What We Believe

•We believe in the uniqueness of Jesus Christ as sole mediator between God and Man.

John 14:6-7, Colossians 1:13-23, Ephesians 1:3-10, 20-22

•We confess the canonical books of the Old and New Testament to be the true, inspired and unchanging

Word of God. We believe that these Scriptures contain all things necessary for salvation and are worthy

of study by all confessing Christians.

Deuteronomy 31:11-13, 2 Timothy 2:15, 2 Timothy 3:13-17

•We confess Holy Baptism and the Holy Eucharist (The Lord’s Supper, Holy Communion) to be ordained by Christ in Holy Scripture. We believe that these sacraments should be unfailingly ministered to the Church, using Christ’s words of institution and using the elements set forth by Scripture.

Matthew 28:19, Mark 16:16, John 3:5, Matthew 26:17-30, John 6:53-58

•We believe the historic, traditional offices of Bishop, Priest and Deacon, and the Apostolic Succession of the same, to be necessary to the ministry of the Gospel and in the life of the Church.

John 20:19-22, Acts 6:1-6, 1 Timothy 3:2-7, 2 Timothy 1:6

•We believe in the gifting and equipping - by the Holy Spirit – of each confessing Christian for ministry to the Body of Christ, His Church, and to the World.

Romans 12:3-21, Ephesians 4:7-16

•We affirm the Apostle’s Creed to be the sufficient confession of Christian baptism, and the Nicene Creed to be the sufficient statement of the Christian Faith, and the confession of the Athanasian Creed.

1 Corinthians 11:2, 2 Thessalonians 2:15

•We affirm the traditional, Biblical models for Holy Matrimony, family life, and the unmarried life.

Matthew 19:1-12, Ephesians 5: 31-33, 1 Corinthians 7, Colossians 3: 20-21

•We affirm the sanctity and worth of every human life, from conception to a natural death.

Genesis 1:27, Exodus 20:1, Psalm 139:13-16, Matthew 25:35-40

•We believe in the triune nature of God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Ghost,

and the individual natures of the same, as set forth in the three historic Creeds and the

seven Ecumenical Councils of the Undivided Church.

•We receive the historic Book of Common Prayer as set forth in 1662, and the subsequent

Books of Common Prayer derived from the same (including the 1928 American edition),

as being the standard for Anglican worship.