Our Faith

We believe the Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments to be the inerrant Word of God, and that they contain all doctrine necessary to salvation.

In our Services, we exclusively use the Authorized Version (KJV), as a timeless and accurate translation of God's Word. 

We accept the Apostles’ Creed, Nicene Creed, and the Athanasian Creed as summaries of the Christian faith, binding on the conscience of every member of the Church. 

We maintain the Reformation heritage of the Anglican Communion, and in particular, our clergy assent to the Thirty-nine Articles of Religion (1571/1801) as being in accordance with Holy Scripture. 

The Articles of Religion and Homilies are to be read in accordance with the ancient fathers and councils of the Church to the exclusion of all heresies ancient and modern.

We use the 1928 Book of Common Prayer, which accepts the 1662 Book of Common Prayer according to the use of the Church of England as being the standard of doctrine to which it conforms.

 Liturgical worship makes the whole congregation a full participant in the worship of the Church, with both clergy and people having their assigned roles in the services.

 Much of the Book of Common Prayer derives from Scripture and dates to the earliest days of the Christian Church.

We believe that the sacraments of Baptism and Holy Communion were instituted by Christ in the Gospels, are generally necessary for salvation, and are effectual signs of God’s grace.

Confirmation, Holy Matrimony, Holy Orders, Penance, and Holy Unction are sacramental in character, as they are outward signs of inward spiritual graces. However, they do not have the same nature as Baptism and Holy Communion in that they were instituted by the Church and lack a direct mandate from our Savior Jesus Christ.

Evangelical means ‘of the Gospel’ and does not denote a particular form of church government or worship. 

We are evangelical in the sense of being committed to biblical doctrine and to preaching the good news of Jesus Christ. 

All Saints Anglican Church seeks to respond flexibly and imaginatively to the challenges posed by being a traditional Church for the modern world.

We are Catholic in the sense of being committed to the faith of the whole Church before the disunion of East and West as delivered to the Apostles, and transmitted to each succeeding generation by faithful bishops and pastors.

The Church maintains the ancient, catholic form of church government which is episcopacy, or governance by bishops. 

Our bishops are in the historic succession, which we believe stretches back to the apostles themselves. 

The Church maintains the scriptural practice of ordaining only men to the orders of deacon, presbyter, and bishop, but maintains the order of deaconesses as an ancient lay vocation for women.

In accordance with Holy Scripture, we believe in the sanctity of human life from conception to natural death.

All Saints Anglican Church believes that marriage should be a life-long, indissoluble union between one man and one woman.

 We also accept that marriages can and do fail, and we seek to extend proper pastoral support to those whose marriages have failed or are in danger of failing.