{"id":14,"date":"2020-02-20T21:52:21","date_gmt":"2020-02-20T21:52:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fpochurch.org\/?page_id=14"},"modified":"2023-04-27T08:45:44","modified_gmt":"2023-04-27T13:45:44","slug":"about-fpo","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/fpochurch.org\/about-fpo\/","title":{"rendered":"About FPO"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t
We are a medium-sized church of men and women, young and old-who share the same mission: All of us. All in. All for Jesus. Till all are Disciples.<\/em>We want the church to make such an impact in the community that it would notice if we went away. We yearn to seek Jesus, be like Him on earth, and tell others about Him until all are disciples.\u00a0We are evangelical.<\/em> This means that we hold tightly to the historic, orthodox teachings of the Christian church and the Bible: Apostles’ Creed, Westminster Confession, for example.We are of Reformed theology<\/em> which means We uphold the doctrines of Reformed Theology, meaning we emphasize the theological doctrines brought about by the Protestant Reformation: Sola Scriptura (Scripture alone), Sola Gratia (grace alone), Sola Fide (faith alone), Solo Christo (Christ alone), and Soli Deo Gloria (to God alone by the glory).We are presbyterian<\/em> in the way we govern ourselves by approaching church life and decision-making representationally rather than popularly.<\/p>\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t We have young ones and old ones and we like it like that.<\/p><\/li> The Creator of the Universe wrote it and wants us to learn it, why wouldn’t we take it seriously?<\/p><\/li> We are flawed people, and we need to remember the world isn’t about us anyway.<\/p><\/li> We care a lot about human trafficking, addiction and other issues and really try to learn more about how we can be aware and help.<\/p><\/li> That’s old, and it should mean something that we’ve been around a long time. We stick together and stay together, even when hard stuff arises.<\/p><\/li> How amazing it is that we still have them with us? Come and meet them!<\/p><\/li> Seriously. We’re so happy you don’t stay home because you have a little one!<\/p><\/li> There are different ways for churches to appoint elders, and we do it by election. You can always ask us about that!<\/p><\/li> They believe that the Church is a living organism that needs life-giving resources to help it grow, thrive, and multiply. ECO is committed to cultivating a healthy, diverse, resource-rich ecosystem where pastors and congregations can flourish. Learn More about ECO><\/a><\/em><\/p><\/li>\t<\/ul>\n\t We gather at 9:00 am every Sunday morning, come join us!<\/p>\t\n\t We are a part of ECO<\/em><\/a> and our beliefs are outlined in a document that you access below:<\/p>\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRead the Tenets\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t We’re happy to answer any questions you may have!<\/p>\t\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" About FPO Who We are We are a medium-sized church of men and women, young and old-who share the same mission: All of us. All in. All for Jesus. Till all are Disciples.We want the church to make such an impact in the community that it would notice if we went away. We yearn to…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"About - FPO Church","_seopress_titles_desc":"We are a medium-sized church of men and women, young and old\u2014who share the same mission: All of us. All in. All for Jesus. Till all are Disciples.","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fpochurch.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fpochurch.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fpochurch.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fpochurch.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fpochurch.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/fpochurch.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fpochurch.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n\t\t\t\t10 Interesting Things about FPO\n\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t
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We are multigenerational<\/h3>
We take the Bible seriously<\/h3>
We try to take ourselves with a grain of salt<\/h3>
We seek to be engaged in justice issues <\/h3>
We’ve been a congregation since 1867<\/h3>
We have several of the founding families still worshiping here<\/h3>
We love kids and babies, we don’t mind them making noise (even in worship services)<\/h3>
We’re Presbyterian (meaning we’re governed by elected Elders)<\/h3>
We’re part of ECO<\/h3>
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\n\t\t\t\tLIVESTREAM @ 9:00 aM\n\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\tWe Livestream our Sunday service on FB and YouTube. Streaming begins shortly before 9:00 am and is immediately available for viewing on both formats afterward. We hope you join us.\u00a0 Watch now on Facebook ><\/a> Watch now on Youtube ><\/a>\u00a0\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t
\n\t\t\t\tWhat We Believe\n\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\tHave a Question?\n\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t