Our Mission

“The mission of First Presbyterian Church is to be a joyful community of faith in which persons are nurtured, challenged, and comforted, and through which Christ takes form in this community and the world at large.”

First Presbyterian Church - PC(USA) - is a congregation in Henderson, North Carolina who worship and work as Christians in the Presbyterian tradition. We were organized as a church on August 29, 1868 by Orange Presbytery. We have occupied three locations in Henderson since our beginning. First on Spring and Williams Street; then on Breckenridge Street, where the county court used to meet, and in finally 1881, we moved to our present location on Young Street. We have a long tradition of services to our community and the world.

We have a congregation of approximately 200 people who work hard to serve our church and community. While constantly looking forward to the future, our church is based on strong and vital traditions which value education, worship, and service. We are seriously engaged with the question of our mission and our purpose for our congregation of our times. We think that you will want to be a part of this on-going “wrestling” with God’s Will and our community. It is in such a struggle that we find our true selves.

First Presbyterian Church of Henderson is equipped to welcome people with disabilities. We have large print bulletins and hymnbooks, hearing amplification for those with hearing difficulties, and we have space provided for those in wheel chairs.

We are a congregation who is identified by our service and care for each other and we offer many different opporunities for worship, study and service. Please come and join us! If you would like more information, or would like to meet the pastor, please contact the church office.

If you would like to request a copy of our bulletin, a tape copy of a sermon, or printed copies of the messages of First Presbyterian Church, send us an email to office.fpch@gmail.com.

We are located at 222 Young Street, Henderson, North Carolina 27536. Our telephone number is (252) 492-0156. The email address is: office.fpch@gmail.com.
The fax number is (252) 492-0157.