Catholic.

We hold dear the Catholic Faith, “which was once delivered unto the saints” (Jude 3). In the words of the Vincentian Canon (5th C.), we hold to that which has been believed “everywhere, always and by all". As Archbishop Geoffrey Fisher (Archbishop of Canterbury) taught: “The Anglican Communiion has no peculiar thought, practice, creed or confession of its own. It has only the Catholic Faith of the ancient Catholic Church, as preserved in the Catholic Creeds and maintained in the Catholic and Apostolic constitution of Christ’s Church from the beginning.”

Reformed.

Classical Anglicanism is also reformed, abandoning certain corruptions of the late medieval church, and upholding a theology of salvation by God’s unmerited grace and not by works. We honor the clear teaching of Holy Scripture and hold to the sound teaching that whatever cannot be proved from the Scriptures cannot be required , and “not believed as an article of the Faith, or be thought requisite or necessary to salvation.” (Article VI)

Traditional.

Our liturgy is dignified; it is neither “trendy” nor “cutting edge”, but is rooted in history, linking us to worshiping Tradition of the Church Catholic and providing much needed continuity and stability in a disengaged and disconnected culture. We seek to worship “decently and in order” (1 Corinthians) and in “the beauty of holiness” (Psalms 96)

We uphold the dignity of the preaching office, believing that sermons should be thoroughly grounded in Holy Scripture, have real substance, and make us think deeply about the Faith we profess. We also appreciate a bit of humor along the way and we certainly don’t lack joy. We “serve the Lord with gladness” (Psalms 100)