Who We Are
Our Story and Vision
We began meeting in 2018 in each other’s homes as we shared meals weekly and prayed together. As a parish in formation, we worshiped together under the care of All Saints Anglican in Holland, MI from 2019 to 2020. After ordinations and affirmation from the Anglican Diocese of the Great Lakes, Christ Church officially planted as a "mission" of the Diocese in January 2021. Together we seek to live out the gospel through word and sacrament, liturgy, the rhythms of our historical Christian calendar, and service.
Our backgrounds were varied—some came from Orthodox traditions, while others come from Evangelical, Charismatic or Catholic spaces. Through our shared commitment to Anglican spirituality, we find joy in worshipping together and living together as we focus on “in essentials, unity; in non-essentials, liberty; in all things, charity,” as stated by St. Augustine of Hippo.
Our vision is to cooperate with the Kingdom of God in Grand Rapids through being a family of disciples who receive, know, and extend the love of Christ.
Leadership
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Ancient Traditions & Modern Expression
Our hope to see God redeem us, our neighbors and our city with the Gospel of Jesus Christ. We live out this hope within a particular tradition—the Anglican Communion. The Anglican Communion is a diverse family encompasses over 80 million people globally. We are the third largest Christian denomination in the world. We hope to live the best practices of the historic church into the present in a new and fresh way.
Anglican Christianity is unified by its center, not by its boundaries. We believe that the "law of prayer is the law of belief". In other words, we are a people that believe that what we pray and how we worship form God's people in a particular way. We ground ourselves in the teachings of the Scriptures, the Prayer Book, and we believe what Christians have always believed since the time of the historic creeds and councils. In particular, the creeds of the church (The Apostles’ Creed, the Nicene Creed, and the Athanasian Creed) constitute the core of our beliefs. We also think that the Thirty-Nine Articles of Religion are among the finest statements of the faith produced during the time of the Reformation and remain relevant for today’s world.