This Day in Presbyterian History

September 6: Bible Presbyterian Church

The first General Synod of the Bible Presbyterian Church Meets They said that the Presbyterian Church of America which began in 1936 had been “a false start.” Issues regarding the exact details associated with Christ’s…

archivist 6 September, 2014

September 5: Covenanter Slaves

A Final Covenant Twenty-eight Presbyterians signed a final covenant on the eve of their departure from Leith, Scotland in early September, 1685. It said in part, "That, now to leave their…

davidtmyers 5 September, 2014

September 4: Death of Beatrix Umpherston, lead writer of Children’s Covenant (1686)

Children's Covenant Our post today is set in the context of the small devotional groups which arose in central and southern Scotland after the death of Richard Cameron and Donald…

davidtmyers 4 September, 2014

September 3: Rev. William Wick [1768-1815]

Congregational Cows and Presbyterian Butter There were no roads west of Buffalo, and few boats upon Lake Erie when those first settlements began to be formed in the region of…

Wayne Sparkman 3 September, 2014

September 2: Andrew Melville’s Two-Kingdom Speech

The day is lost to church history. We know the month and the year of the Two Kingdom Speech of Andrew Melville. That month and year was September 1596. But the exact day…

davidtmyers 2 September, 2014

September 6: Bible Presbyterian Church

September 5: Covenanter Slaves

September 4: Death of Beatrix Umpherston, lead writer of Children’s Covenant (1686)

September 3: Rev. William Wick [1768-1815]

September 2: Andrew Melville’s Two-Kingdom Speech

April 8: Rev. Charles Ware Stewart

April 2: The Last Time the General Synod Met

March 26: Death of Rev. Lapsley

March 7: The Ordination of Theron Hawkes