At The Church of the Incarnation, we preach the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
Our church is evangelical. We preach "that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures." (I Corinthians 15:3-4) And "neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved." (Acts 4:12) "Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ's stead, be ye reconciled to God." (II Corinthians 5:20)
Every aspect of our worship and prayer life is centered around the cross of Jesus Christ, His death "for us men and for our salvation," and His Resurrection "on the third day, according to the Scriptures." We proclaim "the forgiveness of sins" every week and call all who attend to a deeper conversion every day.
Our worship services may seem foreign or distant to the modern American Evangelical, but for those who know their Bibles and have read them diligently, they will see in our services the ancient faith of our fathers from the Apostles through the early church to today. Our services are almost entirely direct quotations from Scriptures. The parts that are not are implicit in the text of Scripture. We have as many as 7 Scripture readings which are said or sung in our Sunday services. Our Lectionary, or reading plan for the year, covers the entire Bible. So if one were to attend Morning and Evening Prayer and Holy Communion each day, one will have read the entire Bible in a year. For this reason we also consider ourselves to be Bible Christians.
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