Our Journey

Our History

Oh so long ago, 400 years to be exact, a church was built within the fort at Jamestown, Virginia. It burned down a year later and was rebuilt, but, just 3 years later it had fallen to such ruin that another church needed to be built. (Hummm...) It was at this time, in 1610, that a group of settlers decided to move off the swampy disease infested Jamestown Island to establish a community and build a church on the shores of Hampton Rhodes. This settlement ultimately became known as the City of Hampton. The church, which is in continuance to this day, originally carried the name Church of Kecoughtan. It was re-sited several times, and moved to its current location in 1728 under the name St John’s Episcopal Church. In 1942 St. John’s planted a mission church in Newport News, which became Grace Episcopal Church. At Pentecost 2004, the parishioners of this church, after years of prayerful struggling, left its Episcopal property behind to affiliate with the Anglican Mission in America and establish itself as “Mission of Grace.”

Our Faith

Our loving concern for the brethren of the Episcopal Church, and other mainline churches, will never fail. It is one of our deepest desires that we “all would be one” as our Lord prayed for us way back when there were only two denominations, Jew and Gentile! We believe that it is the Lord’s great work in these last days to purify His bride for Himself and bring this prayer to fulfillment. We have no idea how this will all come to pass, and yet we are wholly dedicated to follow our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, as He reveals Himself and His will through the uncompromising authority of Holy Scriptures, in union with the counsel and empowerment of the Holy Spirit, to the honor and glory of G-d our Father. It is this pursuit that has brought us to where we are today.

Currently

We are in the process of being “born again” as a church. We regard ourselves as a “seed plant” of the Anglican Mission in America and are in the prayerful process of seeking the Lord’s will for our mission, provision of a fulltime priest, and worship ministers. We believe that it is the time to “Behold! The Lord is doing a new thing! Before our eyes it will spring forth.” Day by day we are depending upon the direction of the Holy Spirit, the teaching of the Word, the Anglican liturgical practices of that Word, and the unity of the brethren to guide our celebration of worship. We are praying especially as our Lord advised, “...for the Lord of the harvest to send laborers into this harvest field” and we welcome all who would feel called to join us in this exciting time of church formation!