Diocese of Saint Matthias the Apostle - C.E.E.C.

Greetings in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. We would like to thank you for visiting the web page of the the Diocese of Saint Matthias the Apostle C.E.E.C. Our desire is to "Know Christ and to make Him known to the ends of the earth". Believing that the Church of Jesus Christ has utilized various types of worship through the ages to express her love for God we seek to draw from the rich truths that have been experienced in those orthodox traditions.

Historically, there have been three main"streams" of worship that have been the experience of Christ's Church; the liturgical, the evangelical and the charismatic. Our Diocese seeks to reaffirm the foundational essentiality each  of  these  within "the faith once for all delivered unto the saints".(Jude 3)

We are orthodox and evangelical in our Doctrinal Essentials affirming the authority of Holy Scripture (and our emphasis on preaching and teaching the Bible) and professing the historic confessions of faith (Apostle's, Nicene, and Athanasian Creeds, the Vincentian Canon, the Apostolic and Lambeth Quadrilaterals etc.). We stress the proclamation of the Gospel not only in our preaching but also in our lifestyles, seeking to reach the lost for Christ. Also, our bishop is in Apostolic Succession. We are liturgical and sacramental in our approach to the sacraments as tools used by God to minister His Truth to the world and to "act out" the work of Christ. We are charismatic in our dependence on the Holy Spirit to fill and empower His Church and we seek to be open to His presence.

The Diocese of St. Matthias the Apostle is very relational, believing that our relationship to Christ is of primary importance and that relationships to one another are as critical to the Christian life. The Diocese values the relational nature of the Church and the various Parish and Mission communities of the Dioceses are connected by ties of faith in Christ Jesus and ties of fellowship and mutual accountability in genuine relationship with one another. We veiw the Church as "the family in Christ" and our individual and collective walk of faith reflect this truth.

As a  Dioceses we are in full communion with and accountible to both the Province of Saint Peter and the Communion of Evangelical Episcopal Churches. We are currently in relationship with churches and ministries not only throughout the USA but also Europe, the West Indies, Asia, Africa, portions of South America and parts of Mexico. The Province  also has evangelistic teams and religious orders that are seeking to minister to American subcultures.

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