Anglican Christians preserve both Catholic Order and Evangelical Witness, and provide a bridge between the ancient historic churches to which they belong, and those of the Reformation. As defined by the Solemn Decaration of its first General Synod in 1893, the Anglican Church of Canada is…

…in full communion with the Anglican Community throughout the world, as an integral portion of the One Body of Christ composed of Churches which, united under one Divine Head and in the fellowship of the One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church, hold the One Faith revealed in Holy Writ, and defined in the Creeds as maintained by the undivided and primitive church in the undisputed Ecumenical Councils; receive the same Canonical Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments, as containing all things necessary to salvation; teach the same Word of God; partake of the same Divinely ordained Sacraments, through the ministry of the same Apostolic orders; and worship one God and Father, through the same Lord Jesus Christ, by the same Holy and Divine Spirit who is given to them that believe to guide them into all truth.

The first Church of St. John the Evangelist, Kitchener, was erected on the present site in 1861. By 1888 it was obvious that the church building was too small for the current congregation. In April 1894, the old church was demolished and work on the new building commenced. The new Church of St. John the Evangelist was opened for use and dedication to the glory of God by the Right Reverend Maurice Scollard Baldwin, Bishop of Huron, on Sunday, October 7, 1894. In 1954, the parish hall was built and the church renovated. In 1996, St. John’s completed a five-year program to restore and renovate the building. And so the Church of St. John the Evangelist, Kitchener, continues as a witness to Jesus Christ’s presence in our community.