Who We Are

Holy Trinity Anglican Church is an evangelical parish of the Anglican Diocese of the South, a diocese of the Anglican Church in North America (ACNA). Rooted in Holy Scripture and shaped by the historic faith, worship, and sacramental life of the Anglican tradition, Holy Trinity is centered on Jesus Christ and steeped in The Book of Common Prayer. We seek to glorify God through faithful worship, biblical teaching, Christian fellowship, and mission.

Our Story

Holy Trinity Anglican Church began as a small gathering of couples seeking to hear God’s voice and satisfy a deep spiritual hunger. Initially meeting in homes on Wednesday nights for prayer, Scripture study, meals, and fellowship, the group experienced a growing sense of excitement and a call to surrender more fully to God’s will. Over time, they unanimously discerned the Holy Spirit’s leading to plant a church in the Metro-Jackson area. With guidance from Bishop T. J. Johnston and David Young of St. Andrew’s Church in Little Rock, Holy Trinity was officially formed. Today, the church continues to grow in both numbers and spiritual depth, striving to follow Christ and mature in grace and knowledge of the Lord.

Rooted in Scripture, Holy Trinity is committed to proclaiming the truth that salvation is found in Jesus Christ alone. The church embraces a liturgical style of worship grounded in Scripture and represents the convergence of three streams: scriptural, sacramental, and spirit-filled. These streams flow together into one river of life, shaping a vibrant community focused on worship, fellowship, and mission. Located in the Jackson metropolitan area, Holy Trinity seeks to encounter and share the love of the Triune God locally, throughout Mississippi, and to the ends of the earth. As a member of the Anglican Church in North America (ACNA) under the Anglican Diocese of the South, Holy Trinity is part of a global communion of Anglicans united in faith and mission.

Our Worship

Liturgy, meaning “the work of the people,” invites active participation in worship, engaging believers in every sense—seeing, hearing, touching, tasting, and smelling. Centered on the Holy Eucharist, liturgical worship allows participants to experience the drama of the Gospel each time they gather, fostering a deep, personal connection to the act of worship. Far from being spectators, worshippers engage their hearts, minds, and bodies, creating a shared experience that transcends time, culture, and language, connecting Christians across the globe in Spirit and Truth.

In contrast to the fast-paced modern world, liturgical worship calls for a slowing down, encouraging humility and reflection. Actions such as kneeling, making the sign of the cross, or receiving anointing with oil connect worshippers to ancient traditions and profound spiritual truths. The bread and wine of Holy Communion nourish believers with the sustaining presence of Christ, reminding them of God’s provision and love. Through these practices, liturgy shapes not only the worship service but also the hearts and lives of those who participate.

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:

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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.

The Statement of Faith for Holy Trinity Anglican Church sets forth our beliefs in greater detail.