Oak Ridge ARP Church
Associate Reformed Presbyterian
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Oak Ridge ARP Church
Everyone Belongs
Since 1939, Oak Ridge ARP Church has been a place for members of the Oak Ridge Community on McIlwain Road and surrounding communities to come together and worship as part of a strong, loving community with like-minded congregants. Our church has always been a warm church, where everyone is welcome. People arrive in suits and jeans. We are a family church. Young people and old people embrace each other with genuine affection. We are a service-oriented church, where the church and its members demonstrate their concern for the helpless and the hurting through, giving, caring, and sharing. We share the Good News of Jesus with the people of the community and Lancaster County.
The founding members built the church by hand, over an eight year period. Architecturally, Oak Ridge ARP church is unique, with its vaulted ceiling and dark pews. The stained glass windows cast a holy light over the interior, enriching the warm glow inside. The church is open to a variety of worship styles and forms, all to the glory of God and the enrichment of those who attend.
There are new people at Oak Ridge, but there are no strangers. Everyone who walks through the door are welcomed with a handshake or an embrace. If you're looking for a place where you or your family may experience God's love, there are few places you will find it more openly displayed and celebrated than at Oak Ridge ARP Church. Visitors are always welcome.
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About Us
Who We are in Christ, Facing the 21st Century
We, the members of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church, in order to carry out God’s mission and move forward together into the next century, profess our life together in Christ and our desire to set forth a united strategy for the work of His church. We express our desire to continue to be a Presbyterian and Reformed church committed to the Lordship of Jesus Christ and to the Bible as the Word of God.
Rooted in and shaped by a living tradition, we are part of the new creation in Christ which God is bringing into existence. Therefore, we are committed to:
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The worship of the Triune God.
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The Holy Scriptures as the basis for our faith and activity.
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Unity with other believers in Christ.
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Total stewardship of life, including tithing of time, talents, and money.
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Excellence in education and equipping leaders for tomorrow.
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Loving and caring for one another and for other people.
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Spreading the Gospel to all parts of the world.
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Evaluating and changing church structures and priorities in order to meet the challenges of the future while preserving the best of the past.
To this end and in humble reliance upon the enabling power of the Holy Spirit, we covenant together to pray steadfastly that God will open doors of opportunity so that we may declare the riches of Christ.
“Let us not grow weary in well-doing,
for in due season we shall reap,
if we do not lose heart” (Galatians 6:9).
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​Our foundational doctrinal statements are found in The Standards of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church, which we hold to be “the system of doctrine which is built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief cornerstone” (Associate Reformed Synod, May 31, 1799).
“No church can be prospered in which all the ministration comes from the pulpit”
Henry Ward Beecher
