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WE CAN BRING A BISHOP TO CONSECRATE YOUR CHURCH

“For now have I chosen and sanctified this house, that my name may be there for ever: and mine eyes and mine heart shall be there perpetually” (2 Chronicles 7:16).

CONSECRATION METHOD:

By consecrating a new church building, the traditional Christian Bishop legally and spiritually sets the property apart from ordinary, secular use and dedicates it exclusively to the worship of God. Guided by the Bible and the Liturgy of the 1928 Book of Common Prayer, the Bishop leads a specialized service involving specific ritual actions across the building.

Arrival and Opening the Doors:

Receives the Petition: The parish leaders (wardens and Rector) present a formal legal instrument called a “Petition for Consecration” to the bishop outside the main doors.

Marks the Threshold: The Bishop strikes the closed door with the bottom of his pastoral staff (crosier) and commands the doors to be opened, tracing the sign of the cross on the threshold while declaring peace upon the house.

Blessing the Furnishings:

Moves in Procession: The clergy and Congregation walk through the building singing psalms.

Blesses the Font: The Bishop visits the baptismal font, offering prayers to mark it as the place of rebirth and water-cleansing.

Collates the Lectern/Pulpit: Prayers are offered over the place where scripture and sermons are delivered.

Consecrates the Altar (Holy Table): The Bishop lays his hands upon the altar, dedicating it as the focal point for the celebration of the Eucharist.

The Eucharist and Final Edict:

Celebrates Communion: The service shifts immediately into the Liturgy of the Table, with the Bishop acting as the chief celebrant (or presiding while a local Priest celebrates).

Signs the Sentence of Consecration: During or after the service, the legal document declaring the building officially consecrated is read aloud and signed by the Bishop, ensuring it is filed in the Diocesan Registry of Traditional Anglican Church of America.

Invitation and Welcoming: They are given this Consecration by a Bishop of Traditional Anglican Church of America (TACA) and are invited and welcomed thereupon into TACA. All churches given this Consecration also become automatic members of the Ecclesiastical Ecumenical Province of the Northeast Diocese of Traditional Anglican Church of America.

Well-Deserved: An active traditional church deserves to receive the physical benediction and Consecration of a Bishop.

“Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me. In my Father’s house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you” (John 14:1-2).

The Ecclesiastical Ecumenical Province of TACA, which is a Christian and orthodox Nicene interdenominational Synod administered by the Northeast Diocese of Traditional Anglican Church of America (EEP/NE-TACA) provides a Free Divinities and Theological Education and Basic Certification in Ministry for every kind of future minister. A new minister having attained this certification can opt to accept the offering of (as applicable) ordination, appointment, incardination, or commission at TACA and/or bring this certification to any other traditionalist church or denomination. That Church/Denomination thus also may decide to opt to recognize and to entitle this new minister for its own customs. It is a loving gift by TACA toward gathering together in His Name. Please fill out the below form and/or click NEXT.