About Us

Apostles at Mason is a multi-ethnic student ministry  on the GMU Campus in Fairfax. We are dedicated to upholding the authority and historical witness of Holy Scripture as the Word of God. Our goal is to bring students into a life-giving relationship with Jesus Christ and develop leaders who will bring God’s love, mercy, and peace to a hurting world.

What We Believe

We believe in one God, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, Creator of all that is visible and invisible. We believe the Gospel message in Holy Scripture that since the fall of mankind into sin, God has been working to bring us back into a personal relationship with him. In accordance with the prophets, Jesus Christ was born, walked among us, was crucified, died, and was buried and rose again that we would be dead to sin and alive in him. Today, Christ is seated at the right hand of the Father as our advocate and the Holy Spirit has come to us as our comforter, guide and protector, imparting God’s wisdom, power, and kingdom authority to us as we seek to obey him. [1 Cor. 15:3-4; John 14:15-17; and the Apostles’ and Nicene Creeds]

 We Are Anglicans

Anglicans are the world’s third largest Christian group (behind Roman Catholics and Eastern Orthodox) and we are growing every day, especially in countries south of the Equator. The Anglican Church of North America, founded in 2009 to preserve and perpetuate the Apostolic Faith here, has already grown to more than 100,000 members in the United States, Canada, and Mexico. We are in full communion with other Anglican churches representing 80 million Anglican believers worldwide.

We know ourselves to be a part of God’s one, holy, catholic, and apostolic church that the Apostles and their followers built at Jesus’ command. We like to say that Anglicanism is where you would arrive should you travel all the way back to the Early Church, and if you yourself were to believe what the Church has always believed, at all times, and in all places, down through the millennia. People today long for a sense of connection with the Early Church--and Anglicans provide this connection.

 History

We are celebrating over 10 years of ministry at GMU this year! Our Apostles campus ministry began in April 2013, when two college students in our congregation had a vision for an Apostles campus ministry at George Mason University in Fairfax. They began with a Free Coffee and Cookies outreach at the Clock Tower near the Johnson Center at 3:00 pm on Wednesdays.

Over the years, our events have included numerous Bible Studies and Book Studies; Social activities, such as Apple Picking, Bowling, Game nights and Movie nights; Retreats, and Community Service. Last year we hosted a Solid Ground open discussion class, which seeks to sound the depth of Christian belief, discover the truth about the world, and leave no important question unasked or unanswered.