Our Denomination Trinity Orthodox Presbyterian Church

We believe that the Bible, containing both Old and New Testaments, is the inspired, infallible and inerrant Word of God and thus serves as the only rule of faith and life. Although many Christian churches have laid claim to the authoritative interpretation of Scripture, we believe that the Reformed confessions and catechisms of the 16th and 17th century provide the best summary of the system... These documents were not written to replace or rival the authority of Scripture, but to serve as an aid in understanding it and to unite faithful churches around a common confession of faith. As an Orthodox Presbyterian Church we subscribe to the Westminster Standards (The Westminster Confession of Faith, together with the Larger and Shorter Catechisms). For a helpful summary of our beliefs see here. For more about our denomination, see here.

Trinity Presbyterian Church is a congregation of the Orthodox Presbyterian Church. Regionally, we belong to the Presbytery of Northern California and Nevada. Please visit our denomination’s web site for more information. Other OPC Church Web Sites in the Bay Area: Covenant Presbyterian Church (Berkeley, CA – 37 miles away) First Orthodox Presbyterian Church of San Francisco (San Francisco, CA – 37 miles away) New Covenant... Interested in seeing an Orthodox Presbyterian Church in your area? Click here.

Home | Churches | Trinity Orthodox Presbyterian Clicking this link with redirect you to an external website. Click on desired business below to view full website. Presbyterian Church originated in the Reformed tradition of the Protestant Reformation, particularly through John Calvin’s influence and the work of John Knox in Scotland. Presbyterians are distinguished by their representative governance through elected elders (presbyters) who serve on councils called sessions, presbyteries, and general assemblies. Their theology emphasizes God’s sovereignty, covenant theology, and the authority of scripture, historically including predestination.

Presbyterian worship traditionally balances Word and Sacrament with an emphasis on thoughtful preaching and ordered liturgy. Different Presbyterian denominations range from theologically conservative (Presbyterian Church in America) to more progressive (Presbyterian Church USA), though all maintain their distinctive governance structure and Reformed theological heritage. The Orthodox Presbyterian Church (OPC) is a confessional Presbyterian denomination located primarily in the United States, with additional congregations in Canada, Bermuda, and Puerto Rico. It was founded by conservative members of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America (PCUSA), who objected to the rise of Liberal and Modernist theology in the 1930s. The OPC is considered to have had an influence on evangelicalism far beyond its size.[2] The Orthodox Presbyterian Church was founded in 1936, largely through the work of John Gresham Machen.

Machen, who, prior to this time was a PCUSA minister, had a longstanding distrust of liberalism in Christianity, as typified by the Auburn Affirmation. He and others founded Westminster Theological Seminary in 1929 in response to rising liberal sentiments at Princeton Theological Seminary, and in 1933, Machen formed the Independent Board for Presbyterian Foreign Missions, due to his... Machen's views were met with opposition. In 1935, the PCUSA General Assembly declared Machen's Independent Board unconstitutional, and gave the associated clergy an ultimatum to break their ties with it. When Machen and seven other clergy did not disavow the Independent Board, they were suspended from PCUSA ministry.[3] In light of these events, Machen and a group of likeminded ministers, elders, and laymen met in Philadelphia on June 11, 1936, to form what they then called the Presbyterian Church of America (not...

Stonehouse, J. Oliver Buswell, and Edward Joseph Young. Machen died shortly thereafter in January 1937. Later that year, a faction led by Carl McIntire broke away to form Bible Presbyterian Church, affirming total abstinence from alcohol and premillennialism.[5]

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