About Us

First Presbyterian Church is a Christ-centered community in Jonesboro called to love God, our neighbors, and ourselves. We believe that all people are made in the image of God and strive to welcome all. We come with our doubts and our failures, our imperfections and our quirks, to worship God and to work for God’s vision of the world. None of us are perfect and we rely on the grace of God and the community of faith in the church to grow into the people God is calling us to become. We believe that God calls us to be people of love; sharing God’s grace and compassion, justice and mercy with the world that God loves.

Mission Statement

First Presbyterian Church invites  a diverse community of people, believers and those who have doubts about God, to engage in mission that calls for justice, to join in worship that transforms, and to learn more about who God calls us to become as followers of Jesus Christ.

Matthew 25

First Presbyterian Church has accepted the invitation of the Presbyterian Mission Agency to become a Matthew 25 congregation. Recognizing the call of Jesus to be a relevant presence in the world, we commit to:

  1. Building congregational vitality

  2. Dismantling structural racism

  3. Eradicating systemic poverty

Click here for more information about the PC(USA)’s Matthew 25 initiative.

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