Mission Membership Application

Please fill out this form to apply for mission membership at Corpus Christi Anglican Church. Our vision is to become a common people in common prayer for uncommon transformation. We recognize that all who are baptized are on a journey towards maturity in Christ (Eph 4:13) and we want all people to be able to participate in various capacities of the life of Corpus Christi Anglican Church (CCAC) whether a member or not. This membership covenant frames the doctrine and habits of discipleship at Corpus Christi Anglican Church. Terminology: Every person, regardless of faith background, is valued as a part of this worshiping community. To assist with certain key liturgical functions (lead musical worship, serve in the procession or as an acolyte, read the Scriptures), and to serve as a host of a Formation Group or other events, we ask that someone be baptized, have completed the shorter “New to CCAC course,” and confess the Nicene Creed. Mission Members — Those who are baptized, attended the full “New to CCAC course”, have had a conversation with the Vicar, have signed this document (by typing their name), having read and consented to the ‘Expectations for Membership’ below, and have been confirmed or received by a Bishop in the Anglican Church in North America. Expectations for Membership Mission members of Corpus Christi Anglican Church commit to the following:

1. Baptism and confirmation
A. Be a believing Christian who has been baptized in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.

B. Be received or confirmed by a Bishop in the Anglican Church in North America or one of its partner Provinces.

C. Present their children and those they have led to the Lord for baptism and confirmation.

2. Worship
A. Worship God, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, every Lord’s Day in a Church unless reasonably prevented.

B. Receive worthily the Sacrament of Holy Communion as often as reasonable.

C. Observe the feasts and fasts of the Church set forth in the Anglican formularies unless reasonably prevented.

D. Pray regularly for their needs and those of others, for the Church and its mission, and for the concerns of the world.

3. Pursuing Holiness
A. Engage regularly in the reading and study of Holy Scripture and the Doctrine of the Church as found in Article I of the Constitution of this Church (See appendix 1 at the end of this application).

B. Practice forgiveness daily according to our Lord’s teaching.

C. Affirm and follow the biblical standards of sexual morality and ethics in Canon II.8 (See appendix 2).

D. Observe their baptismal vows, to lead an upright and sober life, and not give scandal to the Church.

E. Continue their instruction in the Faith to remain an effective minister for the Lord Jesus Christ.

4. Giving
A. Willingly and joyfully give regular financial support to this Mission.

5. Outreach, Service, and Justice
A. Serve their neighbor, sacrificially demonstrating the love of Christ to the poor, the sick and those in need.

B. Devote themselves to the ministry of Christ and the proclamation of the Gospel among those who do not know Him, utilizing the gifts that the Holy Spirit gives them, for the effective extension of Christ’s Kingdom. Participation Mission Members may participate in all the following additional ways:

a. Participate in additional liturgical service opportunities: preach, serve as a Lay Eucharistic Minister.
b. Teach confirmation/membership classes.
c. Vote on Mission Vestry candidates.
d. Begin the process for discerning Holy Orders.
e. Serve on the Mission Vestry.

Becoming a Mission Member: To become a Mission Member, individuals must sign below that it is their intention to fulfill the “Expectations for Membership” listed above. Corpus Christi Anglican Church will then ratify, welcome, and pray for new Mission Members during a Sunday morning service. I have read the Mission Membership Covenant and by signing below I hereby state that it is my intention to fulfill the “Expectations for Membership” listed in this document. 

Please indicate your intention by typing your name here.

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Personal Information

If applicable

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Service Opportunities

Please check this box if you would like to learn more about opportunities to serve at Corpus Christi Anglican Church

Other family members in household

Please list all other family members of your household (excluding spouses since they will fill out a form separately). We ask that only one spouse from each household fill out this section.

Name and relationship to the applicant

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Baptism, Confirmation, and Reception

Baptism is a requirement for Mission Membership. If you have not been baptized or have questions about your baptism, we would love to have a conversation about it. Please contact Morgan+ at morgan@ccanglicanchurch.org.

Please note that approximate dates are acceptable if you cannot remember. To approximate, select the first day of the month you were baptized.

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If known, please provide where your baptism took place, including church name and denomination (Diocese if it was an Anglican church), and location.

Please select the option which best describes your situation. If none of these scenarios fits your situation, please include a note in the Comments section at the end of this form. Confirmation or reception in the ACNA or one of its Provincial Partners is a prerequisite to Mission Membership at Corpus Christi Anglican Church. If you would like to learn more about confirmation or reception, please email Morgan+ at morgan@ccanglicanchurch.org

Please note that approximate dates are acceptable if you cannot remember. To approximate, select the first day of the month you were confirmed or received.

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If you have been confirmed or received in the ACNA or one of its Provincial Partners, please list where this took place, including church names, Province (if outside the ACNA), and location.

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Declaration of Commitment

By typing my full name below, I hereby state that it is my intention to fulfill the “Expectations for Membership” listed in the Mission Member Covenant.
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Appendix: 1: Article 1: Fundamental Declarations of the Province

As the Anglican Church in North America (the Province), being a part of the One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic Church of Christ, we believe and confess Jesus Christ to be the Way, the Truth, and the Life: no one comes to the Father but by Him. Therefore, we identify the following seven elements as characteristic of the Anglican Way, and essential for membership:
1. We confess the canonical books of the Old and New Testaments to be the inspired Word of God, containing all things necessary for salvation, and to be the final authority and unchangeable standard for Christian faith and life.
2. We confess Baptism and the Supper of the Lord to be Sacraments ordained by Christ Himself in the Gospel, and thus to be ministered with unfailing use of His words of institution and of the elements ordained by Him.
3. We confess the godly historic Episcopate as an inherent part of the apostolic faith and practice, and therefore as integral to the fullness and unity of the Body of Christ.
4. We confess as proved by most certain warrants of Holy Scripture the historic faith of the undivided church as declared in the three Catholic Creeds: the Apostles', the Nicene, and the Athanasian.
5. Concerning the seven Councils of the undivided Church, we affirm the teaching of the first four Councils and the Christological clarifications of the fifth, sixth and seventh Councils, in so far as they are agreeable to the Holy Scriptures.
6. We receive The Book of Common Prayer as set forth by the Church of England in 1662, together with the Ordinal attached to the same, as a standard for Anglican doctrine and discipline, and, with the Books which preceded it, as the standard for the Anglican tradition of worship.
7. We receive the Thirty-Nine Articles of Religion of 1571, taken in their literal and grammatical sense, as expressing the Anglican response to certain doctrinal issues controverted at that time, and as expressing fundamental principles of authentic Anglican belief.
In all these things, the Anglican Church in North America is determined by the help of God to hold and maintain, as the Anglican Way has received them, the doctrine, discipline and worship of Christ and to transmit the same, unimpaired, to our posterity.
We seek to be and remain in full communion with all Anglican Churches, Dioceses and Provinces that hold and maintain the Historic Faith, Doctrine, Sacraments and Discipline of the One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic Church.

Appendix 2: Cannon II.8 Of Standards of Sexual Morality and Ethics

Section 1 -
Clergy and lay leaders of this Church are called to be exemplary in all spheres of morality as a condition of being appointed or remaining in office.

Section 2 -
In view of the teaching of Holy Scripture, the Lambeth Conference of 1998 and the Jerusalem Declaration, this Church upholds faithfulness in marriage between a man and a woman in lifelong union, and believes that abstinence is right for those who are not called to marriage, and cannot legitimize or bless same sex unions or ordain persons who engage in homosexual behavior. Sexual intercourse should take place only between a man and a woman who are married to each other.

Section 3 -
God, and not man, is the creator of human life. The unjustified taking of life is sinful. Therefore, all members and clergy are called to promote and respect the sanctity of every human life from conception to natural death.

Section 4 -
The Church is called upon to show Christ-like compassion to those who have fallen into sin, encouraging them to repent and receive forgiveness, and offering the ministry of healing to all who suffer physically or emotionally as a result of such sin.

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