About King of Peace
King of Peace is an Episcopal Church and a part of the Episcopal Diocese of Georgia (as of November 2019 there were 65 parishes, with 76 priests and 28 deacons serving over 13,500 members) and The Episcopal Church nationwide. The name, “Episcopal,” comes from the Greek word Episkopos meaning bishop. We are a Christian church guided by our bishops, served by our priests and deacons (as ordained ministers) supporting the work and witness of the majority of our ministers, the baptized members of our church.
As a part of the Episcopal Church, King of Peace is also part of the worldwide Anglican Communion, which has 70 million members in countries circling the globe. The Anglican Communion began with the Church of England, but has spread well beyond its English roots. The typical Anglican today is African or South American rather than an Anglo-Saxon as the name Anglican implies.
What do we believe?
We believe first and foremost that we can best come to know God, our creator, through a relationship with his son, Jesus Christ. And, along with Anglicans around the globe, we at King of Peace therefore hold the traditional faith of Christians through the ages. The clearest statements of what we believe is to be found in The Apostle’s Creed and The Nicene Creed. These two-thousand-year-old creeds (or short statements of faith) are held to be true by billions of people around the world today.
As a church, we emphasize the mystery of encountering God in worship. We believe all people are called to be ministers and to serve God, his Church and the community in which they live.