I believe in God,

the Father almighty, creator of heaven and earth. I believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord. I believe in the Holy Spirit...the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting. Amen.

We Episcopalians recite the above (the Nicene Creed) every Sunday, but that doesn’t mean we all agree about every word of it! We DO believe in a loving, liberating, and life-giving God: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. As constituent members of the Anglican Communion in the United States, we are descendants of and partners with the Church of England and the Scottish Episcopal Church, and are part of the third largest group of Christians in the world.

We believe in following the teachings of Jesus Christ, whose life, death, and resurrection saved the world.

We have a legacy of inclusion, aspiring to tell and exemplify God’s love for every human being; and the people who serve as bishops, priests, and deacons in our church are diverse and equal in every way. Laypeople and clergy cooperate as leaders at all levels of our church. Leadership is a gift from God, and can be expressed by all people in our church, regardless of sex, gender, sexual identity or orientation.

We believe that God loves us, all of us – no exceptions.

“Will you seek to serve Christ in all persons, loving your neighbor as yourself?”

“I will, with God’s help”

— Baptismal Covenant, Book of Common Prayer, p. 305