The First Presbyterian Church is an historic congregation currently housed at 1390 North State Street in

Jackson, Mississippi Jackson, officially the City of Jackson, is the capital of and the most populous city in the U.S. state of Mississippi. The city is also one of two county seats of Hinds County, along with Raymond. The city had a population of 153,701 at t ...

. It was founded in 1837.

Description

First Presbyterian Church is the largest Presbyterian church in

Mississippi Mississippi () is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States, bordered to the north by Tennessee; to the east by Alabama; to the south by the Gulf of Mexico; to the southwest by Louisiana; and to the northwest by Arkansas. Miss ...

and a flagship and founding congregation of the

Presbyterian Church in America The Presbyterian Church in America (PCA) is the second-largest Presbyterian church body, behind the Presbyterian Church (USA), and the largest conservative Calvinist denomination in the United States. The PCA is Reformed in theology and presb ...

. Its communicant membership is over 2,500. With 3,100 members, it has become the largest

Presbyterian Presbyterianism is a part of the Reformed tradition within Protestantism that broke from the Roman Catholic Church in Scotland by John Knox, who was a priest at St. Giles Cathedral (Church of Scotland). Presbyterian churches derive their nam ...

congregation in

and one of the largest in the

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. It has played a significant role in the establishment of the

(PCA), and the congregation has remained one of the flagship congregations of that denomination. The church played a significant role of establishing the Winter Theological Institution in 1962, which became

Reformed Theological Seminary Reformed Theological Seminary (RTS) is a theological seminary in the Reformed theological tradition with campuses in multiple locations in the United States. Founded by conservatives in the Southern Presbyterian Church, the Presbyterian Church i ...

Doctrine

The congregation adheres to the

Westminster Confession of Faith The Westminster Confession of Faith is a Reformed confession of faith. Drawn up by the 1646 Westminster Assembly as part of the Westminster Standards to be a confession of the Church of England, it became and remains the "subordinate standard" ...

. The church describes itself " A steadfast witness to historic Reformed Christianity for over 175 years". It is a member of the Mississippi Valley Presbytery.

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* {{Megachurches 1837 establishments in Mississippi Presbyterian megachurches in the United States Religious organizations established in 1837 Religious buildings and structures in Jackson, Mississippi Presbyterian Church in America churches in Mississippi Churches in Hinds County, Mississippi