We are an Anglican Church! Seems like a simple statement of affiliation, but what exactly does it mean? Yes, it means we are part of the Anglican Church of Australia, but more than that, it means we are a church that embraces the diversity of life and belief. We believe in the scriptures, and we base our worship on the Book of Common Prayer and subsequent Prayer Books of Australia. We really believe that God loves every human being and that we are called to share that love. We believe we are to love everyone and to put that love into action. We strive to be a church that is the family of God here in our part of the Northern Rivers area of New South Wales.

We believe we are called to show God's love to all people, regardless of their life situation; to reach out in compassion to those who are doing it tough. We are called to feed the hungry, clothe the naked, set free those who are captives, bind up the broken-hearted and bring God's good news to those who need to hear it. Ultimately, we believe in Jesus Christ and his power to transform lives. We believe that because of Jesus death and resurrection, we can have forgiveness of sins and a new relationship with God and with each other. And we know that we would love for you to come and be part of God's family and a part of God's work here with us!

We believe that the essence of the Holy Trinity, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, is holiness and love expressed through mutual giving and receiving, and that this divine community is the model for Christians and the Church. It is not a closed community but a one-sided one, a community that reaches out and embraces the other. Anglicans are to be the human community of God in the world and to mirror the divine action of giving and receiving.

Worship of God is also central to our faith. Our tradition allows for a variety of expressions: from contemporary and informal to traditional and reverent, whilst granting a special place to the Eucharist, in which we share in the sacrament (a visible sign of an invisible grace) of the body and blood of Christ.

Anglican spirituality is liturgical, sacramental and incarnational, deeply rooted in the Book of Common Prayer, and emphasises a daily rhythm of prayer, the Daily Office, drawn from the monastic tradition to enrich the lives of ordinary believers, Holy Eucharist and private, or personal devotions, balancing scripture, tradition and a life transformed by Christ in community with others. Anglicans have a rich history and a vast literary tradition, producing the monumental prayer books of the seventeenth century, such as the 1662 BCP and the King James Bible, which remains relevant and enduringly popular amongst believers today for its beauty, majesty, and poetic style. It is a major part of Anglican life and belief that scripture is to be read and deeply meditated upon.

Anglicanism, as the name indicates, holds roots in the Church of England and still involves communion with the Archbishop of Canterbury, as a result, we inherit and bring together vast traditions from the early centuries of Christianity, ancient Celtic Christianity, medieval Catholicism, and the European Reformation of the sixteenth century, and many developments have followed, giving ongoing life to the Church, such as the Oxford Movement of the nineteenth century. We honour the rich diversity of our heritage and culture.

Today, Anglicanism embraces a variety of languages and cultures from many parts of the world, giving distinctive features to our worship, church life and theology, and Anglicans worldwide are seeking to reflect something of the unity-in-diversity of God, who is Father, Son and Holy Spirit: three persons in one God.