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Our Mission & Diocesan Vision

Mission: To participate in God’s mission of reconciling the world to God through Jesus Christ.

Vision: To create and sustain Christ-centered, mission-minded- ministering communities of faith.

How?

*By focusing on the Marks of Mission of the Anglican Communion (1984)

  • to proclaim the Good News of the Kingdom;
  • to teach, baptize and nurture new believers;
  • to respond to human need by loving service;
  • to seek to transform unjust structures of society, to challenge violence of every kind and to pursue peace and reconciliation; 
  • to strive to safeguard the integrity of creation and sustain and renew the life of the earth.

*By focusing on the Marks of a Healthy Congregation as adapted by our Synod from the Alban Institute

  • IDENTITY: Our congregation knows who they are before God;
  • VISION: Our congregations knows what it is called to do;         
  • STEWARDSHIP: Our congregation has the resources and leadership necessary to carry out its calling;  
  • WORSHIP: People experience the power and energy of the Gospel in their worship and life together;
  • OUTREACH: The activities of our congregation make a discernible difference in individual lives and in the world around us.
  • CONFLICT TRANSFORMATION: Our congregation has the ability to transform conflict into positive energy for the Gospel.
Newcomers

 

WELCOME to the Anglican Diocese of Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island!

We trust that our website will serve well in helping you find what you are looking for, but if you do have any questions, please call us at (902) 420-0717 or email office@nspeidiocese.ca.  We are located in Halifax, Nova Scotia, but as our name indicates, geographically the diocese includes both Prince Edward Island and Nova Scotia.

The Find-a-Church option at the top of the page may be useful in trying to find a church near where you are living or might be vacationing.

The way we worship, our liturgy, varies widely from parish-to-parish, church-to-church, from the very contemporary to the very traditional.  But now you are asking what's the difference between a parish and a church.  A parish is a group of one or more churches with a rector or priest-in-charge.  The Parish of Tangier, for example, has seven churches -- in Tangier, Spry Harbour, Spry Bay, Sheet Harbour, Mushaboom, Murphy's Cove and Mooseland, ministered by one priest.  Whereas, the Parish of St. Paul's, Halifax is one church with one rector.  Some parishes have the added support of assistant priests, honorary assistants, deacons, or licensed lay ministers  to assist with conducting services.