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The ICCEC has experienced phenomenal growth within its national churches outside of the United States since the late-1990's. The greatest growth has been in Kenya, Uganda, the Philippines, Pakistan, and Brazil, where that nation's largest Anglican congregation joined the CEC in 2002. The ICCEC has established congregations in Canada, Burundi, Congo, Rwanda, the Sudan, Tanzania, Germany, Estonia, Latvia, Portugal, and Switzerland, but at a lesser growth rate than in the aforementioned nations. In all, the ICCEC has established over 700 congregations outside of the United States.

In the United States, the ICCEC experienced rapid growth for the first ten years of its existence. However, the US growth rate had plateaued in the present decade. In 2006, the American church experienced a crisis resulting in the departure of approximately 30% of its clergy and congregations, including seven bishops. Though from diocese to diocese a variety of reasons were given for these departures, the crisis stemmed from allegations against the ICCEC's leadership in America, particularly the head of the Communion, A. Randolph Adler. The majority of these allegations were heard and adjudicated in June and September 2006 by the Patriarch's Council, which is comprised of the Communion's senior bishops. In September 2006, the Council issued a statement describing their response to the allegations and posted it on the Communion's official website. This statement prompted more departures, including those in the former South Central Diocese, Great Lakes Diocese, and the Diocese of Delmarva.