program ministries of the National Presbyterian Church are performed by these ordained clergy: Allan Poole, Transitional Senior Pastor Donna J. Marsh, Executive Pastor E. Quinn Fox, Associate Pastor for Discipleship & Christian Formation Lisa Larsen, Associate Pastor of Care Ministries Previous clergy The First Presbyterian Church John Brackenridge 1795-1817 Ruben Post 1818-1836 William McLain 1836-1840 Charles Rich, 1840-1843 William T. Sprole, 1843-1847 Elisha Ballantine, 1847-1851 Byron Sunderland, 1853-1898 Thomas DeWitt Talmage, 1898-1899 Donald C. McLeod, 1899-1913 John Brittain Clark, 1914-1927 Newton P. Patterson, 1928-1930 The Church of the Covenant Thomas S. Childs, 1885-1886 Teunis S. Hamlin, 1886-1907 Charles Wood, 1908-1928 Albert Joseph McCartney, 1928-1930 Covenant-First Presbyterian Church Albert Joseph McCartney, 1930-1946 Edward L. R. Elson, 1946-1947 The National Presbyterian Church Edward L. R. Elson, 1947-1973 Louis Hadley Evans Jr. 1973 – 1991 Bryant M. Kirkland, 1991 – 1993 M. Craig Barnes, 1993 – 2002 Thomas A. Erickson, 2002 – 2004 Gareth Weldon Icenogle, 2004 – 2008 Earl F. Palmer, 2008 – 2010 Patrick J. Willson, 2011 David A. Renwick, 2011 - 2022 Allan Poole, 2022 - present Theology As a “credal” and “Reformed” church within the Presbyterian Church (USA) denomination, the National Presbyterian Church accepts and confirms the eleven documents that comprise its Book of Confessions, beginning with the Nicene Creed and Apostles’ Creed, and moving to the Barmen Declaration and the Confession of 1967. In accordance with these confessions, the church's members, clergy, and officers of the National Presbyterian Church adopted the following statement of faith: "We are forgiven, redeemed and made whole by Jesus Christ. God is the Creator who made the universe and made us. We know and worship God as our heavenly Father, through relationship with his Son by the power of the Holy Spirit. Jesus Christ is our Lord and the world’s only Savior. Through his life, death and resurrection, God offers us forgiveness and the opportunity to renew our relationship with God now and forever. Scripture is more than a set of guidelines or ideals. It is the Word of God, and our authority in faith and life. It tells us how human beings are to be in relationship with God and how our relationships with God and others become broken. It proclaims who Jesus Christ is and how he saves us. All Jesus-followers are called to live out their faith within his Church." The library and archives In 1947, when the National Presbyterian