July 4: Happy “Presbyterian Rebellion” Day
We digress today to present the following post by our co-author, Rev. David Myers, and will return to our current Saturday schedule of posts by the Rev. Robert P. Kerr,…
July 2: John Newton, Missionary to India
Pioneer Translator Among Presbyterians We all know and love the John Newton of “Amazing Grace” fame, but this John Newton, while named after that beloved minister, was a Presbyterian missionary…
June 29: Presbyterianism Established in England (1647)
With some slight editing, we present today a portion of the text from George P. Hays's 1892 work, PRESBYTERIANS. Each in Turn, Briefly Center-stage By act of Parliament, Presbyterianism was legally…
May 11: Appeal to English Presbyterians for Aid
A Plea for Ministers and Money Most of us can remember Paul’s vision which he experienced on his second missionary journey of a man who called out to the apostle,…
April 29: Chaplain A. J. Dieffenbacher [1909-1944]
A Casualty of D-Day The following account comes from THE INDEPENDENT BOARD BULLETIN, Vol. 10, no. 10 (October 1944): 4-7. This was (and is) the newsletter of the Independent Board for Presbyterian Foreign Missions.…