History
Christ Presbyterian Church is a new church in the Temecula Valley, a growing community in southwest Riverside County. The church began in the spring of 2005 as a Bible study in the home of the pastor. Within several months the core families decided to begin public worship services. The first official worship service was held the evening of October 30, 2005.
Soon, the church decided to worship on Sunday mornings and moved to a school facility on the south end of Temecula. Without room for nursery or Sunday school, however, we knew our time there would be short.
In September 2006, we began meeting for Sunday school and worship services on the campus of Chaparral High School in the middle of Temecula. The location and the facilities have helped the church grow significantly in the last several years.
We are now beginning the process of moving from “mission church” status (with official oversight outside the local congregation) to “particular church” status (with our own internal oversight by elders).
Our denomination, the Presbyterian Church in America, traces it doctrinal heritage down through generations of faithful Christians to the establishment of a Reformed church in Great Britain in the mid 1600s. This was time of great political and social turmoil in England, but in the midst of a nation's struggle to define itself a group of pastors and theologians composed what became known as the Westminster Standards: the Confession of Faith, the Larger Catechism, and the Shorter Catechism. These Standards became a secondary authority in Presbyterian churches across the nation and eventually were established as the doctrinal norms in Presbyterian churches in the American colonies. Each minister in the PCA must affirm his agreement with the system of doctrine contained in the Standards as being that which Scripture teaches. The Standards, then, become a guide to the church's beliefs and practices.
The PCA also joins with all Christian churches in all places affirming the Ecumenical Creeds of the ancient church: the Apostles Creed, the Nicene Creed, and the Athanasian Creed. You can read these important statements explaining the basics of the Christian faith here.
Soon, the church decided to worship on Sunday mornings and moved to a school facility on the south end of Temecula. Without room for nursery or Sunday school, however, we knew our time there would be short.
In September 2006, we began meeting for Sunday school and worship services on the campus of Chaparral High School in the middle of Temecula. The location and the facilities have helped the church grow significantly in the last several years.
We are now beginning the process of moving from “mission church” status (with official oversight outside the local congregation) to “particular church” status (with our own internal oversight by elders).
Our denomination, the Presbyterian Church in America, traces it doctrinal heritage down through generations of faithful Christians to the establishment of a Reformed church in Great Britain in the mid 1600s. This was time of great political and social turmoil in England, but in the midst of a nation's struggle to define itself a group of pastors and theologians composed what became known as the Westminster Standards: the Confession of Faith, the Larger Catechism, and the Shorter Catechism. These Standards became a secondary authority in Presbyterian churches across the nation and eventually were established as the doctrinal norms in Presbyterian churches in the American colonies. Each minister in the PCA must affirm his agreement with the system of doctrine contained in the Standards as being that which Scripture teaches. The Standards, then, become a guide to the church's beliefs and practices.
The PCA also joins with all Christian churches in all places affirming the Ecumenical Creeds of the ancient church: the Apostles Creed, the Nicene Creed, and the Athanasian Creed. You can read these important statements explaining the basics of the Christian faith here.