Public worship is our weekly, corporate privilege to gather and give God the praise for which he is worthy as our creator and redeemer. We seek to be God-centered in our worship and to glorify God joyfully and reverently. Since we believe that God is the one who directs how we are to approach him in worship, our services are simple, consisting of the ordinary means of grace provided by God in his Word. The preaching of the Bible is central to our worship, and we also enjoy times of prayer, the sacraments of baptism and the Lord’s Supper, and singing of the 150 Psalms of the Bible.
A Psalm-Singing Church
Orlando Reformed Presbyterian Church is a psalm-singing church because it seeks to order its worship according to the regulative principle of worship. The regulative principle of worship states that God alone determines how He is to be worshiped. This principle teaches that the church should include in public worship only those elements commanded in Scripture.
Singing praise is clearly commanded, and Scripture provides an inspired songbook for that purpose in the Book of Psalms. As the very Word of God, the Psalms are uniquely suited for congregational worship, giving voice to praise, lament, confession, thanksgiving, and hope.
Psalm singing is not a matter of preference or nostalgia, but of obedience and confidence in the sufficiency of Scripture. The Psalms are Christ-centered, frequently quoted in the New Testament, and expressive of the full scope of the Christian life.
This practice also stands firmly within the mainstream of Protestant church history. During the Reformation and for generations afterward, psalm singing dominated Reformed worship across Scotland, England, Geneva, and beyond. The RPCNA, including the Orlando Reformed Presbyterian Church, continues this historic pattern, not as an innovation, but as a faithful witness to simple, reverent, God-centered worship that is governed by Scripture alone.
You can learn more about RPCNA distinctives here, and we encourage you to join us for worship on each Lord’s Day at 10:30 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. in beautiful downtown Orlando at 324 E. Livingston St., Orlando, FL 32801.