Welcome to All Saints Anglican Church!
Whether you are looking for a new church home or just curious, we want you to know that God loves you! We welcome you in His love to visit All Saints Anglican Mission church in Saluda, Virginia. We invite you to come and worship with us and learn more about our Church and the Christian Faith.
We offer you a timeless and vibrant faith, an ancient, traditional, and beautiful liturgy, traditional Christian music, and sound theological and Biblical teaching.
“Grace to you and peace from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.” Philippians 1:2
Our Mission
We are a family of believers committed to living the faith once delivered to the Saints (Jude 1:3). The eternal truth of God’s Word revealed to us centuries ago still applies to today’s world and difficult challenges. We are a living community of faithful people, reaching out to our neighbors with the saving Gospel of Jesus Christ.
“Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever” (Hebrews 13:8)
Our Worship
Jesus Christ, the Word of God, and His sacrament of Holy Communion are the core of our traditional worship. We are a sacramental Church believing God is working through “outward and visible signs” to bestow “inward spiritual grace.” We learn through the teaching of Holy Scriptures and worship God through the traditional Liturgy translated beautifully into English in 1549 and updated in the 1928 Book of Common Prayer. Our music is majestic, vibrant and worshipful from the 1940 Hymnal.
Our History
The Anglican Catholic Church follows the teaching of Jesus Christ as believed and taught by the undivided church of the first millennium. From the day of Pentecost, when the Church was born to the Great Schism in 1054 A.D., the Church was truly Catholic—that is one faith and doctrine. The Greek and Russian Orthodox are also ‘catholic’ and yet, like us, not under the authority of the Pope. The roots of the ACC run from the ancient church beginning in England as early as the Second Century independent of the Roman Catholic Church’s authority through the American Episcopal Church until 1976. Anglicans concerned over things such as the ordination of women, morality, and doctrine formed the Anglican Catholic Church. It is a restorative effort on the part of concerned Episcopal bishops, priests and laity who were unwilling to accept the concept that the Christian faith could be amended to fit the current social agenda. The ACC includes people from a broad spectrum of Church backgrounds and is found worldwide, with a growing number of American, Canadian, English, Australian, and African formerly Episcopal and Church of England dioceses joining the ACC.
Anglican simply means “English”. We use the Book of Common Prayer (1928) and follow the path taken by the Church of England of the 16th century.
Catholic because we adhere to the faith accepted by all Christians before the Church separated into Eastern and Western branches in 1054. Catholic is not synonymous with Roman Catholic.
Church because we are a community finding comfort and nourishment in coming together to worship God, sharing His love as the Body of Christ, and ministering in our community.
Our Beliefs
1. The Bible: The early church, guided by the Holy Spirit, selected inspired writings and placed them together to form the Bible. We believe the Bible is the Word of God.
2. The Creeds and Traditions: The Seven Ecumenical Councils of the undivided Church between AD 325 and 787 under the guidance of the Holy Spirit produced definitive statements of the Church’s faith. These are summarized in the Apostles’, Nicene, and St. Athanasius Creeds.
3. Apostolic Ministry: The Apostles appointed men in the church to succeed them in ministry. These men were called bishops. The New Testament also mentions elders (presbyters) who came to be known as priests and deacons as those set apart for ministry. We stand in an unbroken line of bishops, priests, and deacons succeeding from the Apostles.
4. The Sacraments: Jesus continues to be present to His Church through visible signs called sacraments. He instituted two sacraments–the waters of Holy Baptism, and the bread and wine of Holy Communion. Other sacraments include Confirmation, Holy Matrimony, Penance, Holy Order, and Unction for the sick.