Christ Our Hope Anglican Church
AI summary — doctrinal positions on this page are inferred by AI from this church's own public statements and may be inaccurate.
Inherited from denomination
What Anglican Church in North America teaches
Positions bound by the denomination's confessional standards. This is what the tradition teaches; whether this specific congregation publicly holds each is a separate question — see Statements below.
Confessional standard: Thirty-Nine Articles of Religion
Affirms
- Apostolic SuccessionSTRONGHistoric episcopate — tactile line of consecration from the apostles.
- Infant BaptismSTRONGWestminster XXVIII; Book of Concord SC IV; Council of Trent Session VII; Wesleyan Articles Art. XVII
- Marriage as one man and one womanSTRONGGenesis 2:24; Matthew 19:4–6; historic universal Christian teaching.
- Permissibility of divorce and remarriagestandardMatthew 19:9 (adultery ground); 1 Corinthians 7:15 (abandonment ground). Practice varies.
- Real PresenceSTRONGTrent; Book of Concord (sacramental union); Chrysostom liturgy; 39 Articles Art. XXVIII
Denies
- Assumption of MarystandardUniversal Protestant rejection — not attested in Scripture; not received as dogma.
- Homosexual practice and biblical sexual ethicsSTRONGRomans 1:26–27; 1 Corinthians 6:9–10; historic universal Christian teaching.
- Immaculate ConceptionSTRONGUniversal Protestant + Orthodox rejection. Orthodox reject on the grounds that they hold prepurification at the Annunciation, not conception.
- TransubstantiationSTRONGOrthodox reject the Aristotelian metaphysics; Lutherans use 'sacramental union'; 39 Articles Art. XXVIII rejects explicitly; Reformed/Baptist reject substance-change.
Wrestles with
- Believer's BaptismstandardPaedobaptist bodies practice adult baptism on credible profession where infant baptism was omitted, but do not consider it normative.
- Pacifism vs. just-warweakDefault just-war framework — usually unwritten. Inheriting at weak confidence.
- Perpetual Virginity of MaryweakHistorically held by Luther, Calvin, Zwingli; retained as pious opinion (not binding) by confessional Lutherans and traditional Anglicans.
- TheotokosweakConfessionally valid title (Ephesus is a received council) but not used devotionally; retained in liturgy where liturgy is retained.
- Women in pastoral / ordained officeweakACNA no unified position (some dioceses ordain women, others not). GMC restricts by role. COGIC restricts bishop role but ordains women to other ministries.
In their own words
Statements
about_us
<!DOCTYPE html> About Us - Christ Our Hope Anglican Church Olympia Olympia, WA Sunday Service @ 10am About Us Leadership Calendar Sundays Giving Contact About Us We are a traditional Anglican church in the Diocese of Cascadia and in the province of the Anglican Church of North America (ACNA) . We are in the heart of Olympia seeking to cultivate Christ in the wild world. This cultivation takes place in a threefold path of prayer: Eucharistic prayer on Sundays Daily prayer on behalf of the world using the Book of Common Prayer passed down to us in the Anglican tradition PrivateSource ↗
about_us
<!DOCTYPE html> Our Leadership - Christ Our Hope Anglican Church Olympia Olympia, WA Sunday Service @ 10am About Us Leadership Calendar Sundays Giving Contact Our Leadership The Right Reverend Bishop Jacob Worley Bishop Jacob and his wife, Kelly, have five children and many grandchildren. Bp. Jacob was most recently the rector of St. Andrew’s Anglican Church of Fort Worth before being consecrated as the second bishop of the Diocese of Cascadia in 2024. Jacob has a background in wildlife biology, and loves beekeeping, woodworking, hiking, fly fishing, and spending time with frienSource ↗
about_us
<!DOCTYPE html> About Us - Christ Our Hope Anglican Church Olympia Olympia, WA Sunday Service @ 10am About Us Leadership Calendar Sundays Giving Contact About Us We are a traditional Anglican church in the Diocese of Cascadia and in the province of the Anglican Church of North America (ACNA) . We are in the heart of Olympia seeking to cultivate Christ in the wild world. This cultivation takes place in a threefold path of prayer: Eucharistic prayer on Sundays Daily prayer on behalf of the world using the Book of Common Prayer passed down to us in the Anglican tradition PrivateSource ↗
about
Our Leadership - Christ Our Hope Anglican Church Olympia Olympia, WA Sunday Service @ 10am About Us Leadership Calendar Sundays Giving Contact Our Leadership The Right Reverend Bishop Jacob Worley Bishop Jacob and his wife, Kelly, have five children and many grandchildren. Bp. Jacob was most recently the rector of St. Andrew’s Anglican Church of Fort Worth before being consecrated as the second bishop of the Diocese of Cascadia in 2024. Jacob has a background in wildlife biology, and loves beekeeping, woodworking, hiking, fly fishing, and spending time with friends and family. The RevereSource ↗
about
About Us - Christ Our Hope Anglican Church Olympia Olympia, WA Sunday Service @ 10am About Us Leadership Calendar Sundays Giving Contact About Us We are a traditional Anglican church in the Diocese of Cascadia and in the province of the Anglican Church of North America (ACNA) . We are in the heart of Olympia seeking to cultivate Christ in the wild world. This cultivation takes place in a threefold path of prayer: Eucharistic prayer on Sundays Daily prayer on behalf of the world using the Book of Common Prayer passed down to us in the Anglican tradition Private prayer that wonderfully varies acSource ↗
about
About Us - Christ Our Hope Anglican Church Olympia Olympia, WA Sunday Service @ 10am About Us Leadership Calendar Sundays Giving Contact About Us We are a traditional Anglican church in the Diocese of Cascadia and in the province of the Anglican Church of North America (ACNA) . We are in the heart of Olympia seeking to cultivate Christ in the wild world. This cultivation takes place in a threefold path of prayer: Eucharistic prayer on Sundays Daily prayer on behalf of the world using the Book of Common Prayer passed down to us in the Anglican tradition Private prayer that wonderfully varies acSource ↗
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