A Reformed Church Plant in Petoskey, Michigan

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Why a new church in Petoskey?​

We believe that the mission of the church is to “make disciples” of Jesus Christ (Matthew 28:19-20). This task consists of “gathering and perfecting the saints” (Westminster Confession of Faith, ch 25, sec 3)—bringing new people into the church and helping them mature in their faith. While there are faithful churches already laboring in Petoskey, we believe that a new church can help further this God-glorifying work of evangelism and discipleship.

We are a daughter plant of University Reformed Church in East Lansing, MI and a church plant within the Great Lakes Presbytery of the Presbyterian Church in America.

Our Core Values

Reformed Doctrine

Let us know; let us press on to know the Lord – Hosea 6:3

Theology, meaning the knowledge of God, is the purpose of human existence. Every effort we make to better understand our God and his Word is a work with essential and eternal value.

Learn more about Reformed Doctrine.

John 17:3; Jer 31:34; Matt 22:37; Col 1:10; 3:10; 1 Tim 4:8
Joyful outdoor gathering of a diverse church community sharing a meal under a tent.

Community

And all who believed were together and had all things in common – Acts 2:44

The adoption that makes us God’s children also binds us together as God’s family. Christian relationships are characterized by loving warmth and mutual service, since we understand ourselves to be individual members of one, united body.

John 13:35; Eph 4:1-6; 1 Cor 12:12-13;
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Worship

My soul longs, yes, faints
for the courts of the Lord
– Ps 84:2

Worship is something we do in all of life, and especially when we gather on Sundays as the church, the body of God’s redeemed people. The Bible gives clear direction for how we are to worship: through preaching, praying, singing, confessing our sins, and professing our faith together.

Ps 65:4; Ps 84:1-2, 10; Col 3:16-17; 2 Tim 3:16-17; Deut 12:31-32
Three diverse coworkers engaged in a casual discussion in a modern office setting.

Disciple-Making

the whole body…makes the body grow so that it builds itself up –  Eph 4:16

The church is both the object of God’s redemptive mission and the agent of it. Christians are called to mature as disciples themselves, to help other Christians along the path of discipleship, and to bear gospel witness to nonbelievers, so that they might turn to Christ as new disciples of him.

Matt 28:19-20; 1 Pet 2:9; Eph 4:11-16; 1 Cor 12:4-7; 1 Pet 4:10; 1 Pet 3:15; Rom 15:4; James 5:19-20; Gal 6:1-2
mEET THE pASTOR

Ben Preiser

Ben and Alyssa met as biochemistry students at Michigan State and were married in 2015, once Alyssa had graduated. For the next five years, Ben worked in campus ministry while Alyssa studied for a doctorate in plant biology. In 2020, they moved to North Carolina so Ben could earn his Master’s degree at Reformed Theological Seminary in Charlotte. Since 2024, Ben has worked for University Reformed Church in East Lansing as a pastoral fellow and church planter. The Preisers have three boisterous and fun-loving boys: Calvin, Sebastian, and Theodore.

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“Unto [the local] church Christ hath given the ministry, oracles, and ordinances of God, for the gathering and perfecting of the saints, in this life, to the end of the world: and doth, by his own presence and Spirit, according to his promise, make them effectual thereunto.”

— Westminster Confession of Faith, chapter 25, section 3​

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