| 4465 Pinson Valley Parkway Birmingham, Alabama 35215 (205) 853-5033 phone & fax Email: harvestcpc@aol.com |
Harvest is . . .
♦ A congregation of the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA) in the Centerpoint area of Birmingham, started in 1996.
♦ A fellowship of families seeking to become a Community of Worshipers, Committed to Christ, Commissioned to Serve
& Called to Pray without Ceasing!
♦ A church committed to prayer, the Bible, fellowship, outreach, and missions.
♦ A church committed to helping you grow and become fruitful in your relationship with the Lord Jesus Christ.
Harvest started as a Home Bible study in the Summer of 1995. We had our first worship service on Easter Sunday 1996
at Sun Valley Elementary School.
We met at the school for 4 months. We resided in the Queensbury Shopping Center on Carson Road near Jefferson State
Community College for nine years.
In March 2000 we purchased 25 acres on Pinson Valley Parkway (Hwy 79) in order to build a permanent home. Through
much prayer and anticipation, construction began in January 2005 and our new church home was completed in May of the
same year.
♦ A congregation of the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA) in the Centerpoint area of Birmingham, started in 1996.
♦ A fellowship of families seeking to become a Community of Worshipers, Committed to Christ, Commissioned to Serve
& Called to Pray without Ceasing!
♦ A church committed to prayer, the Bible, fellowship, outreach, and missions.
♦ A church committed to helping you grow and become fruitful in your relationship with the Lord Jesus Christ.
Harvest started as a Home Bible study in the Summer of 1995. We had our first worship service on Easter Sunday 1996
at Sun Valley Elementary School.
We met at the school for 4 months. We resided in the Queensbury Shopping Center on Carson Road near Jefferson State
Community College for nine years.
In March 2000 we purchased 25 acres on Pinson Valley Parkway (Hwy 79) in order to build a permanent home. Through
much prayer and anticipation, construction began in January 2005 and our new church home was completed in May of the
same year.
Harvest Community Church, PCA
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| A Community of Worshipers, Committed to Christ, Commissioned to Serve & Called to Pray without Ceasing! |
| Our History |
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The Presbyterian Church in America (PCA) views the Holy Scriptures as the sole authority for faith and rule of
life. The Westminster Confession of Faith and the larger and shorter catechisms are written declarations of the
doctrinal and theological views of the PCA. Below is a very short synopsis of the major doctrinal beliefs:
We believe the Bible to be the inspired, infallible, and authoritative Word of God, without error in the original
writings.
We believe in one God, Creator of all things, infinitely perfect and eternally existing in three persons, the Father,
the Son and the Holy Spirit.
We believe that by one man, Adam, sin entered the world; that for salvation of lost sinful men, regeneration by
the Holy Spirit through faith in our Lord Jesus Christ is absolutely essential.
We believe in the deity and virgin birth of our Lord Jesus Christ, that He died upon the cross as a
substitutionary sacrifice for the sin of the world, that He rose from the dead and ascended into heaven, from
whence He will return with power and glory.
We believe in the doctrine of justification by faith realizing it is impossible for man, through works, to please God
or save himself.
We believe that true faith produces repentance from sin and obedience to God, and that the necessity of
repentance is such that none can expect pardon without it.
We believe in life after death; that there shall be a resurrection of the dead, both of the just and the unjust.
We believe in the resurrection of the saved into everlasting life in heaven and the resurrection of the lost or
unsaved into eternal punishment.
We believe that God's Holy Spirit gives Christians the daily strength and wisdom they need to walk according to
His will and to grow in holiness.
We believe that Jesus Christ shall return personally, visibly, and bodily to judge all mankind and to receive His
people unto Himself.
life. The Westminster Confession of Faith and the larger and shorter catechisms are written declarations of the
doctrinal and theological views of the PCA. Below is a very short synopsis of the major doctrinal beliefs:
We believe the Bible to be the inspired, infallible, and authoritative Word of God, without error in the original
writings.
We believe in one God, Creator of all things, infinitely perfect and eternally existing in three persons, the Father,
the Son and the Holy Spirit.
We believe that by one man, Adam, sin entered the world; that for salvation of lost sinful men, regeneration by
the Holy Spirit through faith in our Lord Jesus Christ is absolutely essential.
We believe in the deity and virgin birth of our Lord Jesus Christ, that He died upon the cross as a
substitutionary sacrifice for the sin of the world, that He rose from the dead and ascended into heaven, from
whence He will return with power and glory.
We believe in the doctrine of justification by faith realizing it is impossible for man, through works, to please God
or save himself.
We believe that true faith produces repentance from sin and obedience to God, and that the necessity of
repentance is such that none can expect pardon without it.
We believe in life after death; that there shall be a resurrection of the dead, both of the just and the unjust.
We believe in the resurrection of the saved into everlasting life in heaven and the resurrection of the lost or
unsaved into eternal punishment.
We believe that God's Holy Spirit gives Christians the daily strength and wisdom they need to walk according to
His will and to grow in holiness.
We believe that Jesus Christ shall return personally, visibly, and bodily to judge all mankind and to receive His
people unto Himself.
- Michael L. Jones is the pastor and founder of Harvest Community Church, PCA in
Birmingham, Alabama. He is originally from the San Francisco Bay Area, but moved to
Birmingham in 1984, after completing a B.A. degree from Morehouse College in Atlanta,
GA. He earned his Masters of Religious Education from Birmingham Theological
Seminary in 2000.
For eleven years (1984-95) he worked with churches in the community and business
people in the workplace through a ministry called Here’s Life Birmingham, a division of
Campus Crusade for Christ International. During his time with Here’s Life Birmingham,
Michael also served as an associate minister of Sardis Baptist Church, Birmingham, under
the leadership of Pastor Samuel P. Pettagrue, Jr.
In 1995 Michael and his wife, Kimberly, a 1984 Spelman graduate, began laying the foundation for Harvest Community
Church whose mission is to become a “Community of Worshipers, Committed to Christ, Commissioned to Serve &
Called to Pray without Ceasing.”
Kimberly has been Pastor Mike's partner in ministry from the very beginning and is
the Music Director at Harvest. Pastor Mike & Kim have four daughters:
Candace, Temperance, Christina & Tiara
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