About Us
Who We Are
St. James’s is a community drawn together by our love of God and our desire to serve Christ in the world. We pray together, work together, learn, laugh, and sing together. We try every day to share a little bit of God’s love with our hurting world.
We are a church committed to being Doers of the Word—both for the larger world and those in need in our own city. We’re active, inclusive, curious, faithful, compassionate, and welcoming. If all of that sounds like a place you’d like to be, we’d love to meet you.
An urban church…with an awesome parking garage.
A group of Doers…who serve the world (literally) and our neighbors (passionately).
A congregation with Good News to share‚ always on the lookout for new revelations, challenging ideas, and fresh ways of understanding the world and our God.
A nearly 200-year-old church‚ that values tradition while being fully engaged with what matters today in the lives of our people.
An engaging group of people…who can’t wait to connect with you.
Ready to welcome your family…eager to meet singles…and the perfect place for couples.
Inviting. Inspiring. Impactful.
A place that could change your life.
As Episcopalians
We believe in a loving, liberating, and life-giving God: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. As constituent members of the Anglican Communion in the United States, we are descendants of and partners with the Church of England and the Scottish Episcopal Church, and are part of the third largest group of Christians in the world.
We believe in following the teachings of Jesus Christ, whose life, death, and resurrection saved the world.
We have a legacy of inclusion, aspiring to tell and exemplify God’s love for every human being; women and men serve as bishops, priests, and deacons in our church. Laypeople and clergy cooperate as leaders at all levels of our church. Leadership is a gift from God, and can be expressed by all people in our church, regardless of sexual identity or orientation.
We believe that God loves you—no exceptions.
The Episcopal Church, including St. James’s, is welcoming, curious, and open to the future, which can feel to some people like our beliefs are fluid. A more accurate description is that we have a very clear and firm set of foundational beliefs, but we also respect new ideas that are extensions of those long-held beliefs.
Among those long-held beliefs are the following:
We believe we are all part of God’s creation, made in the image of a loving and forgiving God who wants to be in relationship with each one of us.
We believe Jesus is the only perfect image of the Father and shows us the path to a relationship with God.
We believe the Holy Scriptures are the revealed Word of God, and they contain everything necessary for salvation.
We believe the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit are a co-equal God in three Persons. We pray to the Father through his beloved Son, by way of the Holy Spirit.
We believe the sacraments‚ including the great Sacraments of Baptism and Communion ordained by Christ himself‚ are outward and visible signs of inward and spiritual grace.
We believe in the power of prayer, and that how we pray influences what we believe and what we believe influences how we pray.
We see ourselves as an integral part of the one Body of Christ, which is made up of Churches joined together as one holy catholic and apostolic church throughout the ages.
As Doers of the Word, we are Christ-driven in everything we do, seeking to be God’s hands and hearts in a broken and often lonely world. As Christ so clearly directed us to do, we love our neighbors whether they’re around the corner or around the world.
We believe the Apostles’ Creed and the Nicene Creed are sufficient statements of our faith.