcopal Church is absent in many homophobic countries. Through a full communion with the MCC, Episcopalians abroad would be able to worship with integrity and full sacramental participation within an MCC congregation. Learn inclusivity. The MCC have been doing it for the last 50 years, and you may take advantage of their experience. Learn latitudinarianism. The MCC encompass people coming originally from a whole spectrum of churchmanship, from very low-church, through charismatic, to high-church. Although their congregations maintain liturgical diversity, each seem to have been enriched with elements of other traditions.