davidtmyers – Page 24 – This Day in Presbyterian History

August 11: Steering Committee Announcement.

Truly a Historic Day The big announcement for a continuing Presbyterian Church outside the Presbyterian Church, US was made on August 11, 1971 at the Journal Day gathering. Much prayer and planning had…

davidtmyers 11 August, 2015

August 5: Rev. Richard Denton [1603-1662]

A Highly Religious Man with Strong Presbyterian Beliefs We might more readily suggest any number of men and ministers of whom this title might describe. But when it is known…

davidtmyers 5 August, 2015

August 4: William Floyd [1734-1821]

Nothing spectacular in word We might not have even noticed William Floyd in history had he not been in place and time a signer of the Declaration of Independence. He…

davidtmyers 4 August, 2015

July 27: Rev. James Wilson Moore [1797-1873]

Father of Arkansas Presbyterianism It is hard to believe that at one time in this country, Arkansas was considered to be mission territory. But that was exactly the way that…

davidtmyers 27 July, 2015

July 24: The Roundhead Regiment

It was an astonishing request by the Secretary of War in Abraham Lincoln's cabinet. Unable to join the Pennsylvania Reserves in the Civil War due to an abundance of volunteers,…

davidtmyers 24 July, 2015