ST. ANDREWS EPISCOPAL CHURCH
Saint Andrew’s is a member of The Episcopal Church and of the Episcopal Diocese of Iowa. The Episcopal Church, originally from the Church of England, is also a member of the Anglican Communion. Like all Anglican churches, Episcopal churches share certain things in common.
Both Protestant and Catholic
The Episcopal Church stands squarely in the Reformed, or Protestant, tradition, and yet we consider ourselves to be equally directly descended from the early Church as the Roman Catholic or Eastern Orthodox churches. While we worship in ways similar to the Roman Catholic tradition, we do not recognize a single authority, such as the Pope. The Episcopal Church is often referred to as the “middle way,” since it contains elements of both the Catholic Church and Protestant Churches.