Our Story

Like many mainline churches in America, our story begins in the mid ’80s…1785 to be exact. In fact, the beginning of our story is shared with the Ramapough Reformed Church in Mahwah, NJ. In the 1820’s, theological differences led a dissident group of 37 men and women, including the pastor, to found The True Dutch Church of Ramapough on a small plot of land donated by James and Maria Ramsey. The church grew with the surrounding community and in 1908, the congregation of 75 members was received into the Presbytery of New Jersey, and became The First Presbyterian Church of Ramsey.