Governing Documents

Constitution & Canons – Anglican Church in North America

The Anglican Church in North America is a conciliar church where clergy and laity serve together in leadership. Laity and clergy take leadership responsibility on the Provincial Council and during the Provincial Assembly.

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Constitution & Canons – Diocese of the Mid-Atlantic

The Anglican Diocese of the Mid-Atlantic (the Diocese) is composed of Anglicans united by a common faith in the Lord Jesus Christ and a commitment to the trustworthiness of the Holy Scriptures. As Anglicans, we believe and confess Jesus Christ to be the Way, the Truth, and the Life. No one comes to the Father but by Him. — John 14:6.

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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.

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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.

The Book of Common Prayer, 2019