St. Raphael's is a mission work of the Anglican Diocese of the Holy Cross, part of the Joint Synod of Continuing Anglican Churches. In conjunction with the Anglican Fellowship of the Delaware Valley, especially with congregations in New Holland, Lancaster, York, and Phoenixville, St. Raphael's seeks to bring the healing power of Jesus Christ to willing hearers from every nation, tribe, people and tongue.
"O Lord Jesu Christ, the Great Shepherd of the sheep, Who seekest those that are gone astray, bindest up those that are broken, and healest those that are sick; bless, we beseech Thee, the efforts which Thy servants make to convert souls unto Thee. Loosen the tongues of those who speak in Thy Name; open the deaf ears of the wanderers, that they may hear the words which belong unto salvation, and grant that those whom Thou dost raise to newness of life may, through Thy grace, persevere unto the end; of Thy mercy, O our God, Who art blessed, and livest and reignest for ever and ever."
St. Raphael's Anglican Mission exists:
1) For those who wish to be united to Christ through the sacramental life, accepting the gospel as their rule of life;
2) Those who cannot attend their own parish church on Sunday morning due to other legitimate obligations;
3) Those who seek spiritual healing and a deeper spiritual life.
St. Raphael's Anglican Mission accepts:
1) Christ's teachings as her own,
2) Christ's way of the cross as the life of grace,
3) Christ's incarnation as the model for evangelism.
St. Raphael's Anglican Mission is a part of the great tradition of the Church: rooted in scripture, firm in the fellowship that unites the church catholic throughout all ages, faithful to that which has been delivered to the saints, never yielding or compromising where the covenant is at stake.
St. Raphael's Anglican Mission is a noble title, symbolizing a guiding church, a healing church. Testimony of St. Raphael's work for God's glory and by His grace is spoken of throughout Jewish tradition. He is written of in the Book of Tobit, and the Book of Enoch, and is found in the fragments of the Dead Sea Scrolls. St. Raphael's work bears witness to how much God cares for His people and wants them to be guided and healed by Christ and to guide others to Christ so that they also may be healed by Him.
St. Raphael's Anglican Mission is rooted in the Great Church of Christendom, especially of the first five centuries, but more especially those traditions and gifts of England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland. Anglicanism unites the fervor of Celtic piety and evangelism, with the great preaching and learning of the Anglo-Saxons, the scholarship of Oxford and Cambridge, the poetic perception of the Caroline Divines, and the desire to build up the Church through the solemnity of glorious worship and through works of mercy and charity initiated by the Oxford Movement of 1833.
"O Lord Jesu Christ, the Great Shepherd of the sheep, Who seekest those that are gone astray, bindest up those that are broken, and healest those that are sick; bless, we beseech Thee, the efforts which Thy servants make to convert souls unto Thee. Loosen the tongues of those who speak in Thy Name; open the deaf ears of the wanderers, that they may hear the words which belong unto salvation, and grant that those whom Thou dost raise to newness of life may, through Thy grace, persevere unto the end; of Thy mercy, O our God, Who art blessed, and livest and reignest for ever and ever."
St. Raphael's Anglican Mission exists:
1) For those who wish to be united to Christ through the sacramental life, accepting the gospel as their rule of life;
2) Those who cannot attend their own parish church on Sunday morning due to other legitimate obligations;
3) Those who seek spiritual healing and a deeper spiritual life.
St. Raphael's Anglican Mission accepts:
1) Christ's teachings as her own,
2) Christ's way of the cross as the life of grace,
3) Christ's incarnation as the model for evangelism.
St. Raphael's Anglican Mission is a part of the great tradition of the Church: rooted in scripture, firm in the fellowship that unites the church catholic throughout all ages, faithful to that which has been delivered to the saints, never yielding or compromising where the covenant is at stake.
St. Raphael's Anglican Mission is a noble title, symbolizing a guiding church, a healing church. Testimony of St. Raphael's work for God's glory and by His grace is spoken of throughout Jewish tradition. He is written of in the Book of Tobit, and the Book of Enoch, and is found in the fragments of the Dead Sea Scrolls. St. Raphael's work bears witness to how much God cares for His people and wants them to be guided and healed by Christ and to guide others to Christ so that they also may be healed by Him.
St. Raphael's Anglican Mission is rooted in the Great Church of Christendom, especially of the first five centuries, but more especially those traditions and gifts of England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland. Anglicanism unites the fervor of Celtic piety and evangelism, with the great preaching and learning of the Anglo-Saxons, the scholarship of Oxford and Cambridge, the poetic perception of the Caroline Divines, and the desire to build up the Church through the solemnity of glorious worship and through works of mercy and charity initiated by the Oxford Movement of 1833.