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| BELIEFS |
The Reformed Presbyterian Church believes that the Triune God--Father, Son, and Holy Spirit--breathed out His Word in the Bible through His chosen authors. God sent His Son the Lord Jesus Christ. Jesus lived a perfect life and died on the cross. God raised Him from the dead and He ascended into heaven. Jesus did this in order to save the people given to Him by God the Father from sin and its curse. Those who, by his grace, repent of sin and believe in Jesus, will be delivered from condemnation in the final judgement when Jesus returns, and will enjoy the blessings of heaven prepared for God's people. Those who do not repent of sin and believe in Jesus will be condemned in the final judgement when Jesus returns.
God commands each one of us to believe in the Lord Jesus Christ and we will be saved. Those who cry out to Him for this salvation will not be rejected. The fruit of this salvation is a lifetime of service to Jesus Christ.
This Gospel message is amplified in the creeds to which we subscribe: the Westminster Confession of Faith, the Westminster Larger and Shorter Catechisms, and the Testimony of the Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America.
One of our important emphases is the Lordship of Christ over all aspects of life: private as well as public.
As our name implies, we are Presbyterian in our form of church government. The responsibility of caring for God's people rests with the elders and deacons. The elders have the primary responsibility of overseeing the congregation in the Lord, while the Deacons primarily supervise the ministry of mercy to those within and without the congregation.
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| WORSHIP |
Since Jesus Christ is the only King and Head of the Church, our worship must be in accordance with His will as He commands it in the Scriptures. Following the New Testament pattern of worship, the Bible is read, a sermon is preached, the congregation sings the Psalms of the Old Testament, prays, and gives tithes and offerings to the Lord for His work.
We understand God's Word to teach that the sacraments of Baptism and the Lord's Supper are instituted by Christ and are to be administered by His Church. As members of the body of Christ, it is our duty to guard against the misuse of either sacrament. Hence, only parents who have on observable profession of faith may gave their infants baptized and only those with whom the Elders have met and know to a valid profession of faith may partake of the Lord's Supper.
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| FELLOWSHIP |
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The congregation gathers for worship on Sunday (the Christian Sabbath, or Lord's Day) at 11:00 A.M. A Christian Education Hour for all ages is held before the service at 10:00 A.M. A Bible Study and Prayer Time is held on Tuesday evening.
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| CONTACT US |
| Pastor: J. Bruce Martin |
| 310 Main Street |
| Ridgefield Park, NJ 07660 |
| phone: (201) 440-5993 |
| fax: (201) 440-8586 |
| email: jbrumar@hotmail.com |
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Ministry