Christ Episcopal Church Dearborn

The Episcopal Church welcomes and celebrates the ministries of all people, regardless of gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, marital status, social class, or age. We are grounded in what we call the “via media:” the middle way. The Via Media concept originated in 16th century England, articulating a middle ground between the polarities of the day - Roman Catholicism and Puritanism. The Episcopa

l Church continues to define a middle way through the issues of this day. We embrace the full specturm of humanity defining our faith through reason, tradition, and scripture. Rather than telling people what to believe, we provide safe places for questions and struggles of faith. Consequently, our unity comes from worshipping together, there is no mandate for conforming to a specific set of rule for our Christian faith. Our character is deeply based in our ability to include a diversity of perspectives. The Bible is the foundation of our faith, and the sacred stories shape all that we do. We see it as a living text, through which God continues to speak to us. Informed by our tradition, reason and experience, our understanding of scripture continually evolves, expanding and changing as our experience of the world expands and changes. Our common life is fed by the two central sacraments of Eucharist and Baptism: signs to remind us of God’s grace. Through bread, wine and water, we experience God’s presence in the stuff of everyday life.