Our Mission

Centrally located in the southern hills of Nashville, we are a multi-generational church family, rooted in tradition, seeking to grow in grace, and love others in the name of Christ.

Our Lord said, “All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age."- Matthew 28:18-20

What Do We Long To See Happen?

For God’s glory we want to be a people so formed by the grace of Jesus Christ that we are warmly welcoming others into the fellowship of the church, helping one another grow into a deep and vibrant maturity under the nurture of God’s word, cultivating a safe place for the broken and suffering to receive hope and care, courageously extending the reach of the gospel at home and abroad, and prayerfully creating a kingdom legacy for generations to come.

Our Strategy:

Mission

Mission is embedded in the life of our community through the support of missionaries and ministries all over the world; inviting outsiders into the life of our community; and the sending of our members to faithfully proclaim and embody Christ in the places He has called them to live, serve, and work, including places that are beyond what is comfortable and familiar.

Our Beliefs

We are Protestant

Covenant Presbyterian is a Protestant Christian Church of about 1,400…and growing! We joyfully affirm our unity with those who believe in certain fundamentals of the Christian faith: the existence of the triune God, the deity of Jesus Christ, the virgin birth and bodily resurrection of Jesus Christ, the vicarious or substitutionary atonement of Christ, the certain and bodily return of Jesus Christ, the necessity of repentance and faith in Jesus Christ for salvation from sin, the historicity of supernatural events described in the Bible, and the infallibility and inerrancy of the Bible. Though we may have certain disagreements in areas beyond these fundamental truths, we affirm our unity with those who share our common commitment to these most important doctrines.

We are Reformed

To say that we are reformed means that our theological heritage descends from the Protestation Reformation of the 16th century and the theology of reformers such as John Calvin, John Knox, and Martin Luther. These distinctives include: the sovereignty of God in His creation, providence, and election of believers apart from any merit of their own; the irresistible grace of God provided for and preceding the faith of the individual; the sufficiency of God’s grace apart from which man is dead in sin and wholly defiled in all his faculties of soul and body; the efficacy of Christ’s death for all those who believe in Him by grace; the safe-guarding of all those for whom Christ died for eternal life; salvation by grace (alone) through faith (alone) in Christ (alone); and the unity of the Old and New Testaments and abiding validity of the moral law (Ten Commandments). This reformed heritage is articulated in our Confession of Faith and Catechisms. These documents are not infallible; however, we believe that these documents are faithful expressions of God’s word. Therefore, while our members are not required to subscribe to the Confession and Catechisms, our officers (Ministers, Elders, and Deacons) are. All teachers in the Church commit to teach in conformity with the Confession and Catechisms.

We are Evangelistic

Jesus told his church to, “Make disciples of all nations…” To say that we are evangelistic means that we take that commission very seriously and therefore are committed to taking the good news of Jesus Christ to our community, city, state, nation, and world.

We are Means of Grace Oriented

One of the most important questions anyone could ask is, “How do I grow as a Christian?” We believe that God will bless and grow His people through the use of the ordinary means of grace: the reading and preaching of God’s Word, the sacraments of baptism and the Lord’s Supper, prayer, and the fellowship and accountability of the church family. We are committed to worship that draws on the rich heritage of the reformed worship tradition.

We are Presbyterian

Covenant is a Presbyterian Church affiliated with the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA). “Presbyterian” refers to our type of government through “Elders” or “presbyters” who govern the church together. The body of Elders that governs a local church like Covenant is called a “Session”; the body that governs a large geographical area of churches is called a “Presbytery”; the body that governs the entire denomination is called “General Assembly”.

We are Kingdom-minded and “catholic”

We are committed to engaging in ministry with other like-minded local churches, presbyteries, denominations, and worldwide ministries in order to extend the kingdom of God to the end of the earth. While we are committed to being as specific and narrow as possible in our theological formulations, we are committed to being as catholic (universal or broad) as possible in our fellowship and cooperation with other Christians.

To learn more about our denomination be sure to visit the Presbyterian Church in America.