Many have asked, 
"Why are your church doors red?"

In the earlier days of the church it was understood that a soldier could not pursue an enemy that had entered through the red doors of a church. The red doors were a symbol of refuge and sanctuary for all people who entered. To all concerned the red on the doors signified the blood of Christ that had been shed so that all who came to Him could be saved. Anyone who passed through those doors were safe as long as they stayed behind them.

Over time, Christian people began to see the red doors of the church as symbolizing not only physical refuge and safety, but spiritual refuge as well. For many in the early Church they believed the blood of Jesus that the red doors of the church symbolized would protect you from evil, both physical and spiritual. The red doors spoke to the world of holy ground that existed inside those doors, space that had been purged and made clean by God's Holy Spirit. 

Just as in the days when Jesus physically walked with us, the world still is a place where illness and disease abound, where relationships often seem broken beyond repair, where people feel that the cultural values of the day leave them spiritually wanting, and many hunger for an authentic community that can be a place for physical, emotional and spiritual healing. In a world where domestic violence, child abuse and neglect, and physical, emotional, and sexual abuses of all kinds abound, many hoped for spirit-filled places of safety, where every person's worth and dignity would be affirmed and protected.

Today people choose to paint their church doors red for many of the same reasons that churches did centuries ago. As indicated in their current covenant, FPCS would like to be recognized as a place of peace, refuge and salvation for all people in the world. 

The Church and its spiritual leaders affirm the spirit in which the doors are painted. The Presbyterian Christian community hopes all will find sanctuary with them as they gather around the unchanging truth of Jesus Christ through Word, Sacraments, Mission, and Ministry, and all may find a place for growth, forgiveness and reconciliation.