Welcome to the Presbytery of Santa Fe!  The name, Santa Fe, means "Holy Faith" and stands for the centrality of Christ as well as for its rich heritage in the Land of Enchantment, New Mexico.

History

In 1867, the First Presbyterian Church of Santa Fe was founded by the Rev. David McFarland, sent from Pennsylvania by the Board of Domestic Missions of the Presbyterian Church. The Presbytery was founded soon after that and consisted of just two churches in Santa Fe and Las Vegas, and was part of the Synod of Kansas. In 1871 the Presbytery became part of the Synod of Colorado until 1889 when the Synod of New Mexico was formed. Work begun in Albuquerque in the 1870's and 1880's by Sheldon Jackson and James Menaul resulted in the organization of the First Presbyterian Church of Albuquerque in 1880. Subsequent Albuquerque area churches and those in the southern part of the state formed the Rio Grande Presbytery, and in 1807, also the Presbytery of Pecos Valley.

This division of presbyteries within the state continued until 1972 when New Mexico and Arizona became the Synod of the Southwest. Boundaries of Santa Fe and Rio Grande Presbyteries where changed to include all northern area churches as well as much of southern New Mexico into the Presbytery of Santa Fe. Severalof the Presbytery's Hispanic congregations have bilingual services and one church is Native American, carrying out the original mission of the Presbyterian Church in New Mexico.

Today, the Presbytery of Santa Fe continues to find new expressions of commitment in response to God's call to become engaged in many forms of involvement in the Southwest. Explore the possibilities with us. The Holy Spirit will use such fertile ground to lead us into new and rewarding areas of service.