Our Congregation

Our congregation is a family of friends who share the common experience of knowing the love of God and who respond to that love in worship and in committed services to our Lord. Our community began almost 175 years ago on June 15, 1834. Scottish missionary Pastor Robert McAffee gathered twelve people in the very new town of Jefferson City. Meeting in the rotunda of the State Capitol, the group formed this congregation. Following the Civil War the church was located at its present site. The current worship building was built in 1927 and the Parish Hall was added in 1994.

Becoming a Member

New members to First Presbyterian Church are received:

• Through a profession of faith
• Through a reaffirmation of faith
• Transfer of membership

Presbyterianism

The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) has approximately 2.4 million members, 11,100 congregations and 14,000 ordained and active ministers. Presbyterians trace their history to the 16th century and the Protestant Reformation. Our heritage, and much of what we believe, began with the French lawyer John Calvin (1509-1564), whose writings crystallized much of the Reformed thinking that came before him.

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