Our structure is less like a traditional denomination, but rather we are an association of clergy, laity and communities who hold in common:

A desire to find expression in Contemporary Celtic Christian Communities and Spirituality.

To worship in adapted forms of ancient ways that speak to today's realities.

Roger Francis, from Tulsa, lector for the Pride Service

While not defining ourselves strictly as an Emergent/Emerging Church, we hold in common with that movement, the need for:

AUTHENTICITY 

MISSIONAL LIVING

NARRATIVE THEOLOGY

and
CHRIST-LIKENESS

Bp. Rusty laying hands on Aaron, parishioner at St. Savior's, during confirmation

Aaron's partner, Anthony, acts as his sponsor.

For us, Church to be authentic, must be about the willingness to encounter Christ in community, in each other, in all we encounter, and the whole of creation. We must go where Jesus went, because it is through us that others will meet and see Jesus. Church, to be missional must not close itself off to merely pray about the larger community around us, but must be a part of that larger community. We do this by preaching and living a narrative theology, one that does not seek out proof texts but relates to the whole and context of the Word in the world today.Christ-Likeness, is the living out of being Christ's hands and feet in the world.

All these were hallmarks of the ancient Celtic Christian Community.

The ICC began first with the establishment of the Church of St. Savior in San Francisco on November 24th, 2002 on the Feast known as Christ the King which we now refer to as the Feast of St. Savior. Just a little over a year later, upon the election of our bishop, we became the New Church - Inclusive Anglican Reform. Over the next 3 years we began to discover that we were more and more drawn to a contemporary Celtic Christian Spirituality. Over that time we began to grow beyond San Francisco due to those interested in our spirituality and the way we believed Church should be expressed. On May 16, 2007, the feast of St. Brendan, by majority vote, we changed the name of our denomination to the Inclusive Celtic Episcopal Church to better express where the Spirit was leading. In following that lead we have determined that we need not attatch the name of another denomination in order to express who we are. Thus we have now dropped Episcopal from our name and are simply this association of clergy, laity and communities who are The Inclusive Celtic Church.