Trinity Presbyterian Church (TPC) was born as a church plant from Evangelical Presbyterian Church of Annapolis (Annapolis EP), a Presbyterian Church in America (PCA) congregation that has planted multiple churches in the surrounding area over several decades.
Our founding pastor, Tom Wenger Jr. ("Pastor Tom"), orchestrated TPC’s launch while serving as Pastor of Discipleship at Annapolis EP. Tom’s young adult Bible study and his college and career Sunday School class attracted young adults eager to study God’s Word and Reformed theology. For a year prior to TPC' s founding, Pastor Tom led a Sunday School class titled “What Is the Church?" which defined our church's distinctives and assembled a core group of founding members.
Trinity held its first service on Sunday, January 12, 2014, at Crofton Woods Elementary School in Crofton, Maryland with 240 people in attendance. Along with many from Tom's Bible study and Sunday School classes, TPC was launched with a temporary session of five ruling elders from Annapolis EP. Many Annapolis EP members also committed to staying for at least a year, and many made TPC their home church.
On January 11, 2015, TPC was particularized in the PCA and Pastor Tom was installed as Pastor/Teaching Elder, along with six ruling elders and eleven deacons.
In early March 2020, COVID restrictions forced TPC to continue its services via pre-recorded services. Since public schools did not allow students or tenants back into their buildings for more than a year, TPC met outside in church members' yards, at Rockbridge Academy in Crownsville, and at Severna Park Evangelical Presbyterian Church.
When public schools resumed normal operations in the fall of 2021, TPC began worshiping at Crofton High School, where we still meet today. While we continue to live-stream our services for those unable to attend in person, we believe that weekly, in-person fellowship during gospel-centered worship is essential to our church’s health and to our members’ spiritual well-being.
On September 11, 2023, Pastor Tom died unexpectedly at the age of 49 after a brief illness. Our church’s shock and grief were deepened by the loss of another young husband and father who was a longtime member of our congregation two months later. Tom’s legacy was apparent by the outpouring of support from the local community, a funeral service attended by more people than Annapolis EP could hold in several sanctuaries, and a church that cleaves to the principles for worship that he established at TPC.
While we wrestled with our grief and cared for Tom’s family, TPC enjoyed faithful support from the Chesapeake Presbytery, guest preaching from PCA ministers and visiting missionaries, and assurance from the promises God gives us in His Word. By God's grace, the steady leadership of TPC's officers, and a committed congregation, TPC has continued to worship, grow, and thrive since Pastor Tom's death.
In November 2023, the congregation elected a Pastoral Search Committee (PSC) tasked with recommending a new senior pastor to the congregation.
Since March 2024, we have been blessed by the ministry of our Interim Pastor Doug Stelzig and his wife Cindy. Pastor Doug has faithfully preached through 1 Peter, taught a Sunday School course on Acts, and is now leading the congregation through a study of John. His knowledge of church polity as a PCA Teaching Elder has been a boon to our session, and his pastoral care has been a comfort to our members.
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