We are evangelical but not Protestant .…
We are evangelical because we teach the Good News of Jesus Christ. Although we share the name of being ‘evangelical’, we are not part of the modern Protestant Evangelical movement.
We are Orthodox, but not Jewish ….
We are rooted in Israel because Jesus was. We exist as a living continuity with the ancient Temple and synagogues of Israel and the early Church. The amazing Good News of Orthodoxy is that our faith has been and will always be the birthright of ever human being who’s ever lived. We were all made to be Orthodox!
We are Catholic, but not Roman …
We aren’t a version of the Roman Catholic Church but we are ‘catholic’ in the sense of being the universal church. The Christian Church began following the Resurrection of Christ in Jerusalem…in the East. After establishing itself in there, the Church expanded westward…into what is now Europe. The Western church began following the Western culture of the Roman Empire and 1000 years later, parted ways with the Eastern Church and became the Roman Catholic Church.
We are not non-denominational; we are pre-denominational…
The Eastern Orthodox Church is the oldest and second largest Christian tradition in the world. With 7,000,000 in the U.S. and over 220,000,000 around the world, we worship together as directed by God in Exodus and Leviticus…in the same manner as Jesus did in ancient Israel.