Hi

I'm Jon Fancher,Pastor of Rocky River Presbyterian Church. You're exploring this site so you can learn more about this church, right? 

Here's our mission statement:  Praising God, Teaching Faith Serving Others.  Concise, isn't it?  Our 3-phrase mission statement summarizes the activities and goals of Rocky River Presbyterian Church. 

Since 1956 Rocky River Presbyterian Church has been the "coming together place" for Presbyterian Christians who want to worship ("Praise God!"), who want to spread the good news (gospel) about Jesus Christ ("Teaching Faith!) and who want to try to show Jesus' manner of living in their daily lives ("Serving Others!").

You may be wondering, "Are we like you?  Are you like us?"
Like you and every person on Earth, we are children of God.

Like other Christian churches, we, too, are part of the worldwide Christian Church. Within the worldwide group of Christian churches, we descend from the churches that were part of Europe's Protestant Reformation of the 16th century. Within the  family of Protestant Christian churches, we are Presbyterian Christians.  "Presbyterian" refers to our historical practice of governing our community life through the wisdom of "elders."  Elders are men and women of any age who have been chosen by the congregation to govern the church.  Elders represent the entire congregation.

So you see, we're not merely Presbyterians... we are Presbyterian Christians, trying to do all we can to serve Jesus Christ, the son of the Living God!

Thanks for visiting RRPC-on-the-Web.  If you are in the west shore area of Cleveland, Ohio, I hope you'll visit us in person for a service of worship, an educational event, a fun social activity, or to join us in a community service project.  I look forward to meeting you.

Biographical:  The Rev. Dr. Jon M. Fancher lived in Jakarta, Indonesia as the son of missionary parents.  He received a B.A. in Speech from The College of Wooster in Wooster, Ohio, and a M.Div. and D.Min. from McCormick Theological Seminary in Chicago, Illinois.