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St. Peter's Church serves the community of the parish and also people from the surrounding area who are attracted by its orderly, traditional style of worship. It has always maintained the Catholic and Apostolic faith as the Church of England received it from the Undivided Church.
As Anglo-Catholics we emphasise that, in seeking to evangelise each new generation, the Church must take care not to abandon the teaching and practice of the early Christian centuries. The Bible, the Creeds, the Sacraments and the Church's Ministry are not ours to change. They were received from the Lord by the Church in apostolic times and have been faithfully handed down from generation to generation. We seek to pass them on to our children and grandchildren.
Recent changes in the Church of England have prompted St. Peter's to seek the pastoral and sacramental care of the Bishop of Ebbsfleet, working in co-operation with the Bishops of Salisbury and of Ramsbury. The parish has affiliated to the Forward in Faith movement in order to secure its guidance and assistance. Resolutions A and B are in place, and our petition for extended Episcopal oversight under the Act of Synod (Resolution C) has been granted.
In a sermon preached by Father Peter Moss, our Priest-in Charge, on 13th July 2008 he attacked the decision reached in the previous week by the Synod in York on the above Resolutions. He took as his theme Isaiah 55:8 “For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, says the Lord”. The text of this sermon may be downloaded here. The whole-hearted support of the congregation was indicated by the applause that this sermon drew. We share with St Paul the belief that “Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever”.