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Beliefs

St. Francis in the Fields is an Episcopal parish in the Anglican tradition. We hold to the historic Christian faith, received from the apostles, confessed in the creeds, and prayed in the Book of Common Prayer. It is a faith ever ancient and ever new.

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The Gospel

We are grounded in the Gospel.

We never tire of hearing the good news of what God has done for the world in Jesus Christ. Our worship is steeped in Holy Scripture: we encounter God’s Word in the prayers we pray, the hymns we sing, and the preaching we hear. Every week, we bring the burdens of the world before God and hear again of his love in Jesus and his promise of mercy and forgiveness.

The Great Tradition

We are rooted in the Great Tradition.

Every church seeks to bring people to Christ. At St. Francis, we do so by receiving and passing on the faith as the Church has held it from the beginning. That faith is:

  • Scriptural. We read the Bible as the Word of God, with the help of the creeds, councils, and saints who have read it before us.
  • Apostolic. Our bishops stand in continuity with the apostles, guarding and handing on the Church's teaching.
  • Catholic. We are part of the one, universal church of Christ around the world. We belong to the one Church of Jesus Christ across every culture and century.
  • Sacramental. In Baptism and the Eucharist, God truly meets us, forming and nourishing us in Christ.
  • Liturgical. Our worship is ordered, reverent, and beautiful, engaging the whole person and drawing us deeper into the mystery of God.
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Formation

We are focused on formation.

At the end of every service, we are sent out with a blessing praying that the peace of God will “keep your hearts and minds in the knowledge and love of God.” We take that prayer seriously, and we seek to form both heart and mind in the good news of God in Christ. Our teaching for every age is meant to deepen faith and equip disciples of every generation to follow Jesus Christ and love their neighbors.
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Embracing our Anglican Heritage

St. Francis in the Fields is part of the worldwide Anglican Communion. We are committed to "the faith once delivered to the saints" (Jude 3), which we share with Anglicans around the world:

We believe the Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments to be the revealed Word of God.

We believe the Nicene Creed to be the sufficient statement of the Christian faith.

We believe in the centrality of the two sacraments instituted by Christ: Baptism and the Holy Eucharist.

We believe in the historic episcopate: bishops who lead the Church in the succession of the apostles.