April 3: Rev. Elisha P. Swift [1792-1865]
A Heart for Missions Elisha Pope Swift was born in Williamstown, Massachusetts on August 12, 1792. His parents were the Rev. Seth and Lucy Elliot Swift. His father was pastor…
April 2: The First to Suffer in the Three Kingdoms
"Of Whom the World Was Not Worthy" The day is lost to history, even church history. Not one book has it listed down. But we know the month and the year. It was…
April 1: The United Synod of the South [1857-1863]
The Brief Life of a Denomination You Probably Never Heard Of. It was on this day, April 1, in 1858, that the United Synod of the Presbyterian Church in the…
March 31: “The Practice Has Existed Among Us”
In a substantial resource written by Dr. Clifford M. Drury under the title Presbyterian Panorama, we read on p. 4:— "At a meeting of the Standing Committee held March 31, 1903, a…
March 30: The Office of Ruling Elder, by F.P. Ramsay
Church government, or polity, is one of my continuing interests, particularly in relation to the historical background of the PCA’s BOOK OF CHURCH ORDER. As explained below, the following article…
