Ordination/Launch Service

In the Spring of 2006, the English Congregation ordained its first elders. This enabled the English Congregation to create its own session (government) and officially become an independent church and not simply an extension of a Korean church. To mark this new milestone, the name Renewal Presbyterian Church was chosen to distinguish our church independent of the Emmanuel Church in Philadelphia.

Though asked if we would now leave West Philadelphia, what we have to say is: this is where we belong. God has brought us here and we are not planning on leaving anytime soon. We have seen the harvest and the work that needs to be done, and our church will continue to strive and pray to be the church God wants us to be: impacting and influencing our home, West Philadelphia, and then the world with the love and saving knowledge of Jesus Christ.