Who we are

Missio Dei is an Anglican Christian community in the heart of Ridgewood, dedicated to the Mission of God as expressed in the person and ministry of Jesus. We are a missional community centered around Sacrament and Service, dedicated to loving our neighbors and caring for the stranger.

Our church is a member of the Diocese of Churches for the Sake of Others (C4SO), an Anglican diocese founded on five key values: Kingdom, Spirit, Formation, Mission, and Sacrament. C4SO began as a church-planting movement and now unites churches across various regions in the U.S. to carry out mission-driven ministry, plant new churches, and contextualize Anglican tradition to meet the needs of local communities. Through this connection, we are part of a larger movement dedicated to spreading the love of Jesus and building up God’s kingdom.

Ivanka Demchuk (Ukrainian, 1990–), Resurrection, 2018. Mixed media on wood. Design for the Church of St. Nicholas, Granada, Spain.

What We Believe

  1. We confess the canonical books of the Old and New Testaments to be the inspired Word of God, containing all things necessary for salvation, and to be the final authority and unchangeable standard for Christian faith and life.

  2. We confess Baptism and the Supper of the Lord to be Sacraments ordained by Christ Himself in the Gospel, and thus to be ministered with unfailing use of His words of institution and of the elements ordained by Him.

  3. We confess the godly historic Episcopate, locally adapted, as an inherent part of the apostolic faith and practice, and therefore integral to the fullness and unity of the Body of Christ.

  4. We confess as proved by most certain warrants of Holy Scripture the historic faith of the undivided church as declared in the three Catholic Creeds: the Apostles’, the Nicene, and the Athanasian.

  5. Concerning the seven Councils of the undivided Church, we affirm the teaching of the first four Councils and the Christological clarifications of the fifth, sixth and seventh Councils, in so far as they are agreeable to the Holy Scriptures.

  6. We receive The Book of Common Prayer as set forth by the Church of England in 1662, together with the Ordinal attached to the same, as a standard for Anglican doctrine and discipline, and, with the Books which preceded it, as the standard for the Anglican tradition of worship.

  7. We receive the Thirty-Nine Articles of Religion of 1571, taken in their literal and grammatical sense, as expressing the Anglican response to certain doctrinal issues controverted at that time, and as expressing fundamental principles of authentic Anglican belief.

Our Pillars: Sacrament & Service

Sacrament and Service are how our community lives out its Mission. By aligning our lives with the sacramental practices of the church and reaching out to our neighbors, we grow together in the likeness of Jesus.

The term Sacrament refers to something sacred. The church’s sacramental life connects us with God and teaches us to see the sacred in ourselves, others, and creation. This transformation takes time and comes from a consistent, long-term commitment to living the way of Jesus.

At its heart, Christianity is a life of service. Saint James says, "faith without works is dead," and true religion prioritizes caring for the vulnerable. We are the church only when we love our neighbors and help strangers. We are called to “do justice, love mercy, and walk humbly with God.” This call is both for the community as a whole and for each individual. We must each figure out how to serve others, love strangers, and contribute to this community.

Our Staff


  • Rector

    Ryan Diaz is a writer. poet, and priest from Queens, NY. He holds a BA in History from St. Johns University and a MA in Biblical Studies from Reformed Theological Seminary. He lives in Ridgewood with his wife Janiece and his son Damian. He is a long-suffering, at times delusional, NY Mets fan.