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Our
Affiliations
First and foremost at Calvary we are
Christians, meaning our primary
allegiance is to Jesus Christ as Lord.
If you can agree to that (or at least
you are open to learning more about
Jesus) you will find a spiritual home at
Calvary. You don’t have to share any of
the following affiliations, in addition,
to be a member of Calvary.
Humility should be a distinguishing mark
of individual Christians and churches;
none of us know it all. Just as the
believer needs brothers and sisters in
Christ, so the “Parish Church” needs the
wider body of Christ - locally,
regionally, nationally and
internationally.
Local
Calvary is just one part of the body of
Christ in Golden. We enjoy an active
partnership with many other Golden
churches.
The
Together
Church in
Golden aims to worship, pray, serve, and
witness for the Glory of God! We realize
that together we can do so much more
than alone. We share in youth ministry,
governmental service, personal needs
based ministries, community programs,
and weekly prayer as leaders. It is our
desire to continue to deepen this
relationship and celebrate the wonderful
diversity of the Christ-centered
churches in our community.
Regional
Calvary is one
Parish Church within the
Episcopal
Diocese of Colorado.
The term “episcopal” refers to the role
of the Bishop as spiritual leader of the
diocese (in our case, the boundaries of
our diocese correspond directly to
Colorado State boundaries). Rob O’Neil
is the current Bishop of Colorado.
Calvary partners,
most regularly, with those in the
diocese
who are
able to affirm the following:
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Commitment to living our lives under
the authority of Jesus Christ and a
faithful reading of Holy Scripture.
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Commitment to the historic faith,
order, and practice of the Episcopal
Church as held in communion with
other Provinces of the Anglican
Communion.
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Commitment to the traditional
Christian theology of the Sacrament
of Marriage, the Uniqueness of
Christ, and the doctrine of the
Trinity.
National
Denominationally,
Calvary belongs to
The Episcopal
Church (USA), the
national branch (or Province) of the
worldwide Anglican Communion. In recent
years, the Episcopal Church has placed
itself at odds with the wider Communion
and global Christianity in general. This
estrangement has come about through a
series of decisions and actions that
appear to question biblical authority,
deny the uniqueness of Christ and
innovate with Christian standards for
human sexuality. Calvary maintains a
normative (what others might call
‘orthodox’) position in the face of
these revisions to our faith; committed
to the Episcopal Church but clear on the
limits.
International
The Anglican
Communion
is a
world-wide affiliation of
Anglican
Churches. There is no single "Anglican
Church" with universal juridical
authority, since each national or
regional church has full autonomy. As
the name suggests, the Anglican
Communion is an association of these
churches in
full
communion
with the
Church of England
(which may be regarded as the "mother
church" of the worldwide communion), and
specifically with its
primate,
the
Archbishop of Canterbury.
With over seventy seven million members,
the Anglican Communion is the third
largest communion in the world, after
the
Roman Catholic Church
and the
Eastern Orthodox Churches.
Calvary has a
special link with the
Diocese of
Southern Malawi
(south-east Africa), where our Rector,
John Wengrovius, served as a missionary
seminary professor in the 1980’s.
The Bishop of Southern Malawi, James
Tengatenga,
has visited Calvary several times and in
the last few years we have made numerous
mission trips there. Calvary’s
Mission to
Malawi
focuses on Education with the current
goal to build and stock libraries at
every church-sponsored Primary school in
the region.
Statements Following the 75th General
Convention
of the Episcopal Church
The Rev. John H.
Wengrovius' Statement
The Rt. Rev. Rob
O'Neill's Pastoral Letter
A Statement from
the Archbishop of Canterbury
A Statement from
the Primates
of the Council of Anglican Provinces of
Africa
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