Anglicans Pray the Gospel, Read the Gospel, Sing the Gospel, and Hear the Gospel.
Substance
From its beginning, Jesus empowered the Church to honor, embody and proclaim His life and message, the Gospel, to the world. This Gospel is the good news that God loves the world and offers salvation from sin through his Son, Jesus Christ.
This message was carried into the world by the first apostles. It spread to all corners of the known world through the power of the Spirit. In the early days of the Church's mission, it practiced a form of worship inspired by its Jewish heritage and liturgy that grew into a distinct form and practice of Christian identity— an identity shaped by the Holy Scriptures preserved and handed down through the apostolic teaching and the Holy Spirit's transformation upon the heart and mind. So from the early days, the Church was known as scriptural, catholic, liturgical, and sacramental.
Origin
Framed out of the English Reformation, Anglicanism has embodied what is known as the "Via Media" or "middle way," seeing itself between Protestant and Catholic as a Spirit-led, reformed, evangelical, sacramental, and liturgical Church.
In this way, Anglicanism includes the entirety of Christian expression in its historical and orthodox anchoring.
To be an Anglican, then, is not to embrace a distinct version of Christianity, but a distinct way of being a "Mere Christian"… SIMULTANEOUSLY evangelical, apostolic, catholic, reformed, and Spirit-filled.
Three themes help our understanding of what is vital in the "mere Christian" life in the Anglican tradition. These are the "Three Streams" of Scripture, Sacraments, and the Spirit. Some churches emphasize the Scripture over everything else, and others primarily emphasize the Sacraments. Still, others prioritize the Spirit- Anglicanism prioritizes all three in our formation.
Worship With Us
To fully grasp the way in Anglicanism is to come along and worship with us. Our worship practice is drawn from the Book of Common Prayer. You will come to know, feel, discover and practice what Christians have practiced in worship for hundreds of years: the recitation of our Creeds, praying alone in silence or together as a community, responding in joyful praise, bowing in humble contrition, listening to the Word read and preached, finishing by receiving Christ by faith at the Table.
We've come to understand that Anglicans Pray the Gospel, Read the Gospel, Sing the Gospel and Hear the Gospel.
As you come along with us, you will join a congregation of 85 million brothers and sisters in the Christian faith from 165 countries worldwide, worshipping the Name above all names, Jesus Christ!
Found out more about our gathered worship here.