We believe in one living and true God, who is the Maker and Preserver of all things both visible and invisible. In unity of this Godhead there are three Persons: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.

We believe in one Lord, Jesus Christ, who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, meaning that by God’s own act, His Son was truly divine; born of the Virgin Mary, receiving our human nature, so that in him human beings might be adopted as children of God, and be made heirs of God’s kingdom. By his obedience, even to suffering and death, Jesus made the offering which we could not make; in him we are freed from the power of sin and reconciled to God. By his resurrection, Jesus overcame death and opened for us the way of eternal life. Therefore, salvation is found in Jesus Christ alone.

We believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord the giver of life, who empowers us to lead holy and godly lives. The Holy Spirit leads us, guides us, comforts us, teaches us, and gifts us to bear fruit in our daily lives. With the Father and the Son, He is to be worshiped and glorified.

We believe that the Holy Scripture is “God-breathed (inspired of God), and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness,” (2 Timothy 3:16) and contains all that is necessary for salvation, understanding those canonical books of the Old and New Testament to hold authority in the Church. The Holy Scripture contains the rule for ordering our daily lives and leads us to reflect Christ-centered values rather than the values of the emerging culture. Thus, the Holy Scripture is authoritative, to be read, marked, meditated upon, and obeyed in order to live a holy life in Christ.

We believe in “one, holy, catholic, apostolic Church.” The Church is one because there is only one Body under one Head, Jesus Christ. Christ only started one Church. The Church is holy because it is Christ’s Body and the Holy Spirit dwells in it, making its members holy by the grace of God. The Church is catholic because it holds the entire Faith, for all people in all times and in all places. Another word for catholic is “universal,” which means that the church exists for every nation, tribe and tongue, not because everyone in the world is automatically a member of the Church, but because all those who are saved belong to the Church, and because the Church is the one means of salvation that God has provided for human beings. The Church is apostolic because it continues in the Apostles’ teaching, fellowship, and ministry, as they were delivered to the Apostles by Christ and the Holy Spirit.1

We believe in the resurrection of the dead at the second coming of Jesus Christ, and a Final Judgment of everyone, the redeemed entering into eternal life with God through Jesus Christ, the condemned to eternal damnation and punishment.

We also subscribe to the values of the Anglican Mission in America. These essential marks shape our identity and guide our actions:

• Commitment to Jesus Christ: The AMiA believes that salvation is found in Jesus Christ alone Who is the only begotten Son of the Living God. Through Him, all who come to Him by faith and repent of their sins receive forgiveness through Christ’s death on the Cross and live in newness of life through the transforming power of the Holy Spirit. This new life of faith is to be marked by a joyful obedience to Jesus Christ, to God’s Word and to the leading of the Holy Spirit (Matthew 16:15-16; Ephesians 2:4-10; 2 Corinthians 5:21; Galatians 5:22-25).
• Authority of Scripture: The AMiA believes that the Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments in their entirety is God’s Word, and is the standard by which we are to order our lives, express our faith and function as a community (2 Timothy 3:16-17).
• Evangelism: The AMiA believes that we are to live our lives, to make disciples and to grow our churches in a manner that expresses the loving and longing heart of God for those who are separated from Jesus Christ and His Church (Matthew 9:12-13; Luke 15; I Timothy 4:1-5).
• Relational Ministry: The AMiA is committed to ministry being accomplished in relationships which express the love, intimacy, and unity of God as revealed in the relationship of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. The AMiA is committed to holding ourselves accountable before God and to one another within our Anglican polity. (John 13:34; 1 John 4:11-21).
• Worship: The AMiA is committed to worship in Word and Sacrament, through the power of the Holy Spirit. Our worship — in glorifying God — is to be authentic and relevant to our cultural setting while remaining within the breadth of our Anglican Tradition (John 4:23-24; I Corinthians 11:23-26; Acts 17:22-24).
• Servant Ministry: The AMiA believes that every Christian is created for ministry, gifted for ministry and needed for ministry. We are, therefore, committed to equip, empower and release the faithful to use their spiritual gifts to glorify God and to build up the Body of Christ (Romans 12; I Corinthians 12-13).
• Sacrificial Giving: The AMiA believes that we are to be generous with our time, talents and money as we share with those in need, support the work of God among us, and spread the Gospel of Jesus Christ (I John 3:17-18; Ezra 2:68-69; Acts 2:44-47).
• Biblical Leadership: The AMiA is committed to identifying and training emerging leaders who are committed to Christ and to reaching their generation with the Gospel. This will require of those seeking leadership in the AMiA an authentic faith, Godly character, and a servant’s heart (Luke 22:27; Romans 12; I Corinthians 12-13).
• Expectant Prayer: The AMiA believes that nothing of significance happens in God’s Kingdom in the absence of prayer. Therefore, we seek to make prayer a priority — inviting God to lead, restore, heal and transform our lives, our churches, our communities and the world (John 14:15-31; Luke 11:1-13).