ABOUT US

Immanuel Anglican was planted in August 2023 as a new expression of Anglicanism in South Austin.

Our Beliefs

Anglicanism is a Christian tradition that goes almost all the way back to the apostolic age. The first missionaries came to the British Isles in the second century. Monasticism, the arts, and the intellectual life of the university have all left their stamp on it. The spiritual revolution of the Reformation of the 16th century dramatically transformed it by insisting on the primacy of scripture as ‘God’s Word written’ but without jettisoning the influences of patristic and medieval eras. Engagements with the natural and human sciences, the dismantling of the British empire, and mission among a vast array of cultures in the modern age have all expanded and enriched it. 

Today it is the largest Christian body on earth outside of Roman Catholicism and Orthodoxy, with 85% of its adherents living in the majority world. It has catholic, evangelical, and pentecostal expressions across the globe and is characterized by a sense of ‘comprehensiveness’ and appreciation for the spectrum of Christian worship and spirituality. In its mission, it strives to hold together the biblical priorities of sharing the good news of Jesus and enacting mercy and justice in local communities.

Although we embrace the richness and diversity of Anglicanism, Immanuel is most closely identified with the catholic stream of Anglican spirituality. We believe that the emphases on corporate spirituality, beauty and symbolism in worship, contemplation, and Christ’s true, real, and objective presence in word and sacrament, all gifts of the catholic emphasis in Anglicanism, are deeply needed and healing resources for a culture marked by distrust, noise, and profound loneliness and isolation. 

Immanuel is a part of the Church for the Sake of Others (C4SO) diocese, which belongs to the province of The Anglican Church of North America (ACNA). Our Bishops are Todd Hunter (Diocesan) and Brian Wallace (Suffragan).