Our Vision
WE SERVE:
A Harrison community where spiritually-hungry people are called into God’s family by receiving the Gospel, being embraced into His church, and discipled in love and service to Christ and to neighbor.
WHO WE ARE: OUR CORE IDENTITY
As Christians in the Reformed Tradition, We Understand Ourselves to Be:
- Part of God’s Good Creation – Creatures Made in the Image of Our Creator
- Inheritors of Our Jewish Forbears – Children of the Patriarchs and Prophets
- Partakers in the Kingdom of God – Founded upon the Rock, Jesus Christ
- Company of Disciples – Filled and Sustained by the Power of the Holy Spirit
- The Church – Part of the One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church
- Church Reformed and Reforming – Heirs of the Protestant Reformation
- Creedal and Confessional – Committed to the Historic Reformed Confessions
- Distinct – Peculiarly Presbyterian in Our Theology and Government
WHAT WE BELIEVE: OUR CORE CONVICTIONS
As a Fellowship of Jesus Christ, We Believe in:
- One God in Three Persons: Father, Son and Holy Spirit
- The Sovereignty of God, and the Lordship of Jesus Christ
- Salvation Found in Christ Alone
- Authority and Infallibility of Holy Scripture
- Role and Responsibility of the Church in God’s Economy of Salvation
- Place of the Creeds and Confessions in Our Theology
- Place of Preaching God’s Word for Transformation
- Place of Sacraments and Liturgy in Our Life and Worship
HOW WE LIVE OUR FAITH: OUR CORE COMMITMENTS
At First Presbyterian Church, We Are Committed to:
- Growing in Depth through Worship
- Growing in Knowledge through Study
- Growing in Service through Ministry
- Growing in Connection through Fellowship
- Growing in Size through Outreach
- Growing in Love through Mission
