Our Vision

WE SERVE:

Church Mission

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