We are first and foremost a community of the Jesus Way. Subordinate to that we are a community of the Anglican Way. While that demonstrates our priority, it doesn’t mean the Anglican Way is unimportant to us. The Anglican Way is a tradition we love and one that provides many tools that help us become like Jesus. The Anglican Way shapes the way we worship and therefore shapes our loves: our liturgy comes from the Book of Common Prayer, which is rooted in scripture, and we engage with Word and Sacrament each week. It also shapes the way we’re structured: we have a bishop, a vestry (or board of directors), and partnerships with other Anglican churches in our region.

Being of the Anglican Way also means that we’re a part of the global and historic church. The Anglican Communion grew out of the missionary expansion of the Church of England over the past 500 years, and it consists of 38 self-governing provinces around the world, in 164 countries, with tens of millions of members. When we enter into the liturgy on Sunday morning, we enter with Anglican brothers and sisters in Christ from around the world. Our roots run all the way to the Rwandan Anglican church, whose witness to Jesus in post-genocide Rwanda has played an integral role in the recovery of that nation.

Resurrection is part of the Diocese of the Rocky Mountains in the Anglican Church of North America (ACNA.) As a member of the ACNA and the historic church, Resurrection ascribes to the Apostle’s and Nicene creeds, the Thirty-Nine Articles of religion, and the Jerusalem Declaration. We are an affiliate of the Wellspring Network located in the Denver metro area.

three main reasons Resurrection is part of the Anglican Church In North America:

1) Anglicanism is grounded in God's word

We believe that the practices of the church ought to be grounded in the teachings of God’s Holy Word. We do not believe that we have the definitive worship form, or that other churches do not worship God fully. However, we do believe that there are specific practices found throughout Scripture that should be included within worship for the holistic formation of a disciple.

Some of these elements include:

A call to worship where we bless God’s name (Ps. 100:4)

Prayer for God to open our lips to praise him (Ps. 51:15)

Worshiping God in Song (Col. 3:16)

The reading and proclaiming of God’s Word (Acts 2:42)

Public Prayer and Confession ( Acts 2:42)

The celebration of the Lord’s Supper (1 Cor. 11:26)

The sending forth of the people (Mtt. 28:19)

2) Anglicanism is grounded in the wisdom of the church

We do not believe that the church is without error; however, we also believe that the saints who have come before us have many things to teach us. Therefore, we look to our past to more fully engage our present. There are four primary historical sources that ground our worship:

The Apostle’s Creed

The Nicene Creed

The Book of Common Prayer

The 39 Articles.

3) Anglicanism is grounded in the global church

Anglicanism is truly a Global Church. With 80 million Anglicans worshipping around the world, when you proclaim the liturgy at Wellspring Englewood, you are joining 80 Million of your brothers and sisters around the world. Not only this, but Anglicanism is truly a cross-cultural movement. The majority of Anglicans around the world are centered in communities in the Southern Hemisphere. Your prayers are being joined with Anglicans from every tribe and tongue and nation. Our primary global connection is with the Church of Rwanda