From The Vicar:
St John The Evangelist Anglican Church Tamworth is a Parish in the Anglican Diocese of Armidale.
At St John’s Tamworth we provide church services and pastoral ministry in hope that people will be encouraged and equipped to abide in Christ Jesus as Saviour and Lord throughout their lives.
You are welcome to browse our website to get a quick feel for who we are as a church community. However the best way to learn what we’re on about is to join us at one of our weekly church services.
Feel free to ask any questions you may have prior to visiting us by filling out our contact form.
I hope this website serves as a helpful introduction. We look forward to meeting you in person.
May God ground you in his Word, nourish you by the Sacraments, and quicken you in Christ.
Joshua Bovis — Vicar of St John’s Tamworth
Church Services
At St John’s Tamworth we regularly meet to:
a. devote ourselves to regular reading and prayer;
b. hear expository preaching from God’s Word;
c. receive the sacrament of Holy Communion;
d. worship the Father in spirit and in truth;
e. encourage each other over morning tea.
Sunday 8:30am
— Traditional —
Our congregation which meets on Sundays at 8:30am worships with a sung Anglican Prayer Book Service that combines the Holy Communion rites of both the APBA Second Order and the BCP 2019 Renewed Ancient Text. This service includes an opportunity to sing hymns with accompaniment by our pipe organ and choir.
Sunday 10:30am
— Contemporary —
Our congregation which meets on Sundays at 10:30am worships with a said Anglican Prayer Book Service that combines the Holy Communion rites of both the APBA Third Order and the BCP 2019 Renewed Ancient Text. This service includes an opportunity to sing both contemporary songs and modernised hymns typically accompanied by digital piano and acoustic guitar.
5th Sunday 9:30am
— Combined —
Our congregations combine for the 5th Sunday within a month and as otherwise required (the Sunday of the Annual General Meeting for example) to worship together. This service includes Holy Communion and an opportunity to sing praises to the Lord alongside both traditional and contemporary accompaniment.
Wednesday 10:30am
— Mid Week —
Our Wednesday congregation meets at 10:30am during the school term and worships with a said Anglican Prayer Book Service from the Book of Common Prayer 1662. This service includes an opportunity to sing some classic hymns and the chance to request prayer for healing with the anointing of oil as encouraged by the Apostle James.
St John’s
At A Glance
BIBLICAL
We hold to the unique authority of the Bible as “God’s Word written” so we are careful to give the Bible its rightful place as the primary source of our knowledge of God and our faith.
EVANGELICAL
We preach the good news of the Lord Jesus’ atoning sacrifice on the cross, and triumphant physical resurrection from the grave which justifies all those who trust in Jesus as their saviour and submit to him as Lord.
SACRAMENTAL
Christ is alive and with us now in resurrection power by the Holy Spirit and ministers to us each time the supper is celebrated. We should think of the bread and wine as coming to us by the hand of Christ himself with his guarantee to us in love that he will nourish us spiritually forever through the Holy Spirit.
REFORMED
We are committed in our belief in the sovereignty of God and the other doctrines of grace rediscovered in the Reformation of the 16th century.
CREEDAL
We stand with the historic church in accepting the summary of this Biblical faith as expressed in the Apostles’ Creed, the Nicene Creed, and the Athanasian Creed.
CONFESSIONAL
We subscribe to the Book of Common Prayer, the Thirty-Nine Articles of Religion, and hold to The Jerusalem Declaration as a statement of contemporary orthodox Anglicanism.
LITURGICAL
We use forms of service that are consistent with the teaching, principles, and practice of the 1662 Book of Common Prayer. We mainly use liturgies from the APBA, the BCP 1662 and some liturgies from the BCP 2019.