The Presbytery of San Fernando declares that every church within our bounds is a mission center reaching out to a diverse and rapidly changing community and world.

The mission of the Presbytery of San Fernando is to …

• assure each congregation in San Fernando Presbytery that we will work in partnership with them to assess their present ministry context and address their future direction;

• identify opportunities for new church developments, specialized ministries and other forms of church development;

• act as a dynamic presbytery, which is centered in and driven by its mission, calling us to rethink and to change our institutional life.

• provide coordination for mission in keeping with the Constitution of the PC(USA) and our worldwide commitments that cannot be accomplished by the local congregation alone.

The Presbytery of San Fernando exists to call into mission all the churches of the Presbytery by …

• empowering congregations in need of redevelopment or revitalization to connect again with their geographical communities and focus on their mission by providing support in leadership development, conflict resolution, and funding resources.

• embracing the rich ethnic/racial diversity in our Presbytery as a divine call to mission and ministry, primarily to its surrounding community, as well as to the wider world.