Who We Are

Saint Chad is a Missionary Archdiocese with its home base in Jacksonville, Florida, but with a reach that touches the world.

Led and empowered by the Spirit of Christ, we believe that God calls us to flesh out the Good News of Jesus Christ in our personal and corporate lives.

To accomplish this we commit ourselves to:

  • Know Christ as our life and source

  • To make Him known to the "ends of the earth

  • To enable followers of Christ to respond to His call.

Our four basic statements are:

  1. The Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments, as "containing all the things necessary for salvation" and as being the rule and ultimate standard of faith.

  2. The Apostle's Creed, as the Baptismal Symbol; and the Nicene Creed, as the

Our four basic statements are:

  1. The Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments, as "containing all the things necessary for salvation" and as being the rule and ultimate standard of faith.
  2. The Apostle's Creed, as the Baptismal Symbol; and the Nicene Creed, as the sufficient statement of faith.
  3. The two Sacraments ordained by the Christ Himself - Baptism and the Supper of the Lord - ministered with unfailing use of Christ's words of institution, and the elements ordained by Him.
  4. The Historic Episcopate, locally adapted in the methods of its administration to the varying needs of the nations and peoples called of God in the Unity of His Church.