Speaking for the leaders of the Traveling Templar (they can smack me if I got the details wrong!), in that they work this way too. Everyone with a Templar Pearl is considered a Templar, but you don't have to be part of the FC.
As someone who is already tied to another FC, I like the sense of 'community without borders' that it can foster if done right.
As someone who is already tied to another FC, I like the sense of 'community without borders' that it can foster if done right.