O God, You have made of of one blood all the peoples of the earth, and sent Your blessed Son to preach peace to those who are far off and those who are near: Grant that people everywhere may seek after You and find You; bring the nations into Your fold; pour out Your Spirit upon all flesh; and hasten the coming of Your Kingdom; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen
Prayer for the Mission of the Church, Book of Common Prayer
Beliefs
With Christians everywhere, we affirm our belief in historic Christianity as summarized in the two historic creeds: the Apostles’ Creed and the Nicene Creed. These creeds summarize the Biblical witness to who God is and what he is doing, and serve as our framework for interpreting the Scriptures.
The Creeds
Our Confessions
We also affirm the need to clarify other Scriptural beliefs not specified in the creeds, since these beliefs also shape our relationship with God. Confessions, written in different periods by different portions of the universal Church, help clarify these doctrines. As a church rooted in the Anglican tradition, we affirm the The Thirty-Nine Articles as the historical confession of our belief, as written and interpreted by the English reformers of the 16th to 17th centuries.