About Christ Church Anglican
Christ Church Anglican is a traditional Anglican parish which is committed to cultivating the life of Christ in each of its members through worship, instruction, and fellowship. We gather for Holy Communion each Sunday, and this service is the source and summit of our Christian life. However, the church is also active throughout the week. We gather Sunday evenings for a shared meal, on Wednesdays to read and discuss a book together, throughout the week for prayer book feast days, Stations of the cross, family hikes, and service projects. Much more important than the number of activities and gatherings is that all of these gatherings are built on the worship of the church. When we gather, we pray, usually out of the prayer book.
This common life of worship and fellowship is reflective of our understanding of Christian faith. The Christian faith is more than just belief in a series of theological propositions. It is life in Christ through the work of the Holy Spirit. In order to have faith we must be faithful. In order to believe rightly we must be praying and living rightly. This spiritual life cannot be truly fruitful if it is lived alone. It is from the life of Christ’s body that we are enlivened. The blood flows from the body out to the various organs and appendages. This is why we are committed to building this life of faith on the worship and fellowship of the church.
Our Leadership
Rev'd Tait S. Deems
vicar of Christ Church Anglican
The Rev'd Tait S. Deems is the vicar of Christ Church Anglican in Colorado Springs. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Political Theory from Patrick Henry College. He received his Master of Divinity from Reformed Episcopal Seminary in Blue Bell, Pennsylvania. He served as a Deacon and Curate in the Diocese of the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic at St. Mark's REC in Rydal, Pennsylvania. He was ordained to the Presbyterate on the feast of St. Peter in 2019. He served as assisting priest and teacher at the parish school in Rydal for several years before moving to Oregon to spend a year assisting in the building of Anglican ministry in Southern Oregon where he grew up. In June of 2023 he received a call to serve at Christ Church Anglican as the vicar. He and his wife Amy have six children.
Mission Statement of the Reformed Episcopal Church
Adopted by the Bishops of this Church
December 3, 1992 | Revised by the Council of Bishops, October 2, 2003
Built upon the foundation of the authoritative Word of God, the Holy Scriptures, the Reformed Episcopal Church sets her highest priority on biblical WORSHIP and declares her commitment to the work of EVANGELISM, the bold and unadulterated proclamation of salvation by grace through faith in the Lord Jesus Christ (Acts 8:4). In keeping the faith once delivered to the saints, the Reformed Episcopal Church, however, does not believe evangelism to be the end, but rather the beginning of her divinely given vocation.
In addition to being evangelical, she is deeply committed to DISCIPLESHIP, the work of training evangelized men and women in Christian living (St. Matthew 28:20). When the Gospel is truly proclaimed and the mercies of God are made known, redeemed men and women must be led to offer their bodies as a living sacrifice, which is their spiritual service (Romans 12:1). Thus, the Reformed Episcopal Church understands the Christian life to be necessarily corporate. The Gospel call of salvation is not only to a savior, but also to a visible COMMUNION (I Cor.12:27) which, being indwelt by Christ's Spirit, transcends both temporal and geographic bounds.
Therefore, the Reformed Episcopal Church is CREEDAL, following the historic catholic faith as it was confessed by the early undivided Church in the Apostles' (A.D. 150), Nicene (A.D. 325) and Athanasian Creeds (circa. A.D. 401); SACRAMENTAL, practicing the divinely ordained sacraments of Baptism and the Lord's Supper as outward and visible signs of His inward and spiritual grace; LITURGICAL, using the historic Book of Common Prayer; and EPISCOPAL, finding unity with the Church of the earliest Christian eras through submission to the government of godly bishops.
In this fashion, by embracing the broad base of doctrine and practice inherent in apostolic Christianity received by the Church of the English Reformation and expressed in the Thirty-Nine Articles of Religion, the Reformed Episcopal Church has a foundation for effective ministry in the name of Christ to a world which is lost and dying without Him.
Approved, General Committee, October 5, 2003
Taken from http://www.recus.org/
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Frequently Asked Questions
What does worship look like at your church?
Our worship uses the 1928 Book of Common Prayer service of Holy Communion, traditional Anglican Hymnody, chanting of psalms and some elements of the liturgy, and Scripture readings with a Homily based on said readings.
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Come and Worship With Us
Morning Worship with a Eucharist Service is held every Sunday morning at 10:00 AM with sermon and hymns. Children are welcome in the service. A Potluck and Evensong is held at 5:30 PM on Sunday evenings. All interested are welcome.
