What We Believe
St. John’s affirms the Bible as God’s Word written and we seek to conform our life and teaching to the Scriptures, within the context of the larger church. As Episcopalians and Anglicans:
We express our doctrine in our liturgy (the way we conduct a worship service and the words we use) rather than in doctrinal statements, as when we worship following the structure and form of the Episcopal Book of Common Prayer;
We affirm the historic Apostle’s and Nicene Creeds of the church; and,
We are classical Christians, affirming God as Trinity; Father, Son and Holy Spirit, supremely expressed in the life, death and resurrection of Our Lord, Jesus Christ.
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Core Values / Mission A+
Why Church & Why St. John’s
Our Episcopal Church Context
The word “Episcopal” is derived from the Greek (the language of the New Testament) for “overseer” or “bishop” and refers to us because we are primarily organized into geographical regions called Dioceses, each under the leadership of a Bishop.
St. John’s is a parish within the Episcopal Diocese of Central Florida. Our Bishop, The Rt. Rev. Dr. Justin S. Holcomb, was ordained and consecrated as the fifth bishop of this Diocese on June 10, 2023. This diocese in turn is part of The Episcopal Church, or ‘TEC’, which is the U.S. expression of the world wide Anglican Communion.
The Presiding Bishop of TEC is the Most Rev. Sean W. Rowe, who was elected Presiding bishop and Primate of The Episcopal Church in June 2024 and took office on Nov. 1 for a nine-year term. TEC is divided into 9 internal provinces, including overseas jurisdictions.
TEC in turn is part of the Worldwide Anglican Communion. And although The Archbishop of Canterbury is the symbolic head of that Anglican Communion, she has no actual jurisdictional control over what is done locally. The current, 106th Archbishop of Canterbury, is the Most Reverend and Right Honorable Lady Archbishop of Canterbury Sarah Mullally.
(Names and dates as of June, 2026)