The Right Reverend A. Donald Davies, retired Bishop of Fort Worth, Texas, served as its first presiding bishop[2] and was succeeded by The Right Reverend William W. Millsaps, former chaplain of the University of the South at Sewanee, Tennessee.
Bishop Millsaps continues to be the Ordinary of the Diocese of the South, with The Right Reverend John Greaves serving as Bishop Coadjutor and Christ Church, Monteagle, Tennessee, serving as the cathedral for the diocese.
[3] The EMC acknowledges the Nicene and Apostles' Creeds as definitive statements of the Christian faith.
They emphasize the necessity of the sacraments of baptism and Holy Communion and support the historic Episcopate as a means of maintaining apostolic succession.
On 14 September 2020, the EMC endorsed a concordat of full communion with the Anglican Church in North America (ACNA), which was signed by then-Archbishop Foley Beach and EMC Presiding Bishop William Millsaps.