We Receive the Faith (Apostolic Faith)

Ancient Truth. Living Faith.

The Church throughout the ages recognizes the thirty-nine books of the Old Testament and the twenty-seven books of the New Testament as inspired by God for teaching, reproof, correction, and training in righteousness (2 Timothy 3:16-17). We interpret Scripture according to the ancient rule of faith—what has been believed in all places, at all times, by all the faithful—not by private opinion or passing trend (see also the Vincentian Canon).

We Are Formed by Christ (Liturgically and Sacramentally)

Our lives are shaped by the same Christ who shaped the Apostles.

In His humanity, Christ united God and humanity. In His sacraments, Christ unites earthly and heavenly realities, making us what He is—partakers of divine life. Through worship, prayer, and sacramental grace, we are continually shaped into His likeness.

We are called to become like Christ in the World

Distinctively Christian. Distinctively Anglican.

The universal goal of the Christian life is to be transformed into the image and likeness of Christ (2 Corinthians 3:18)—loving our Lord God, loving one another as Christ loves us, and embodying His truth in the world. Empowered by the Holy Spirit, we bear witness to the ancient faith and the redemptive power of Christ Jesus in who we are.

[Note: The word catholic means universal. Anglicans are considered a catholic faith because universally it can trace it's lineage in the laying on of hands back to Peter and John (see Bishop's consecreation map) and it holds fast to The Great Tradition of the Church.]

Jesus is Lord!

Jesus is the Mission.

The word “evangelical” carries a wide variety of meanings for people today, but its most basic definition is simply, “gospel-centered message.” The gospel as it was handed down to us by the Apostles; this gospel, and no other, we seek to share with all. Our goal is to unite all people to God the Father, through the work of His Son, by the gift of the Holy Spirit.

Matthew 28:19–20

19 Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you.