Welcome

Welcome to the official web site of the Evangelical Presbyterian Church. The EPC is a denomination formed in 1981 by 12 churches committed to remaining faithful to biblical Christianity, including and especially the Bible's mandate to bring the good news of Jesus Christ to those who have not heard and received it. Those original churches were from all across the United States. They left their denominational homes, which they felt had lost sight of God's purpose for the church, and trusted God to bless their effort.

Why a new denomination? Those founding churches believed that what they sought was unique on the denominational scene and something that God desires for His church. They believed that if the church held a deep, common commitment to the most important things ("essentials"), then it could do so while allowing diversity on issues that were not so central ("non-essentials"). Thus, the EPC adopted as its motto the classic formula "In essentials, unity; in non-essentials, liberty; in all things, charity," appending the expression from Ephesians 4:15 "truth in love." We are committed to demonstrating what Francis Schaeffer characterized as the mark of the Christian-love.

The EPC is Reformed in theology, meaning we believe what the Bible teaches as summarized in the Westminster Confession of Faith and Larger and Shorter Catechisms. We are Presbyterian in polity, meaning we are governed by elders and ministers at the local, regional and national level and that we are connected to one another in purpose and accountability. We are evangelical in spirit, meaning that our top priority is to spread the good news of God's grace in Jesus Christ and in expanding Christ's kingdom through planting more churches.

Today the EPC consists of about 75,000 members in 182 churches in the United States. We currently about 80 World Outreach missionaries to over 20 countries throughout the world with numbers of new missionaries in the process of preparing to go. We have committed ourselves to an aggressive plan for planting new churches in our Vision 21 Master Plan.

If you are looking for more information about the EPC, this site abounds. If you are searching for God, you can learn more about how to find Him through His Son, because "He is not far from each one of us." (Acts 17:27) If you would like to know more, see our page on "Freedom through Jesus Christ ". If you have questions that remain, please drop us an e-mail at or call us at 734-742-2020. We exist to glorify God by serving you.