Wilson Presbyterian Church: About Us

Introduction
- A Place for Friendship
- A Place for Learning
- A Place for Enrichment
- A Place for Service
- A Place for Worship
How and why our church is different.
Our History
Our Ministries
Our Staff

Introduction
	A Place for Friendship Nothing quite compares to the joy of Christian friendship. That’s why we make it a priority to build lasting bonds between the members of our church family — bonds of concern and genuine commitment to one another. Best of all, this circle of care is ever-widening. We’d love for it to include you, too.
	A Place for Learning To us, studying the Bible is vital because it not only instructs us intellectually, but also guides us spiritually. We believe it an accept it as God’s Word to man, a Book that is alive and relevant to life today. Learning it’s truths is a thrilling adventure.
	A Place for Enrichment For every person at every age level we offer a wealth of opportunities — special programs and ministries for children, youth and adults which fill the church calandar. You can be sure that in this kaleidoscope of activities there’s more than one place where you can be personally enriched.
	A Place for Service Just as Jesus Christ came “not to be ministered unto, but to minister. . .” we accept our responsibility to reach out in service to others. This applies both within the church family and outside our fellowship.
	A Place for Worship The primary reason we meet together is to focus our attention on God, giving Him our worship and receiving His blessing and inspiration. Each of these occasions is a special time of spiritual refreshment.

How and Why our Church, a Bible Presbyterian Church, is Different

The Bible
The story is told of a chaplain, who, having found the nearest foxhole when the bombing started, was challenged with this question, “Rev, do you believe in God?” After he denied his belief in such an archaic “superstition,” the soldier remarked, “Then go find yourself another foxhole; you’re no use to us!”

The position of the Bible Presbyterian Synod is in agreement with that nameless soldier. If there is no God, there is no need for churches or pastors. But because God IS, and because He wants to be known by you, you will want to know all about Him — by reading His Word.

The Word of God —the Bible—is God’s infallible message to man. Without it, Bible Presbyterians or any other church would have nothing worthwhile to teach or proclaim.

Bible is the first name of our synod. It is our “only infallible rule of faith and practice.” We’re not the only church group that beleives the Bible, but we want all who see our name to know our commitment to the Word.

“All Scripture is God–breathed . . .” 2 Timothy 3:16

Presbyterian
Our denominational name, Presbyterian, comes from the New Testament word for Elder, Bishop, or Presbyter. This name refers to the type of government that runs our church bodies.

Presbyterians, like the United States, has a representative form of government where the elected spiritual leaders (Elders) make up the Session board of the local church and carry on the church business.

Both our form of government and statement of doctrines were codified by Christian ministers who sought to be true to the Bible met in Westminster Abbey in 1643. This Westminster Assembly drew up a doctrinal statement known as the Confession of Faith. In that tradition, we are guided in our understanding and proclamation of God’s Word by the Westminster Confession of Faith.

“Paul and Barnabas had elders elected for them in each church and, with prayre and fasting, committed them to the Lord, in whom they had put their trust.” Acts 14:23

Church
Finally, our organization, the Bible Presbyterian Church, differs from social or political groups in that we are a church. We meet primarily to worship God and to encourage one another as we teach His truths. These timely principles are taught from the Bible without regard to their social acceptability to the world at large.

The central truth taught is the need of all men to accept the blood of Jesus as the only hope and sureness of forgiveness of sins and eternal life. Since all are sinners, they amy only come to a perfect God through His perfect Son, Jesus Christ. We boldly declare the sovereignty of GOd over all things. We seek to be faithful to the Great Commission, seeing the Gospel proclaimed here and in other lands. Our commitment to training our children in the nurture and admonition of the Lord leads our support of Christian education in general, and Sunday School, youth outreach, and youth groups in particular.

“Magnify the LORD with me, let us exalt His name together”

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