What We Believe

Anglicans have a very broad understanding of who and what the church is, and you’ll find that there is a variety of belief and expression at St. George’s. Many of us believe that Jesus is the incarnation of God in human form, and the divine word of God. There is a vibrant and deep relationship with Jesus as a Divine Word made flesh, whose spirit lives in us and around us, healing and working in us to love others, God, and ourselves. Some of us believe wholeheartedly that Jesus has conquered the powers of death, evil, pain and sin through dying on the cross, and being raised to life again. Some of us are trying to believe, and we do our best — some days we do, and other days it’s harder. Others among us aren’t sure what we believe, but we know we feel love here, and that we are touched by something beyond us, and so we come. That’s the honest truth, and honest representation of who we are. A general point of unity, though, is that there is a recognition of a deep grace working in our lives that draws us towards love, forgiveness, healing, and mercy within a safe container of love and belonging. We seek to know and experience what God’s presence and love means in our lives. We trust that we now live with the Holy Spirit, Jesus’ own Spirit that unites us with Creator God, inspiring us to love and serve one another and the world. We encounter this beautiful triune God in our worship and sacraments (the presence of God made real in ordinary things) of Holy Eucharist (Greek for “thanksgiving”) and in baptism.