For more than 175 years, Christ Church has been the spiritual home for generations of Smithfield and Isle of Wight residents. Christ Episcopal Church of Newport Parish in Smithfield, Virginia is housed in the oldest church building in town. Christ Church has a unique sense of responsibility for the history and preservation of not just the church itself, but to the community that it serves. With a rich history, a diverse membership, dedicated staff and numerous...

We are Christians grounded in our worship, building a church community together, and reaching out to serve the larger community and world. We believe that God calls us to question and explore, not always to know; to have faith, not hold to rigid doctrines.

Don’t leave your brain at the door! Explore the hard questions with others who are asking the challenging questions of being human in this world. There are no dumb questions with God! The mission of the Episcopal Church, as stated in the Book of Common Prayer’s catechism (p. 855), is “to restore all people to unity with God and each other in Christ.” The 2012 General Convention established the Anglican Communion Five Marks of Mission as a mission...