体制

美国圣公会采用主教制，与其他圣公会相同。 该会目前分为110个教区，分布在美国本土，以及哥伦比亚、多米尼加共和国、厄瓜多尔、海地、洪都拉斯、波多黎各、委内瑞拉、维尔京群岛和欧洲。 这些教区组成9个教省，每个教省有一个大会，但无权管理下属教区。

今天，美国圣公会共有7000多个堂会，其全国总部设在纽约第二大道815号，圣公会人士常简称为“815” 。

  在西雅图的美国圣公会约翰·马可座堂

  位于华盛顿的华盛顿国家座堂

争议

按立妇女

2006年6月18日，选出新任主教，来自内华达州教区的凯瑟琳·舒歌莉主教于2006年底在华盛顿国家座堂举行就职典礼。她是圣公宗历史上第一位女性大主教。

同性恋

2003年11月2日，美国圣公会按立公开的同性恋者罗宾逊（Rev. Canon V. Gene Robinson）为新罕布什尔州教区主教，引起轩然大波。这次按立，直接引至由全球保守派圣公会主教组成的圣公会南半球联盟于2008年6月22日，在耶路撒冷举行首次全球圣公宗前途会议。

美国圣公会代表组织重新确定对同性恋的立场，表示同性恋信徒是美国教会“不可缺少”的一部分。

2012年7月10日，美国圣公会在印第安纳波利斯召开的圣公会总会中，主教们同意在法典中更改婚姻定义。“代表会议”以171票赞成、50票反对的结果，投票压倒性地通过一项名为“终身契约之见证与祝福”的提案，同意各教区主教为同性恋者民事结合举行祝福仪式，包括目前已承认同性婚姻的州内也可施行。圣公会发言人戴维居表示，新措施将于12月生效，先实施三年再做评估。圣公会也成为美国首个认可祝福同性婚姻的最大宗教团体。

信徒人数

2007年，美国圣公会受洗信徒的人数为2,154,572人，较2006年人数2,205,376人下降4.15% 。

虽然人数下降是近年来许多主流教派普遍面临的问题 ，不过仅在2003年到2005年，美国圣公会就流失了115,000名信徒，许多是因为按立公开的同性恋者罗宾逊担任新罕布什尔主教事件 。

海外传教

1820年，成立美国圣公会差会。

1835年，美国圣公会决定到中国传教，Henry Lockwood 和 Francis R. Hanson 无法留在广州，改去爪哇。1841年文惠廉（William Jones Boone）到澳门，1842年迁到厦门，1845年7月17日，到达上海。主要在中国中部长江流域传教。1912年加入中华圣公会。

目前美国圣公会的信徒还分布在美国以外的中南美洲、加勒比海

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