Who We Are
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We are a congregation of the Reformed Presbyterian Church-Hanover Presbytery (RPCHP), a denomination consisting of congregations throughout the USA, Brazil, Canada, and Nicaragua. The RPCHP maintains relations with other Presbyterian and Reformed churches worldwide.
The Reformed Presbyterian Church (Hanover Presbytery) is a Constitutional Presbyterian denomination tracing its roots to the first presbytery organized for the South. The Hanover churches continue the Constitutional traditions in the Associate Presbyterians, Associate Reformed Presbyterians, Reformed Presbyterian Church (General Synod), and especially the United Synod of the South. Constitutional Presbyterianism is nothing other than the Reformation doctrine of Sola Scriptura applied to Church polity. Some in this generation have characterized the Reformed understanding of worship as “The Regulative Principle of Worship.” Constitutional Presbyterianism proposes that a “Regulative Principle of Polity” would look very much the same as the worship principle long espoused by Reformed and Presbyterian Churches. This is borne out by the Westminster Confession of Faith. |
We are “Reformed”
We hold to the basic tenets of the Protestant Reformation of the sixteenth century. These biblical truths were affirmed by the early church, suppressed for a time, and rediscovered by the reformers. We are “Presbyterian” Presbyterian is the biblical form of church government. Local congregations are under the oversight of local elders. All elders in the RPCHP form a synod that chiefly serves to pray for and assist one another. The synod meets annually. We sing the Psalms Exclusively Martin Luther described the Book of Psalms as a "Little Bible, a phrase he used to emphasize that the Psalms contain the essence of the entire Bible in a concise and beautiful manner. He believed the Psalms are a "little Bible" because they comprehensively and briefly encompass everything found in the whole Bible, including the promises of Christ's death and resurrection, the nature of His kingdom, and the condition of all Christendom. For Psalmody resources, see Crown and Covenant Publications. |
