This Day in Presbyterian History

October 2: First Stated Clerk of the PCA (sort of)

He Was Always Preparing In 1982, the denomination known as the Reformed Presbyterian Church, Evangelical Synod (RPCES) was received into Presbyterian Church in America (PCA). This ecclesiastical merger was known…

archivist 2 October, 2013

October 1: Aaron Whitney Leland

Silent as a Tombstone; Punctual as a Clock. The following account is drawn from The Memorial Volume of the Semi-Centennial of the Theological Seminary at Columbia, South Carolina. (1884). Dr.…

archivist 1 October, 2013

September 30: Westminster, Witherspoon, and What to Do

Two Documents and a Digression Today's post is something of a modest exercise in exploring the archives, with two documents—both having the same date—drawn from two separate manuscript collections preserved at…

archivist 30 September, 2013

September 29: Rev. Ethan Osborn

Have You Improved the Sermon? The bicentennial observation of the founding of the Fairfield Presbyterian Church, of Fairton, New Jersey, commonly known as the Old Stone Church, was observed on…

archivist 29 September, 2013

September 28: Effectual Unto Salvation

The Purpose of the Bible for Unbelievers and Believers Today's post is a reprise from last year and a post written by our first author, the Rev. David T. Myers. If you…

archivist 28 September, 2013

October 2: First Stated Clerk of the PCA (sort of)

October 1: Aaron Whitney Leland

September 30: Westminster, Witherspoon, and What to Do

September 29: Rev. Ethan Osborn

September 28: Effectual Unto Salvation

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