We are a rooted, vibrant, warm, and growing Church family.
Origins and Affiliation
We were planted in 2011 out of Wellspring Englewood by Father Rob Paris. We are affiliated with the Anglican Church in North America (ACNA) within the Diocese of the Rocky Mountains. Many of us come to Advent from a wide variety of denominational and spiritual backgrounds and have experienced the Anglican way of following Jesus to be vibrant, enriching, and healing. That said, if the gospel is like fine wine, then Anglicanism is just the chalice that helps bring out the distinctive notes. You don’t have to be all-in on Anglicanism to belong at our church. It is not the only way to follow Jesus, but it is a beautiful way!
Three Streams
We seek to live at the confluence of these three streams — evangelical in Word, liturgical in worship, and charismatic in Spirit — a community rooted in Scripture, nourished by Sacrament, and renewed by the Holy Spirit.
The Charismatic Stream
We are a people centered on the gospel—the good news of Jesus Christ. We believe the Holy Scriptures are God’s inspired Word, containing all things necessary for salvation and revealing to us the story of God’s redeeming love. We proclaim this gospel with confidence and joy, calling all people to repentance and faith in Christ.
To be evangelical is to live under the authority of God’s Word, to trust wholly in His grace, and to share the life of Christ with others in both word and deed. Our desire is that every person would come to know the abundant life that flows from union with Him.
The Liturgical Stream
We are a people formed by the worship, prayers, and sacraments of the Church. We cherish the wisdom of historic liturgy as expressed in The Book of Common Prayer, which orders our worship and roots us in the faith of the one, holy, catholic, and apostolic Church. Through the rhythms of Word and Table, the seasons of the Church year, and the shared prayers of God’s people, our hearts are shaped for reverence, gratitude, and love.
To be liturgical is to join our voices with Christians across centuries and cultures, participating in the beauty of holiness and being continually renewed by the grace of God.
The Evangelical Stream
We are a people empowered by the Holy Spirit. The same Spirit who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in His Church—convicting, comforting, and commissioning the people of God for the work of His kingdom. We depend on the Spirit’s presence and power to transform hearts, heal wounds, and make Christ known.
To be charismatic is to live open to the Spirit’s renewing work, eagerly desiring His gifts, and seeking to bear the fruit of His life within us for the glory of God and the good of the world.
Beliefs
The Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments contain “all things necessary to salvation,” and are the rule and ultimate standard of faith.
We join orthodox Christians around the world in reciting and holistically affirming the two foundational historic creeds: The Apostles’ and Nicene Creeds
Church of the Advent stands in the mainstream of orthodox Christianity and historic Anglicanism. Historically, these beliefs were expressed in the 39 Articles. A modern summary of these beliefs that captures their significance for our world can be found in the Jerusalem Declaration.
Positions and Posture: We live in freedom within the gracious fences of our Diocesan Canons and Constitutions. We maintain a posture of “generous orthodoxy,” holding to core convictions of orthodox faith while seeking to live and interact with everyone with a spirit of love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, gentleness, faithfulness, and self control (Galatians 5:22).
Our Culture
Defining Commitments
Our animating center is Life in Christ.
We abide in Him through Word, Spirit, and Sacrament.
We read and live the Scriptures with humble reverence, guided by the Great Tradition—the wisdom and faith of the one, holy, catholic, and apostolic Church through the ages.
The Anglican Way shapes how we live this faith—receiving the gospel once delivered and embodying it in worship, community, formation, and mission..
Core Values
Union with Christ
The Gospel that Heals
Simplicity
Liturgical and Lively
Feasting and the Table
Loving Children
Loving the Poor
Kingdom > Country > Party
Success is Maturing in Christ
