What is the Confessing Anglican Church?
What Is The Confessing Anglican Church?
First of all, we followers of Jesus, We are a communion. We are a family of Anglican believers
The Confessing Anglican Church (CAC) is a communion of the one, holy catholic and apostolic Church. Our specific identity and self-understanding is rooted in the Anglican spiritual tradition of being Catholic, Evangelical and Protestant. We follow the threefold ministry pattern established by the early church of bishops leading and overseeing, priests teaching and ministering, and deacons addressing the needs of the people.
Standing within the Celtic and Anglican spiritual traditions, the Confessing Anglican Church was created by a convergence of three great historical roots of faith and practice: the Anglican/Liturgical tradition, the Evangelical/Biblical tradition, the Charismatic/Pentecostal traditions.
The Three Historic Roots of the Church
Anglican / Liturgical
The historic elements of the Anglican tradition are the expression of Christian orthodoxy as shaped by the culture of what is now the British Isles. Anglicanism brings together the authority of the Bible, the faith once delivered to the saints, and the beauty of structured prayer. It is rooted in tradition, yet contemporary in practice. Anglicanism is inclusive of the apostolic origins, Celtic cultural roots, patristic influences, the Medieval Church, the Protestant Reformation, the Wesleyan Evangelical Revival, the Oxford Movement, and the Modern Charismatic Movement.
We measure our Anglican heritage not simply from the time of Thomas Cranmer, but back to the second century believers who carried the Gospel with them to the Celtic lands. Anglicanism is not defined by a connection to the “Church of England”, rather by the heritage of Christianity and by relationship to faithful Anglicans around the globe.
Evangelical / Biblical
The Evangelical tradition brings a focus on the conviction that justification is the work of the triune God. As was so clearly stated in the Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification By the Lutheran World Federation and the Catholic Church:
“The Father sent his Son into the world to save sinners. The foundation and presupposition of justification is the incarnation, death, and resurrection of Christ. Justification thus means that Christ himself is our righteousness, in which we share through the Holy Spirit in accord with the will of the Father. Together we confess: By grace alone, in faith in Christ’s saving work and not because of any merit on our part, we are accepted by God and receive the Holy Spirit, who renews our hearts while equipping and calling us to good works.”
Pentecostal / Charismatic
The Pentecostal tradition recognizes the ever-present need for the infilling and empowering of the Holy Spirit. Christ’s initial apostles were wholly inadequate to the task the Lord set before them without the infilling of His Holy Spirit, as are we.
His immutable grace, His constant filling, His abundant gifts and His unerring wisdom are necessary elements of our service to Him.
