Resurrection Anglican Church

The Anglican Way

What is the Anglican Way?

The Anglican Way is a historic expression of the one, holy, catholic (Small "c" distinct from The Roman Catholic Church), and apostolic Church that seeks to hold together Scripture, the ancient creeds, and the worshiping life of the Church. Rooted in the English Reformation yet deeply shaped by the early Church, Anglicanism treasures the authority of Holy Scripture, the clarity of the gospel of Jesus Christ, and the formative power of common prayer. Through Word and Sacrament, we are drawn into communion with the Triune God—worshiping the Father, through the Son, in the Holy Spirit—while learning to live faithful, embodied lives in the world. The Anglican Way values theological depth, liturgical beauty, pastoral wisdom, and a generous orthodoxy that aims to unite truth and charity.

Formed by Worship. Sent with Light.

We gather on Sundays to corporately praise Father, Son and Spirit, lifting up our voices and hearts in celebration. But we also gather to prepare us participate in God’s Mission. Basking in the love that is the Trinity, growing in relationship with God and Church, prepares us, fills us, gifts us with the stamina, the desire, the clarity on how to rightly engage the larger community, taking the light into the darkness, showing the world God’s extravagant love.

What We Value

Experience the Trinity

Passionately creating an atmosphere where a genuine culture of God-honoring, Christ-centered, Spirit-filled, biblical worship is established for Sundays and drives us to engage in worship throughout the week in personal, family and small group settings.

Scripture references: Matt. 22:37, John 4:23-24, Psalm 63:1-8, 95-96, 100, Rev. 7:9-12, Isaiah 1:1-20, Micah 6:8, Romans 12:1-2.

Embracing Community

Intentionally building an authentic community of hospitality and grace where all people are made to feel welcome so that they may hear, experience, and respond to Jesus Christ and grow in relationship with God and Church.

Scripture references: Genesis 1:26-27, Romans 5, Ephesians 4:1-6, John 3:3-17, Galatians 3:28, 1 Peter 4:7-9, Luke 14:12-14, Hebrews 13:1-2, 1 John 4:19-21

Engage the City

Joyfully giving our time, our talents, and our treasures in a way that honors and celebrates the goodness of God, serves others, and inspires people to want to know God more.

Scripture references: Exodus 36:1-7, Matt. 28:18-20, Acts 1:8, Matt. 5:14-16, 1 Cor. 12, Romans 12, Ephesians 4, Rev. 4:9-11

We Are a Global Family

Anglicans represent the third largest body of Christians in the world, speaking many languages and coming from many different races and cultures.

The Anglican Church in North America is united with the overwhelming majority of provinces in the worldwide Anglican Communion. The ACNA unites 160,000+ Anglicans in 1,200+ congregations across the United States, Canada and Mexico into a single Church.

Ancient Roots

Anglicans trace their geographical roots back to Britain but farther back than just the Reformation. Early Christian writings indicate the presence of a church in Britain as early as the third century AD.

In the 16th century, English Reformers, including Thomas Cranmer and Richard Hooker, joined the Protestant Reformation happening all over Europe, seeking to rediscover the beauty of salvation as a gift from God (justification by faith, not works) and put the Scriptures into the daily lives of God’s people.

Though Anglicanism admittedly spread widely through the era of English colonialism, the riches of the Christian faith as practiced by Anglicans have blessed people all over the world and continue to be passed on in every generation in independent nations.

Anglican Essentials

  • One Bible, the canonical books of the Old and New Testaments. These are the inspired Word of God, “containing all things necessary to salvation,” and thus are the authority and ultimate standard for our Christian faith and life.
  • Two sacraments instituted and ordained by Christ himself. Sacraments are "outward signs (water, bread, wine) of an inward grace or truth (the presence of Jesus)." We administer these sacraments faithfully and (in regards to communion) often using His words he instituted and the elements He ordained.
  • Two creeds, summations of Holy Scripture developed and used by the undivided church early in our family history. The Apostles and Nicene Creeds sufficiently declare in whom we believe and in comradore with saints past and present we recite one of these every time we gather.
  • Three ordained offices, often referred to as the historic episcopate. All Anglican churches dedicate themselves to the apostolic tradition expecting this structure to be helpful in the Body of Christ growing in fullness and unity. Churches are guided and ministered by Priests and Deacons who submit to the spiritual leadership of a chief pastor, their bishop.
  • Four Anglican formularies, the 39 Articles of Religion, The Book of Common Prayer, the Ordinal and the Homilies. These documents, in addressing the particular concerns of the English Reformation, guide how we worship, structure our church community and live out life as individuals and the church. These documents were birthed out of scripture and prayer, and in concert with the Creeds, work to lay the groundwork for a precise articulation of faith on many points of Christian doctrine.