About Us

Vision | Identity | Values | Story | Beliefs

Learn more about Immanuel: our vision and values and our story so far, as well as the beliefs that ground and shape our life together.

Vision Statement

We exist to honour God by helping people of all ages know Jesus, grow in Jesus, and share Jesus with others in Winnipeg and beyond.

Our Identity

Names matter. They shape our sense of identity by reminding us of where we belong and who we belong to. As Christians, we belong to God and one another in Jesus Christ. One of the names given to Jesus in the Bible is Immanuel, which means "God with us."

We are named Immanuel because God’s presence in Jesus Christ shapes and sustains our life, worship, and mission. Through him, God forgives and gives new life to lost and broken people, makes us grow in his truth and goodness, and sends us in the power of his Spirit to share this hope with our city.

Core Values

  1. Gospel Clarity: The good news of who God is and what he has done for us in Jesus Christ is the unchanging truth that directs every aspect of our life and witness.

  2. Commitment to Scripture: The Bible is God’s written and living Word. We are committed to helping people hear and understand what God is saying so we can be shaped by its truth and wisdom.

  3. Formative Worship: As we gather to hear God’s Word, pray, praise, and receive the sacraments, the Holy Spirit reforms our hearts, minds, and habits in the story of the gospel.

  4. Whole-Life Discipleship: We gather to be equipped to serve God faithfully in our day-to-day lives—in our homes, workplaces, and local communities.

  5. Loving Children and Families: We are committed to helping families grow in the knowledge of God and want children and youth to feel at home in every part of our life together.

  6. Generous Witness: Since God generously pours out his grace on us, we are called to open our church, homes, and lives to love and serve our neighbours.

  7. Training and Sending: We are committed to training and sending people to pursue their vocations in ways that serve our city and strengthen the Church in Winnipeg and beyond.

Our Story: Origin and Trajectory

Immanuel Winnipeg is part of a global family of Anglican churches committed to guarding the unchanging truth of God. We are grounded in the Reformed tradition, embracing the sufficiency and authority of Scripture and the message that we are saved by grace through faith in Jesus Christ to the glory of God.

Winnipeg is our home. We want to establish a plan for raising up and training leaders who can plant other faithful churches that will fill our city with the truth of God’s Word and bring people into the fullness of his life and joy.

Our Beliefs

As part of God’s one holy, catholic, and apostolic Church, we affirm the ecumenical creeds of the Church.

As Anglicans, committed to the truth and authority of Scripture, and the Reformed roots of our tradition, we also uphold the foundational principals and theological standards of Anglican belief expressed in the Thirty-Nine Articles (Anglican Doctrine) and the Book of Common Prayer (Anglican Devotion and Discipline).

As members of GAFCON and the global renewal of biblical Anglican belief and mission, we affirm the Jerusalem Declaration and the Fundamental Declarations of the Anglican Church in North America.