First Presbyterian Church, New Haven

Welcome to the First Presbyterian Church of New Haven.

We hope you will worship with us and give us the opportunity to welcome you in person.

First Presbyterian Church is a worshiping community of progressive Christian believers in the greater New Haven region. We are a broadly diverse and welcoming congregation, and include people from the city of New Haven and all of the surrounding towns, as well as many from the university communities.

We gather on Sunday morning to worship God, and throughout the week to be about the work of God in the world. We are a part of the Reformed tradition, which means that we value the Word of God in Scripture, and as we understand it in the midst of today’s world.

Learn more about our community of faith.

Presbyterian Immigrant Ministry

The Rev. Gerson Annunciacao, Chaplain to the Presbyterian Immigrant Ministry, will be our guest at the Adult Education Class on Sunday, February 12th. Gerson will also offer the Minute for Mission that Sunday.

The Presbyterian Immigrant Ministry has three main foci. The first and most important is ministry through Bible study groups to incarcerated immigrants in correctional facilities. This group approach, which enables members to minister to and evangelize each other, is a distinctive feature of this ministry. The second focus is upon ministry to their families who need information and spiritual help from supportive outsiders to cope with the uncertainties surrounding incarceration. Thirdly, there is a ministry to congregations to tell the story of incarcerated immigrants so that together we may discern ways in which we can be genuinely supportive of them. To date the first focus has
been our main priority.

As reported to The Presbytery in November, seventy out of the 547 incarcerated immigrants (13%) in two correctional facilities are in these Bible study groups and negotiations are well under way to begin similar groups in a third facility. Of the incarcerated immigrants currently involved twelve are from Connecticut: six from Hartford, two from New Haven, two from Danbury, and one each from Norwalk and Stamford.