Menlo Park Presbyterian Church
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Menlo Park Presbyterian Church, or MPPC, is an evangelical
church in Menlo Park, California
. The church was officially organized November 30, 1873. Its congregation had over 4,500 members in 2007. It was listed as the 17th Most Influential Church in America according to a 2007 survey.
The original site was donated less than a year after the church was founded, and MPPC met for 76 years at 700 Santa Cruz Avenue and Chestnut, until the church built its current facility at the current location of 950 Santa Cruz Avenue in 1950. The Open Doors campaign led to the openings of two new campuses: the North Campus in San Mateo
and the South Campus in Mountain View
, in 2007 and 2008. The church also holds two Sunday services at the site of its original location, 700 Santa Cruz Avenue, behind Ace Hardware store.
MPPC is led by Senior Pastor John Ortberg
, widely-known Evangelical author and speaker, as well as Directional Leader Alan T. Baker
.
Evangelicalism
Evangelicalism is a Protestant Christian movement which began in Great Britain in the 1730s and gained popularity in the United States during the series of Great Awakenings of the 18th and 19th century.Its key commitments are:...
church in Menlo Park, California
Menlo Park, California
Menlo Park, California is a city at the eastern edge of San Mateo County, in the San Francisco Bay Area of California, in the United States. It is bordered by San Francisco Bay on the north and east; East Palo Alto, Palo Alto, and Stanford to the south; Atherton, North Fair Oaks, and Redwood City...
. The church was officially organized November 30, 1873. Its congregation had over 4,500 members in 2007. It was listed as the 17th Most Influential Church in America according to a 2007 survey.
The original site was donated less than a year after the church was founded, and MPPC met for 76 years at 700 Santa Cruz Avenue and Chestnut, until the church built its current facility at the current location of 950 Santa Cruz Avenue in 1950. The Open Doors campaign led to the openings of two new campuses: the North Campus in San Mateo
San Mateo, California
San Mateo is a city in San Mateo County, California, United States, in the San Francisco Bay Area. With a population of approximately 100,000 , it is one of the larger suburbs on the San Francisco Peninsula, located between Burlingame to the north, Foster City to the east, Belmont to the south,...
and the South Campus in Mountain View
Mountain View, California
-Downtown:Mountain View has a pedestrian-friendly downtown centered on Castro Street. The downtown area consists of the seven blocks of Castro Street from the Downtown Mountain View Station transit center in the north to the intersection with El Camino Real in the south...
, in 2007 and 2008. The church also holds two Sunday services at the site of its original location, 700 Santa Cruz Avenue, behind Ace Hardware store.
MPPC is led by Senior Pastor John Ortberg
John Ortberg
John Ortberg, Jr. is an evangelical Christian author, speaker, and senior pastor of Menlo Park Presbyterian Church in Menlo Park, California, an evangelical church with more than 4,000 members...
, widely-known Evangelical author and speaker, as well as Directional Leader Alan T. Baker
Alan T. Baker
Rear Admiral Alan T. Baker, USN, born in Santa Ana, CA, 1956, is a retired American Navy officer who served as the 16th Chaplain of the United States Marine Corps from 2006 to 2009. Chaplain Baker is the first graduate of the United States Naval Academy and former Surface Warfare Officer to serve...
.