Our Session

The Session of First Presbyterian Church consists of 11 ruling elders who are called by God and elected by the congregation to share in the leadership and governance of the church in partnership with the staff.

CLASS OF 2023
Stan Hall
Louly Hay-Kapp
Ed Perkerson
​Bob Tabb

CLASS OF 2024
Billy Fortson
Pat Harper
Curtis Watson
​Mary Catherine Whisnant

CLASS OF 2025
Charles Ardis
Nichole Howell
Doug Bolton

FPC Session Reads

The Session is reading these books together to grow as a group as they do the work of the church.
We encourage you to also read these titles and discuss them with church staff and Session members.

Five Practices of Fruitful Congregations
ROBERT SCHNASE

​Over the past ten years, thousands of church leaders have successfully transformed congregations with the principles from the original Five Practices: Radical Hospitality, Passionate Worship, Intentional Faith Development, Risk-Taking Mission and Service, and Extravagant Generosity. However, much has changed in the world and the Church. Leaders have discovered new ways to implement the Five Practices in settings that were not imagined when the original book was released. 

How are the Practices being used now, in new types of congregations? What new issues or concerns do leaders need to consider in relation to each Practice? 
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This revision provides leaders with a 'next step' look at the original practices. Schnase gathered ideas from ministry leaders who have been using the Five Practices, and explains how those ideas work, how leaders adapted the principles, and how they expanded them.

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The Post-Quarantine Church
THOM S. RAINER

From thousands of surveys of church leaders and in-person consultations, Thom Rainer and his Church Answers team have gathered the essential wisdom you will need to face the challenges and opportunities that the quarantine crisis creates for the local church.

​This book is, in effect, your personal church consultant, helping you plan and prepare for the future. In the midst of heartbreak, tragedy, and struggle due to Covid-19, here’s hope, wisdom, encouragement and vision.

This book is valuable for those looking for local church and pastor resources to enhance church leadership, grow your church, and serve digital and online church communities in the post-quarantine world.

As a former pastor and founder of Church Answers, Thom S. Rainer is intimately familiar with the ever-present demands that pastors face. He has spent a lifetime committed to the growth and health of the local church.