About us
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Who are we?
St. John’s is an Anglican church under the Anglican Province of Rwanda. St. John’s exists to glorify the Lord Jesus in worship, know Him better through the study of His Word, and to impact our world through our faithful discipleship.
St. John’s people come from all walks of life and all kinds of traditions. Some are former Episcopalians, some are new converts. Some come from Presbyterian backgrounds, some from non-denominational backgrounds. College graduates, computer experts, office workers, electricians, doctors and chemical engineers — they all worship together at St. John’s. Young families, singles, and retired folks — they’re all part of the family.
Brief history
St. John’s began as a congregation in the early 1900s in the (then) Episcopal Church in the United States of America in Huntingdon Valley, PA. In 2001, due to fundamental and increasingly significant theological differences, St. John’s voted to leave the Episcopal Church and unite itself with the Anglican Province of Rwanda under its missions arm of the Anglican Mission in America. Approximately 98% of St. John’s members walked away from trust funds, a building, burial plots, prayer books, and all of the other links with its nearly 100 year history. However, together with the sorrow that attends such a change were admixed joy and a sense of purpose and freedom. To this day, St. John’s is thankful to be “free at last, we’re free at last, thank God Almighty, we’re free at last.”