About Us - Trinity Anglican Church - TRINITY ANGLICAN CHURCH ROCHESTER NH

A Parish on Purpose

Joyful Conviction

Trinity is a dynamic, active and growing body of believers that take their faith in Jesus seriously. We are driven by a deep sense of conviction about what is right and base that conviction on the Bible, understood within the context of 2000 years of church history. We are a hard-working bunch of people who are growing in our love for God, for one another, and for the world.

What our members and visitors say:

"I was looking for a church that had beautiful worship - I wanted candles and incense and stained glass and beautiful classical music. I was also looking for a biblically orthodox church that took the faith seriously and was standing firm. I found all of that at Trinity."

"Everyone was so welcoming. I immediately felt at home. I love this place!"

"I was very involved in the Roman Catholic church for years. I was looking for a church that was spiritually alive and still had Holy Communion each week. My Son in law said, "I know, you need an Anglican Church!" and found Trinity on the internet. As soon as I visited I knew I was home! My faith is growing and I am so involved in the church. I'm so thankful for my Trinity family!"

"I'm a long time member here and really appreciate the direction the church is going. We are engaged in the community in ways we have never been before. We are helping our veterans. That is something that is very important to me."

"We were looking for a church where our kids could get solid and faithful biblical teaching. We home school, so finding a church where we felt our kids would feel comfortable was the highest priority. I appreciate the way Fr. Matt opens the scriptures up, with insights that are very compelling and interesting."

"My husband and I had been members of another church for many years. I tried to hold on to that but eventually I could not bear the constant political sermonizing and compromises. We eventually visited Trinity and love it! We have been here for over a year now and are serving in so many ways. We appreciate the community, the biblical fidelity and the liturgy. We are so happy we found Trinity!"

Some thoughts about what we think is important:

and nonWe are convinced that the Christian church and our society are at a cross-roads. While not a statement of faith (that is the Nicene Creed) these points represent important convictions about how we are to engage our world. So;

We believe that we need to recover a sense of beauty, majesty and the sacred in worship. We need a church culture that inspires and elevates, that reconnects our lives to the Mysterium Tremendum (the "Great Mystery" that is God Almighty).
We believe that we need to recover “spiritual formation” and the classical virtues like chastity, temperance, courage, charity, and humility. This is an intentional process and requires a rule of life that includes worship, spiritual direction, and a habit of prayer.
We believe that science and religion are not opposed to one another, but that a robust understanding of the Christian faith can stand up to scrutiny and that science without religion has no guiding ethics.
We believe that the Church is called to be a sign of contradiction (as Christ was) in our society, As our society moves further from God we are not to chase it or conform to it, we are to maintain a Biblical witness and historic worship as a witness to the truth.
We believe that the Church is important, and that you can't be "spiritual" without being religious. In other words, you can't be truly spiritual without practicing spiritual disciplines and living out your faith within the context of the believing fellowship, the sacraments, and the world.
We believe that the Kingdom of God transcends political party. The Christian faith ought to "trouble" conservatives and progressives, republicans and democrats. When we place the gospel before our politics or ideologies we can truly be a prophetic voice to the world.
We believe that we are called to love all people and serve them, not judge them. This love accepts people as they are, preaches the gospel of "repentance and faith in the son of God", and then trusts the Holy Spirit to change people more and more into the image of Christ.

And, of course, We Believe Jesus is the savior of the world and none of this matters without Him as Lord of all!

About Trinity

Founded in 1988, the first members of Trinity came from Redeemer Episcopal Church in order to retain essential elements of the Faith as they had received it. Later, in 2004 another group left Redeemer church because of ways in which that church body had departed from the biblical witness of the Faith, In 2016 many of them joined Trinity. Today, Trinity Anglican Church continues as a vibrant witness in Rochester and the Seacoast area. We invite you to visit us and become part of our family. We are a member parish of the Anglican Church in America, in the Diocese of the Northeast. The Anglican Church in America, together with the Anglican Catholic Church, the Anglican Province of America, and the Diocese of the Holy Cross together represent those Anglican Churches which continue the Anglican catholic tradition.