Our Mission Statement

Our mission at Canterbury Episcopal Chapel and Student Center is to show God's love through Christ by being a sanctuary and an accepting community for worship, spiritual grown, and compassionate service.

 

A Unique Parish

Some might say that we are a unique Episcopal Church; being both a chaplaincy and a parish. While its true, we are also unique in the way we come together to seek Christ in the word, sacraments, and service.

We count as members and friends students, graduates, faculty, and all those whose faith is encouraged and strengthened by engagement with a parish that stands on the frontier between church and university, town and gown. Our mission is that of the Church here in this broader University community:

To proclaim the Good News of the Kingdom

To teach, baptise and nurture new believers

To respond to human need by loving service

To seek to transform unjust structures of society
To strive to safeguard the integrity of creation and sustain and renew the life of the earth

(from the Anglican Communion's Five Marks of Mission)

Whether you are a student, a faculty member, or a member of the Tuscaloosa Community intrigued by the life and work of a church in relation to a university; you are most welcome here.