Black Lives Matter

Our Commitment to the Protection and Promotion of Black Lives and Black Rights.

Our church was organized and established on March 23, 1847, by 48 men and women of faith who left the local Presbyterian Church in order to take a stronger stand against “Negro slavery.”   Hence, our Church’s fundamental roots are in protesting the inequitable treatment of Black Americans, while upholding the theological belief that all people are created as equals in God’s holy image. Furthermore, we believe in God, whose love is limitless, who loves justice and righteousness, and who calls us to love and care for “the least, the lost, and the left out.”  Therefore, as a church, we seek to love, serve, and work for freedom, wholeness, and justice for all persons.

Lately, we have been learning that, for far too long, Black Americans have been disproportionately arrested, tried, convicted, given maximum penalties, and have even died at the hands of a justice system that is supposed to protect them and their inalienable rights as Americans. Racism, like a disease, has permeated every corner of our society, often in ways, we simply don’t notice or see.  However, at this time, we see a very clear need for our voice to be loud in condemning the evils of racism and uplifting the truth that Black Lives Matter.

At FCC, we are committed to advocacy and continued education through our faith, through open and frank conversations, through social activism, and through listening and learning. Likewise, we are currently developing programs and opportunities for adults and children specifically geared towards highlighting the problem of racism in our country and what we can do and utilize to be a part of the solution.

Please join us on this journey as we seek to lift up, reach out to, and care for our Black brothers and sisters during this very difficult time.  Our Church’s legacy leaves us no other option!

An Open Letter to The Church by Reverend Robert K. Livingston

Sermon by Reverend Darcy Crain