Our Church was established in 2016; in response to pastoral concern for priests and lay people who were being negatively affected by misguided persons in Mainstream church bodies, as well as the independent sacramental movement. The goal of establishing this church was simple- to follow the call to Saint Francis of Assisi: "Build up my Church again". The core of our mission is based around observation of the sacraments in traditional Anglo-Catholic Rites; and preserving the faith of our fathers in this manner. In the Winter of 2018, our church took on a new title- The United Anglo-Catholic Church, which pays homage to both our Anglican and Catholic roots. Though we are a modern church in some regards, we hold to ancient faith practices that in some ways set us apart from other church communions. Our parishes use the 1928 Book of Common Prayer and liturgical derivatives thereof.
Our presiding bishop believes that the greatest crisis of faith in the Catholic faith is caused by the removal of the idea of mystery; the de-mystification of the sacraments and of Christ himself. We encourage all men and women to seek the truth for themselves, to ask questions, to research their faith; but also to realize that at the end of the day, man does not and can not know everything about God. God is God, and it is He alone who knows himself completely. To everyone who desires to serve Christ regardless of past failures or perceived shortcomings, we extend our warmest welcomes and open arms. No matter who you are or where you have been, we welcome you home to Christ!
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-Statement of Faith-
We believe and confess Jesus Christ to be the Way, the Truth, and the Life: no one comes to the Father but by Him. This the United Anglo-Catholic Church requires the following beliefs as the characteristic of the Anglo-Catholic Way, and essential for membership:
1) We confess the canonical books of the Old and New Testaments to be the inspired Word of God, containing all things necessary for salvation, and the books of the Apocrypha to be part of the Bible as a whole.
2)We believe in the 7 Sacraments of Baptism, Confession/Reconciliation, Holy Communion, Confirmation, Matrimony, Holy Orders and Extreme Unction. With the two primary sacraments of Baptism and the Supper of the Lord to be Sacraments ordained by Christ Himself in the Gospel, and thus to be ministered with unfailing use of His words of institution and of the elements ordained by Him.
3) We confess the godly historic three fold ministry of the Diaconate, Presbyterate and Episcopate as an inherent part of the apostolic faith and practice and will maintain these levels of ministry.
4) We confess as proved by most certain warrants of Holy Scripture the historic faith of the undivided church as declared in the Historic Catholic Creeds- the Apostle's and Nicene. We further confess and affirm the unique personhood of the Holy Trinity: Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, and its essential place in the Christian Faith.
5) Concerning the seven Councils of the undivided Church, we affirm the teaching of the first four Councils and the Christological clarifications of the fifth, sixth and seventh Councils, in so far as they are agreeable to the Holy Scriptures.
6) Concerning the order of Divine Worship within the Church- we acknowledge and affirm the patrimony of diverse, historical rites within the Eastern and Western Churches. This Church uses the book of Common Prayer; and derivatives thereof.
7) We receive the Thirty-Nine Articles of Religion as both a foundational statement of Anglican identity; as well as an important historical document which, though a product of its time and place, is still an essential basis of the Anglo-Catholic identity and tradition.
Our presiding bishop believes that the greatest crisis of faith in the Catholic faith is caused by the removal of the idea of mystery; the de-mystification of the sacraments and of Christ himself. We encourage all men and women to seek the truth for themselves, to ask questions, to research their faith; but also to realize that at the end of the day, man does not and can not know everything about God. God is God, and it is He alone who knows himself completely. To everyone who desires to serve Christ regardless of past failures or perceived shortcomings, we extend our warmest welcomes and open arms. No matter who you are or where you have been, we welcome you home to Christ!
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-Statement of Faith-
We believe and confess Jesus Christ to be the Way, the Truth, and the Life: no one comes to the Father but by Him. This the United Anglo-Catholic Church requires the following beliefs as the characteristic of the Anglo-Catholic Way, and essential for membership:
1) We confess the canonical books of the Old and New Testaments to be the inspired Word of God, containing all things necessary for salvation, and the books of the Apocrypha to be part of the Bible as a whole.
2)We believe in the 7 Sacraments of Baptism, Confession/Reconciliation, Holy Communion, Confirmation, Matrimony, Holy Orders and Extreme Unction. With the two primary sacraments of Baptism and the Supper of the Lord to be Sacraments ordained by Christ Himself in the Gospel, and thus to be ministered with unfailing use of His words of institution and of the elements ordained by Him.
3) We confess the godly historic three fold ministry of the Diaconate, Presbyterate and Episcopate as an inherent part of the apostolic faith and practice and will maintain these levels of ministry.
4) We confess as proved by most certain warrants of Holy Scripture the historic faith of the undivided church as declared in the Historic Catholic Creeds- the Apostle's and Nicene. We further confess and affirm the unique personhood of the Holy Trinity: Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, and its essential place in the Christian Faith.
5) Concerning the seven Councils of the undivided Church, we affirm the teaching of the first four Councils and the Christological clarifications of the fifth, sixth and seventh Councils, in so far as they are agreeable to the Holy Scriptures.
6) Concerning the order of Divine Worship within the Church- we acknowledge and affirm the patrimony of diverse, historical rites within the Eastern and Western Churches. This Church uses the book of Common Prayer; and derivatives thereof.
7) We receive the Thirty-Nine Articles of Religion as both a foundational statement of Anglican identity; as well as an important historical document which, though a product of its time and place, is still an essential basis of the Anglo-Catholic identity and tradition.
Member Church of the Anglican Free Communion
