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Tulsa's First Church

First Presbyterian Church is placed at a unique nexus in the city of Tulsa, less than a mile from communities with both incredible wealth and incredible need. Founded in 1885, it was the very first organized Church in the city. The history of “First Church” is rich, and its roots are deep, but our story is also alive and evolving — We’re here to worship God, grow together, and serve our larger community in Tulsa and around the world.

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Poet Caleb Mangesho

Caleb Mangesho, a child of immigrants from East Africa, is 17 years old. He and his family have been part of the Tulsa International Fellowship (TIF) for 12 years. TIF has been a close-knit family for Caleb, and today, he gladly gives back to his community, oftentimes manning the camera for the livestreaming of weekend services. At age six, Caleb…

Betty Price

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Youth focus on mission in 2021

We are called to be salt and light. In June of 2021, the Pathfinder and Exodus groups merged and 44 middle and high schoolers applied themselves to six evenings of study and five days of…

Angela Garrett

Worship & Music

First Church children make a joyful noise

First Church loves having children in worship! If you look around our worshiping congregations on any given Sunday, you will see and hear kids actively participating in our services. Their precious…

Gretchen Bashforth

Worship & Music

Fall worship and our new normal

I love this time of year. We have made it through the hot summer days, and we begin to return to a sense of normalcy we have not known in quite some time. So many of our routines were disrupted by…

Rev. Wally Johnson

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