SUMMIT CHURCH HISTORY​

Summit Church observed its 150th anniversary of serving the Lord Jesus Christ in May 2014.

Summit Church started in 1821 as a member of the Allegheny Presbytery, which shortly thereafter became Butler Presbytery and known as Summit Presbyterian Church. In 1864 the first Church structure and cemetery were constructed, and the Church was incorporated in 1864.

Through the years of service and as the Church grew, a new structure was started in 1950 and completed in 1956. In 1994 the Church added the Christian Community Outreach Center (formerly Jefferson Elementary School) which is used by HIS Kids Christian School (a mission of Summit Church) and the YMCA Childcare Center.

Summit was the founder of the Confessing Church Movement in the PCUSA (Presbyterian Church United States of America) which was a response to the ever-increasing liberal direction of the denomination. The Confessing Church Movement upheld the Lordship of Jesus Christ, The authority of Scripture and Church discipline. As the PCUSA drastically strayed from biblical foundation, Summit Church withdrew from the PCUSA with its building in January 2013 and was received into the Evangelical Presbyterian Church (EPC) in July 2013 in the Presbytery of the Alleghenies. The EPC stresses biblical theology in worship and practice, and a mission-oriented approach from the local to the international level with Jesus Christ as Lord to spread the Gospel both at home and around the world!



​​PURPOSE

At Summit Church our purpose is to:

              Love Jesus
             Learn from Jesus
             Live like Jesus

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VALUES

At Summit Church our core values are:
             The Lordship of Jesus Christ
               Scripture is “the supreme and final authority on all matters on which it speaks.”
             Abounding in God’s Grace and Love
             Using our resources to glorify God.