About us
Our Mission
Our Church exists to proclaim Jesus Christ, celebrate the faith, serve our neighbours, promote reconciliation and bear witness to the love of God in the world.
We seek to be:
- faithful to tradition and open to the future;
- Protestant in our identity and Episcopal in our structure;
- sacramental in our spirituality and free in our organisation;
- inclusive in our welcome and Christian in our mission.
We believe that the Church should be a place where people can find faith, hope, welcome, community and meaning, walking together in the footsteps of Christ and placing their gifts at the service of others.
A Church of Tradition and Renewal
Our Church remains faithful to its historic heritage whilst looking to the future with hope.
We seek to unite tradition and renewal, freedom and fellowship, faith and reason, spirituality and service.
Episcopal, Protestant and free
Faith & worshipThe Free Protestant Episcopal Church (FPEC) is the founding Church, established in England on 2 November 1897. The FPEC Worldwide Communion developed from this Church and brings together churches with their own identities and local leadership.
Episcopal describes a Church served by bishops. Protestant names its roots in the English Reformation, the central place of Jesus Christ and Holy Scripture, and the importance of grace and Christian freedom. Free expresses the responsible freedom of its communities in church life and mission.
The Free Protestant Episcopal Church of England (FPEC) is the founding Church, established in England on 2 November 1897. The Free Protestant Episcopal Church Worldwide Communion (FPEC-WC) developed from this Church and brings together churches with their own identities and local leadership.
Our life together
The Free Protestant Episcopal Church of England (FPEC) is the founding Church, established in England on 2 November 1897. The Free Protestant Episcopal Church Worldwide Communion (FPEC-WC) developed from this Church and brings together churches with their own identities and local leadership.
- Scripture
- Sacraments
- Freedom of conscience
- Fellowship
Our relationship with other churches
The Free Protestant Episcopal Church of England (FPEC) is the founding Church, established in England on 2 November 1897. It is not part of the Church of England and is not a member church of the Anglican Communion associated with the See of Canterbury. Shared traditions, names or lines of succession do not themselves establish affiliation. Relationships with other churches are described individually; a visit, photograph or shared event does not by itself establish formal intercommunion.