St Paul's Episcopal Church
AI summary — doctrinal positions on this page are inferred by AI from this church's own public statements and may be inaccurate.
Historical
Historical details
Heritage statusNational Register of Historic Places contributing property
Inherited from denomination
What The Episcopal Church 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 SuccessionstandardHistoric episcopate — tactile line of consecration from the apostles.
- Homosexual practice and biblical sexual ethicsweakSame-sex marriage authorization implies moral affirmation.
- Infant BaptismstandardWestminster XXVIII; Book of Concord SC IV; Council of Trent Session VII; Wesleyan Articles Art. XVII
- Permissibility of divorce and remarriageweakMatthew 19:9 (adultery ground); 1 Corinthians 7:15 (abandonment ground). Practice varies.
- Women in pastoral / ordained officeweakVarious denominational actions (TEC 1976, ELCA 1970s, PC(USA) 1956, AG 1935, CofE 1994 priests / 2014 bishops, etc.)
Denies
- Assumption of MaryweakUniversal Protestant rejection — not attested in Scripture; not received as dogma.
- Immaculate ConceptionstandardUniversal Protestant + Orthodox rejection. Orthodox reject on the grounds that they hold prepurification at the Annunciation, not conception.
- Marriage as one man and one womanweakPC(USA) 2015; ELCA 2009; TEC 2015; UMC 2024. Same-sex marriage authorized in polity.
- TransubstantiationstandardOrthodox reject the Aristotelian metaphysics; Lutherans use 'sacramental union'; 39 Articles Art. XXVIII rejects explicitly; Reformed/Baptist reject substance-change.
Wrestles with
- Believer's BaptismweakPaedobaptist 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.
- Real PresenceweakCalvin's spiritual presence (genuinely present but not physically) is neither strong affirm nor deny; Anglican/Methodist typically hold a receptionist view.
- TheotokosweakConfessionally valid title (Ephesus is a received council) but not used devotionally; retained in liturgy where liturgy is retained.
In their own words
Statements
wikipedia_intro
St. Paul's Episcopal Church is an Episcopal parish church located in Evansville, Indiana, within the Episcopal Diocese of Indianapolis. The parish was formally organized in 1836 after a missionary visit from Bishop Jackson Kemper. The present-day church building was erected in 1886 on the corner of 1st and Chestnut St. in downtown Evansville to replace the parish's first church built on the same site. Designed by architects James W. Reid & Merritt J. Reid, the English Gothic Revival-style structure was constructed with Bedford limestone and trimmed with Green River limestone. St. Paul's is knoSource ↗
about_us
<!DOCTYPE html> About – St. Paul's Episcopal Church of Evansville Worship Online Worship Services Communion Music Sermons Calendar Serve Give Connect Contact News About Us Leadership Menu Menu Facebook Instagram Who We Are The church with the red door on First Street Welcome to St. Paul’s At St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, we experience God’s love firsthand. We follow Jesus, serve our neighbors, worship, and learn in community. We study scripture and draw on a life-giving tradition of worship and theology as we strive to discern God’s call to us now, in ouSource ↗
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<!DOCTYPE html> Leadership – St. Paul's Episcopal Church of Evansville Worship Online Worship Services Communion Music Sermons Calendar Serve Give Connect Contact News About Us Leadership Menu Menu Facebook Instagram Leadership Clergy mailto:Rector@StPaulsEvansville.org https://www.facebook.com/hollyrankinzaher The Rev. Holly Rankin Zaher Rector The Rev. Holly Rankin Zaher, rector of St. Paul‘s, moved with her family to Evansville in 2017. She loves to make things: music, things with yarn, community, good food, and messes. She loves watching how the commuSource ↗
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About – St. Paul's Episcopal Church of Evansville Worship Online Worship Services Communion Music Sermons Calendar Serve Give Connect Contact News About Us Leadership Menu Menu Facebook Instagram Who We Are The church with the red door on First Street Welcome to St. Paul’s At St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, we experience God’s love firsthand. We follow Jesus, serve our neighbors, worship, and learn in community. We study scripture and draw on a life-giving tradition of worship and theology as we strive to discern God’s call to us now, in our own neighborhood. We valueSource ↗
about
Leadership – St. Paul's Episcopal Church of Evansville Worship Online Worship Services Communion Music Sermons Calendar Serve Give Connect Contact News About Us Leadership Menu Menu Facebook Instagram Leadership Clergy mailto:Rector@StPaulsEvansville.org https://www.facebook.com/hollyrankinzaher The Rev. Holly Rankin Zaher Rector The Rev. Holly Rankin Zaher, rector of St. Paul‘s, moved with her family to Evansville in 2017. She loves to make things: music, things with yarn, community, good food, and messes. She loves watching how the community around St. Paul’s is digging into who tSource ↗
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