The Episcopal Church is part of the worldwide Anglican Communion. We are a Christian church, which means first and foremost we believe in one God: God the Father, Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior, and the indwelling of the Holy Spirit. Our theology – our understanding of God at work in the world past, present, and future – is based on:

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1. Holy Scripture

2. The tradition of the Church

3. Our God-given ability to reason, to think. 

 
The Holy Scriptures are the living Word of God, through which God still speaks to us today. The tradition of the church, the wisdom of those who have gone before us and the collective wisdom of the church over the centuries, guides our understanding and application of Holy Scripture. Our ability to reason, to think, is given to us by God to allow us to understand and grow our understanding of God with the help of the Holy Spirit who guides the Church in the true interpretation of the Scriptures.

We accept the Apostles' and Nicene Creeds as the basic statements of the foundations of our faith tradition. We are part of the one, holy, catholic and apostolic Church –One because the Church is one Body in our Lord Jesus Christ; Holy because the church is set aside to be holy as God is holy and because the Holy Spirit dwells within and consecrates the Church and her members and guides the Church and her members to do God's work in the world; Catholic meaning universal because the Church proclaims one Faith to all people to the end of time; and Apostolic because it is from and through the apostles with the Holy Spirit that the Church receives and continues the teaching and fellowship of the apostles, accepts Christ's mandates and seeks to carry out Christ's mission to all people.​​​