Our Mission to Our Parishes

Our mission statement is very simple and to the point. It is:
To enable our congregations in their primary duty of proclaiming the Gospel.

Our Faith

Anglican Churches uphold and proclaim the Catholic and Apostolic faith, based on the scriptures, interpreted in the light of tradition, scholarship and reason.

Following the teachings of Jesus Christ, the Churches are committed to the proclamation of the Good News of the Gospel to the whole creation. Faith, order and practice have found expression in the Book of Common Prayer (BCP) (This link takes you to the Prayer Book Society's site), Ordinals of the 16th and 17th centuries, and in the Solemn Declaration of 1893. This document affirms as the essential elements of faith and order in the quest for Christian unity:

1. The Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testament as the revealed Word of God;
2. The Creeds as the sufficient statement of the Christian Faith;
3. The historical catholic sacraments which consist of the two major sacraments - Baptism and the Eucharist - along with the minor sacraments of Confirmation, Marriage, Unction, Penance or Reconciliation, and Holy Orders, ministered with the unfailing words and elements used by Christ;
4. The historic Episcopate.

The Thirty-Nine Articles of Religion were important when first devised at the Reformation (1562). They were initially devised to define the faith of the Church of England. The Articles were revised on several occasions for more general applicability throughout the world. 

The Apostles' and the Nicene Creeds are both used by the Anglican Communion. They are ancient and universal statements of Christian faith.

Central to worship for Anglicans is the celebration of the Holy Eucharist (also called the Holy Communion, the Lord's Supper, the Mass). In this offering of prayer and praise are recalled the life, death and resurrection of Christ, through the proclamation of the word and celebration of the Sacrament.

Worship is at the heart of Anglicanism. Its styles vary from simple to elaborate, from Evangelical to Catholic, as well as from Charismatic to Traditional. The Book of Common Prayer (BCP), in its various revisions throughout the Communion, gives expression to the comprehensiveness found within the Church whose principles reflect since the time of Elizabeth I, a via media in relation to other Christian traditions. 

The Anglican Church of Canada also uses a Book of Alternative Services (BAS), published in 1985, based on the work of the Doctrine and Worship Committee as requested by the January 1971 General Synod. The Book of Alternative Services defines additional authorized forms of worship, in use since 1974, to achieve the flexibility and variety deemed desirable to embrace the broader cultural backgrounds of current Canadian society.

Baptism, with water in the name of the Trinity, unites one with Christ and the Church. Other rites include Confirmation. Holy Orders, Reconciliation, Marriage and Anointing of the sick.

Documents of Faith