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Pastor Jason
​Bio
 

Jason has been in pastoral ministry since 2016.  Previously, he also spent time teaching Latin to middle schoolers. He grew up in Rosemount, went to University of Northwestern-St Paul, and Southern Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky where he did not learn to appreciate sweet tea and fried chicken no matter how hard people tried to help. In his free time, he enjoys reading, gardening, and making food and drinks of all kinds. Feel free to stop by the church to visit when you see his Subaru parked out front.

Jason Andersen

Interim Pastor

Our 
Story

Payne Avenue Church has been a faithful presence on the East Side of St. Paul for more than 40 years. We seek to be filled with worship, active in making disciples, and eager to show charity to those in need. 

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Our planting pastor, Larry Willman, made a short series of videos about the history of the church which you can watch on this YouTube playlist

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Today, we want to continue the legacy of being a simple, faithful church with roots planted deeply on the East Side of St. Paul. Our vision is simple: Worship our triune God, equip the church with God's gospel, and care for the broken.

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Values:

1. Generous hospitality

2. Expository preaching

3. Whole-life worship

4. Unceasing prayer 

EFCA Statement of Faith

Payne is a member of the Evangelical Free Church of America and gladly and wholeheartedly affirms its doctrinal positions.  

1 / God

We believe in one God, Creator of all things, holy, infinitely perfect, and eternally existing in a loving unity of three equally divine Persons: the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. Having limitless knowledge and sovereign power, God has graciously purposed from eternity to redeem a people for Himself and to make all things new for His own glory.

2 / The Bible

We believe that God has spoken in the Scriptures, both Old and New Testaments, through the words of human authors. As the verbally inspired Word of God, the Bible is without error in the original writings, the complete revelation of His will for salvation, and the ultimate authority by which every realm of human knowledge and endeavor should be judged. Therefore, it is to be believed in all that it teaches, obeyed in all that it requires, and trusted in all that it promises.

3 / The Human Condition

We believe that God created Adam and Eve in His image, but they sinned when tempted by Satan. In union with Adam, human beings are sinners by nature and by choice, alienated from God, and under His wrath. Only through God’s saving work in Jesus Christ can we be rescued, reconciled and renewed.

4 / Jesus Christ

We believe that Jesus Christ is God incarnate, fully God and fully man, one Person in two natures. Jesus—Israel's promised Messiah—was conceived through the Holy Spirit and born of the virgin Mary. He lived a sinless life, was crucified under Pontius Pilate, arose bodily from the dead, ascended into heaven and sits at the right hand of God the Father as our High Priest and Advocate.

5 / The Work of Christ

We believe that Jesus Christ, as our representative and substitute, shed His blood on the cross as the perfect, all-sufficient sacrifice for our sins. His atoning death and victorious resurrection constitute the only ground for salvation.

6 / The Holy Spirit

We believe that the Holy Spirit, in all that He does, glorifies the Lord Jesus Christ. He convicts the world of its guilt. He regenerates sinners, and in Him they are baptized into union with Christ and adopted as heirs in the family of God. He also indwells, illuminates, guides, equips and empowers believers for Christ-like living and service.

7 / The Church

We believe that the true church comprises all who have been justified by God's grace through faith alone in Christ alone. They are united by the Holy Spirit in the body of Christ, of which He is the Head. The true church is manifest in local churches, whose membership should be composed only of believers. The Lord Jesus mandated two ordinances, baptism and the Lord’s Supper, which visibly and tangibly express the gospel. Though they are not the means of salvation, when celebrated by the church in genuine faith, these ordinances confirm and nourish the believer.

8 / Christian Living

We believe that God's justifying grace must not be separated from His sanctifying power and purpose. God commands us to love Him supremely and others sacrificially, and to live out our faith with care for one another, compassion toward the poor and justice for the oppressed. With God’s Word, the Spirit’s power, and fervent prayer in Christ’s name, we are to combat the spiritual forces of evil. In obedience to Christ’s commission, we are to make disciples among all people, always bearing witness to the gospel in word and deed.

9 / Christ's Return

We believe in the personal, bodily and glorious return of our Lord Jesus Christ. The coming of Christ, at a time known only to God, demands constant expectancy and, as our blessed hope, motivates the believer to godly living, sacrificial service and energetic mission.

10 / Response and Eternal Destiny

We believe that God commands everyone everywhere to believe the gospel by turning to Him in repentance and receiving the Lord Jesus Christ. We believe that God will raise the dead bodily and judge the world, assigning the unbeliever to condemnation and eternal conscious punishment and the believer to eternal blessedness and joy with the Lord in the new heaven and the new earth, to the praise of His glorious grace. Amen.

Loved, set free, and changed by Jesus.

Payne Avenue Church

​​1100 Payne Avenue

Saint Paul Minnesota 55130

©2025 by Payne Avenue Evangelical Free Church.

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