What We Believe
Our Beliefs
We are a congregation of the Presbyterian Church (USA), a denomination with a rich history. We believe God calls us to embody our faith, which means we think, question, grow, and serve God and our community as we follow Jesus Christ. One of the strengths of the Presbyterian Church (USA) is that we encourage everyone to study and explore their faith, for we believe God speaks to all people. So, when you come to worship or watch online, we invite you to listen, question, and wrestle with ideas to work out your beliefs together in community.
The Presbyterian Church (USA)
We are part of a connectional church, which means we believe God calls us into community, not just our congregation, but a community of churches as well. Salina First Presbyterian Church is a member of the Presbytery of Northern Kansas, which comprises 52 congregations in the north western part of Kansas. In addition to God’s Word to us in the Bible, we have a Book of Order that guides our communal life, and a Book of Confessions which contains statements of faith written by various Christian communities over the last 2000 years that guide us as we consider who we are in relationship with God through Jesus and together as the Body of Christ.
Matthew 25
We are a Matthew 25 church! Our congregation has accepted the PC(USA)’s invitation to follow Jesus’ teachings in Matthew 25:31–46 by becoming active disciples and making a difference in our community and the world.
As part of our Matthew 25 commitment, we pledge to embrace one or more of these three areas of focus:
• Building congregational vitality by deepening and energizing our faith and growing as joyful leaders and disciples actively engaged with our community as we share the gospel of Jesus Christ in word and deed
• Dismantling structural racism by fearlessly applying our faith to advocate and break down the systems, practices and thinking that underlie discrimination, bias, prejudice and oppression of people of color
• Eradicating systemic poverty by acting on our beliefs and working to change laws, policies, plans and structures in our society that perpetuate economic exploitation of people who are poor
To learn more and for ideas on how to get involved and do your vital part as a member of a Matthew 25 church, please visit pcusa.org/matthew25.
