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About the Episcopal Church
The Episcopal Church has a special place and mission in the larger Christian community. St. Nicholas’ is a branch of The Episcopal Church, a national body of well over 2 million members and part of the Anglican Communion—an international body of more than 60 million faithful throughout the world.
We are a bit different in our perspective, approach, and unique way of both asking and responding to the questions that face all Christian people. Here are a few distinctive traits that may better explain what we’re about:
We are a Biblically Rooted Church — We take as essential to the faith nothing that cannot be supported by Scripture, and our Prayer Book is mostly taken from the Bible
We are a Believing Church — The ancient creeds of the undivided Church, the Apostles’ Creed and the Nicene Creed are foundational to our faith and worship. We claim no beliefs that conflict with the faith of the Church from its earliest days.
We are a Traditional Church — The Episcopal Church has preserved the central beliefs and customs of both the Protestant Reformation and the undivided church of the first several centuries. Our service is a contemporary adaptation of the earliest forms of Christian worship and Holy Communion.
We are a Worshiping Church — We strive for joy, reverence, and relevance as we approach God in worship. Many were first drawn to the Episcopal Church by the dignity, holiness, and participatory character of our worship.
We are a Thinking Church — We take very seriously God’s gift of reason, and we invite questions and uncertainties. We strive for uniformity in love, not in thought. Rather than tell people what to believe, we love and support one another in the journey of faith. Listening to and living out the questions we all face is part of the Episcopal Church’s distinctive gift.
