About Us
The Protestant Reformed Church in America is a denomination of 33 churches comprised of 2,144 families and 8,716 souls in the United States and Canada. Founded as a separate denomination of Reformed churches in 1924, the PRC stand in the tradition of the Protestant Reformation of the 16th century. Their origin as a denomination was the doctrinal controversy over “common grace” within the Christian Reformed Church in the early 1920's, occasioned by that church’s adoption of the doctrine of common grace as official church dogma. The result of the controversy was that several ministers with their congregations were put out of the Christian Reformed Church. These men then established the Protestant Reformed Churches (PRC). Read more at the PRCA website.
A BRIEF HISTORY
Our roots extend from the truths of God’s Word through the great Protestant Reformation of the 16th century, in which John Calvin and Martin Luther faithfully labored. Our creeds are based upon God’s Holy Word and are, therefore, God-centered. They are known as the Three Forms of Unity of the Reformed Churches: The Belgic Confession, The Heidelberg Catechism, and The Canons of Dordt.
We were organized in July 1998. Our church is located at 716 Atlantic Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15221, part of the Forest Hills area of Pittsburgh. Our worship services are held every Sunday at 9:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Our worship emphasizes the preaching of God’s Word as the power of God unto salvation to everyone who believes.
Reverend Jonathan Mahtani
Pastor Jonathan Mahtani has been a minister of the Protestant Reformed Churches in America since his ordination in November 2011.
Born in Zeeland Michigan, Pastor Mahtani had the opportunity of growing up in a variety of places - Singapore, Houston TX, the Chicago area, and Pittsburgh. He is a graduate of Trinity Christian High School in Pittsburgh, Grove City College, and The Protestant Reformed Theological Seminary in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Pastor Mahtani and his lovely wife, Keri, were married in 2006 and in the ensuing years God has blessed them with eight children.
In November 2011, Pastor Mahtani accepted a call to his first pastorate at Cornerstone Protestant Reformed Church in Dyer, Indiana. He labored there for eight and a half years before he accepted a call, in June 2020, to his second pastorate at hope PRC in Grand Rapids, Michigan, where he labored for four years. In June 2024, Pastor Mahtani answered God’s call to take up his labors here at Pittsburgh PRC.
Pastor Mahtani is a regular contributor to the reformed periodical The Standard Bearer and he can be heard on the Hope PRC podcast and on SermonAudio.
We are overjoyed to have Pastor Mahtani, his wife, and their children with us and we are grateful to Almighty God for bringing them to our fellowship in His providence.
