What We Believe
As An Episcopal Church
As Episcopalians, we believe in and follow the teachings of Jesus Christ, whose life, death, and resurrection saved the world.
We believe that God loves you – no exceptions.
Important Components of Our Worship
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The Book of Common Prayer is a treasure chest full of devotional and teaching resources for individuals and congregations, but it is also the primary symbol of our unity. We, who are many and diverse, come together in Christ through our worship, our common prayer.
Learn more or download a PDF copy in Spanish or English here!
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The Bible is our foundation, understood through tradition and reason and containing all things necessary for our life as Christians.
Our Sunday morning services will have Scripture readings, and much of the liturgy from the Book of Common Prayer is based explicitly on Biblical texts.
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The baptismal covenant is a small catechism for use during the rite of initiation into the Church.
The baptismal covenant begins with asking the people about their beliefs in each of the members of the Holy Trinityn and ends with five questions regarding how we, as Christians, are called to live out our faith.
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Offered in a question-and-answer format, the catechism (found in the back of the Book of Common Prayer) helps teach the essential and foundational truths of the Christian faith and how Episcopalians live those truths.
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Creeds are statements of our basic beliefs about God. The term comes from the Latin credo, meaning “I believe.”
There are two foundational creeds we use during worship: the Apostles’ Creed used at baptism, and the Nicene Creed used at communion.
In reciting and affirming twese creeds, we join Christians throughout the ages and across the world in affirming our faith in the one God who created us, redeemed us, and sanctifies us.
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Our Anglican tradition recognizes sacraments as “outward and visible signs of inward and spiritual grace.” (The Book of Common Prayer, p. 857)
In the Eucharist (also known as Holy Communion), the outward and visible sign is bread and wine, while the inward and spiritual grace is the Body and Blood of Christ given to his people and received by faith.
Besides the Eucharist and Holy Baptism, there are other spiritual markers in our journey of faith that can serve as means of grace. Learn more about them here!
