A Quick Introduction to the Faith
Anglicanism is among the largest Protestant Christian denominations in the world. We follow the basic tenets of Scripture maintained throughout millennia by the apostles.
Our faith centers on fostering the community of believers as Christ commanded in the Great Commission. Through catechism, worship, and the practice of the virtues, we seek to embody the very Bride of Christ, spreading God’s Kingdom throughout the world. We actively call on people of all races, backgrounds, and faith practices among our distant siblings in Christ, hoping to unite all in the journey to achieving the fullness of God’s promises.
We believe that the Bible is the Word of God. It is inspired, infallible, and unchangeable from Genesis to Revelation (2 Timothy 3:16). One God in three people—we believe in God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit, and that the Three are One. (1 John 5:7)
About Our Church
St. Mark’s Anglican Church is located at Federal Way, Washington, just twenty-five minutes from Seattle downtown is a member of The American Anglican Churches, whose headquarters is in Albany, New York, in the United States of America. The American Anglican has Churches across North America and Canada.
St. Mark’s Anglican Church was founded in 2017 with Reverend Paul Ngige Mbugua as the Vicar, along with other Christians from Kenya who reside in Seattle Washington follow our mandate to “See the gospel of Jesus preached in every continent of the world that men may be reconciled back to their Creator, liberated from the oppression of the devil and prepared for the second coming of Christ.”
Rev. Paul Mbugua relocated to Kenya with their children in 2019. And in n the process of time, Reverend Andrew Ngaruiya Gitunda was appointed as a Vicar.
Rev. Andrew N. Gitunda
Vicar St. Mark’s Anglican Church Seattle
Our church has been graced by the Diocese Bishop John Herzog by sending Reverend Andrew Gitunda to be our vicar at the moment.
Andrew came to the state of Alabama, USA, where he stayed for some years before relocating to Washington state. He was ordained from Kenya in the Diocese of Mt. Kenya South, where he served different parishes. When he finally came to the USA, he served under Bishop Herzog in Alabama, handling other ministries and missions under the Baptist Church in Trussville.
Andrew is blessed to have his whole family with him, who have been giving him support in his ministry.
Presiding Bishop
The Rt. Rev. John A. Herzog, OSA
The Rt. Rev. John A. Herzog, Presiding Bishop of the American Anglican Church, was born in Broad Channel, New York to Joseph Charles and Miriam Lyder Herzog on January 19, 1932. He was baptized at Christ By The Sea Episcopal Church.
At an early age, his family moved to the Eastern Shore of Virginia, where he spent his early childhood. He was confirmed at Christ Church in Eastville, Virginia.
The family, which consisted of his parents and a brother and a sister, returned to New York in 1948, where they attended St. Thomas Episcopal Church in Brooklyn, New York. He served in the United States Army from 1952 to 1954. Bishop Herzog graduated from Adelphi College, where he obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in Personnel Management and went on to obtain a Master of Business Administration from Adelphi University. He was employed by the New York Telephone Company for 35 years in an executive capacity.
Bishop Herzog attended the Institute of Theology at the Cathedral of Saint John the Divine in New York City and General Seminary. He was ordained to the Diaconate by Bishop Anthony Clavier on December 5, 1982, and to the Holy Priesthood on June 5, 1983. He founded the Anglican Mission of the Holy Innocents in June 1983 and the Order of Saint Andrew in 1986. He was consecrated as a Bishop in the American Anglican Church in June 1994.
He is married to Selina Ann Herzog (nee Mellett) and they have three daughters, Mrs. Noreen Halbach, Dr. Marianne Lorenzen and Mrs. Sheila Sammur. They are the proud grandparents of Colin, Kirsten and Ethan Halbach, and Astrid Louise Lorenzen.
Our Mission Is
To make Christ known and His will, that all join to do His work for all. The Meaning of Life is Serving Him through His People.
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