November 14: New School Synod Minutes!

Our post today comes from guest author and good friend, Barry Waugh, who has recently begun his own blog, PRESBYTERIANS OF THE PAST. Where THIS DAY IN PRESBYTERIAN HISTORY has always been intended…

January 9: The Auburn Affirmation (1924)

The Root of the Presbyterian Apostasy? When church historians evaluate the history of American Presbyterianism, the publication of the “Auburn Affirmation” will stand out in importance like the nailing of…

April 22: Jonathan Dickinson

A Man Fit for the Times Jonathan Dickinson shares a lot of credit in the shaping of the early Presbyterian Church in the American colonies.  Born on April 22, 1688…

March 28: The First Presbytery (1706)

Today's post was written for the PCA Historical Center in 2006 by Dr. Barry Waugh and is reproduced here, substantially edited for length. Three hundred years ago this year the first…