What We Believe

essential beliefs

Our Belief Statement: The Reformed Ethiopian Catholic Church is an independent jurisdiction that propagates the teachings of our Lord, is a principled and issue-driven organisation which believes:

the nicene creed

I believe in one God the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth, And of all things visible and invisible: And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the only-begotten Son of God: Begotten of his Father before all worlds.

God of God, Light of Light, Very God of Very God; Begotten, not made; Being one substance with the Father; By whom all things were made: Who for us men and for our salvation came down from heaven, And was incarnate by the Holy Ghost of the Virgin Mary, And was made man: And was crucified also for us under Pontius Pilate; He suffered and was buried: And the third day he rose again according to the Scriptures: And ascended into heaven, And sitteth on the right hand of the Father: And he shall come again, with glory, to judge both the quick and the dead; whose Kingdom shall have no end.

And I believe in the Holy Ghost, The Lord, and Giver of Life, Who proceedeth from the Father and the Son; Who with the Father and Son together is worshipped and glorified; Who spake by the Prophets: And I believe one Catholic and Apostolic Church: I acknowledge one Baptism for the remission of sins: And I look for the Resurrection of the dead: And of the Life of the world to come.

Amen.

the 39 articles

The thirty-Nine Articles of Religion are found in the 1928 book of Common Prayer. see link

mission

The Reformed Ethiopian Catholic Church of Southern Africa is an African Church that proclaims Christ Gospel, Christian faith and strives to:

  1. Inspire in all persons a love for Christ, a passion for righteousness, a consciousness of the human race to God and the fellow human beings.
  2. Demonstrate His Spirit through a culturally sensitive environment of worship,
  3. Deliver ministry to the needs of the people of this church and the community.

About us

The Ethiopian movement has its genesis in 1883 when black clergy in reaction to racial exclusion and inequality practised within the predominantly missionary churches in South Africa, set up African churches.

Donations

Bank Details For National Church Contributions
Bank Name: ABSA
Bank Holder: RECCSA
Bank Account: 9330810302
Branch Code: 632005

Bank Details For Diocesan Contributions
Bank Name: ABSA
Bank Holder: RECCSA, Diocese of St Mary the Virgin
Bank Account: 9382411653
Branch Name: Newton Park Branch
Branch Code: 632005