What Does the Episcopal Church Value?
On Being An Episcopalian If you are searching and find these concepts appeal to you, we believe you will find a home in the Episcopal Church. If you do, we welcome you to the family of Christ Church. • WORSHIP that brings you in, instead of putting you on the sidelines. • A THEOLOGY that demands our intelligence rather than ignoring it. • A WILLINGNESS not only to tolerate, but also to celebrate differences. • A HERITAGE that takes the Bible seriously yet is not bound by literalism. • A strong sense of COMMUNITY in which our consensus is in our common relationship to Jesus Christ rather than to an enforced conformity of opinion. • A devotion to the SACRAMENTS as instituted by Jesus through the Tradition of the Church and which evoke awe rather than factual explanation. • A sense of MINISTRY that is rightfully the obligation and privilege of every baptized person. • An insistence on MORALITY (what is good and loving) as opposed to MORALISM (judgmental salvation by code instead of Christ
