Church is not a building with an address, it’s a family with a mission, a people not a place!

First Presbyterian Church of Monroe is a group of people who desire to make a difference for Jesus Christ in our community through service, outreach and compassion.

A church is a group of normal people who desire to change and try to love and walk with each other in the hard and the good.  We are far from perfect and we desire to be a humble community who love each other while we reach out to others.  That’s it – that’s a church.  

Our music is led by our wonderful Chancel choir, Allen organ and piano.  Our sanctuary is a place to glorify God and the best way is through love, laughter, relationship and compassion. Church isn’t one day a week, one hour a Sunday, it’s connecting people to each other who will care, pray, love and help.

Our Mission

Making Disciples Who Together Know, Worship, and Serve Jesus Christ.  

This is not just a statement, but a simple vision for our life and the church.  We feel what Jesus calls us into a lifelong, discipling relationship that should grow due to our involvement in the local church.  There are also qualities that a disciple should pursue: being together in community, knowing what we believe, and whom we believe, loving God in personal and corporate worship, and serving those in need.  

Our Beliefs

For over four centuries, Presbyterians have been responding to the call of Jesus Christ, taking the gospel into the world and bearing witness to Christ’s saving love to the ends of the earth. Today the Holy Spirit is still on the move, calling us to share in what God is doing in the world. 

Shaped by its Reformed theology, history, and representational form of leadership, the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) faithfully works to serve Christ in the world through new and existing communities of faith, hope, love, and witness.

• We believe in Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior and that all people are made their true selves through a relationship with Him.

• We believe in the Bible as the inspired, authoritative Word of God; that it teaches us the desires of God’s heart and God’s vision for humanity

• We believe that “without love” (1 Corinthians 13) we are nothing.  Love must be woven into every aspect of what we believe, do, say and promote!

Presbyterians believe that Jesus Christ made it clear in his teachings we have an ethical responsibility to engage in issues of social justice. Our social witness stance is affirmed by the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), which encourages church members and leaders to go to places of suffering and need to alleviate poverty, stop violence, protect the planet from climate change, and seek justice for immigrants, the LGBTQIA+ community, and people of color. By engaging in those issues from a biblical perspective, the church recognizes God’s sovereignty over every aspect of human life. 

Our Priorities

• Inviting people to a vibrant, real relationship with Jesus Christ

• To teach the Bible and the authority of Scripture in molding our hearts and lives for Christ!

• To serve our diverse neighborhoods and create a community reflecting God's heart where all are welcome and serve together in love and compassion.

• To GIVE of all that we have: time, skills, money to those who need it most; we take seriously that our money is meant to go to teaching the lessons of Jesus and doing the lessons of Jesus in the life of friends and strangers alike..

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