Associates

Cambridge University Press

The world’s oldest publishers, produced its first prayer book in 1629. The Book of Common Prayer enjoys a special perpetual protection outside the modern laws of copyright. In the UK rights in The Book of Common Prayer are vested in the Crown and are administered by Cambridge University Press as holder of Royal Letters Patent. No one may print, publish, or import copies of The Book of Common Prayer without the permission of Cambridge University Press, in its capacity as The Queen’s Printer.

English Clergy Association

The English Clergy Association, founded in 1938, exists to support all Clerks in Holy Orders in their Vocation and Ministry within the Church of England as by law established; to uphold the Parson's Freehold within the traditional understanding of the Church's life and witness; to oppose unnecessary bureaucracy in the Church; to monitor legislative and other processes of change; and to promote in every available way the good of English Parish and Cathedral life and the welfare of the Clergy.

Scottish Prayer Book Society

Previously known as the Prayer Book Society (Scotland), The Scottish Prayer Book Society came into being in 1996 as an independent body. It works with England’s Prayer Book Society to uphold traditional liturgy found in the Scottish Prayer Book 1929 and/or the Scottish Liturgy 1970.

Prayer Book Society Australia

This Society works to uphold in the Anglican Church of Australia the worship and doctrine contained in The Book of Common Prayer. It aims to encourage the use of The Book of Common Prayer as a major element in the Church's worshipping life and in its training of clergy and candidates for Confirmation; and to spread knowledge of The Book of Common Prayer and to ensure that the Society's views are represented effectively in the Synods and Councils of the Church.

Prayer Book Society of Canada

The PBSC is a national organization dedicated to promoting the Book of Common Prayer - the official (but often under-appreciated) standard of faith and worship for the Anglican Church of Canada.

It provides a wide selection of resources for those interested in finding out more about the Anglican tradition of Common Prayer, as embodied in the Book of Common Prayer, and used in the Anglican Church since the Reformation. The Society maintains a library of educational items and scholarly articles, as well as promoting links to other websites, and suggestions for further study and exploration.

The Prayer Book Society (USA)

The American Prayer Book Society is composed of faithful Episcopalians (Anglicans) who seek to keep alive in the church the classic common prayer tradition of the Anglican Way, which began in the Church of England in 1549. They wish to worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness and in a dignified and understandable English.

It claims that the Constitution of the Episcopal Church gives to Rectors and parishes, as well as to individual Episcopalians, the right to use the last genuine Book of Common Prayer in America: the 1928 BCP.

It is committed to educating and informing the people of the nature and content of the common prayer tradition, and its use for Holy Communion, Daily Offices, baptism, funerals, family prayer and personal devotions.

Queen's English Society

The Society has been concerned about the decline in standards in the use of English for many years. It believes that our language faces a number of challenges, as it becomes ever more widely used by people with ever less knowledge of it and respect for it. English, it feels, is becoming corrupted in the age of mass communications, the text message, e-mail and the like. The Society is here to defend English, in an effort to halt the decline in those standards, but strive to do so in a positive and helpful way.

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Earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust;

- The Book of Common Prayer