October 24: Disestablishmentarianism
The True Meaning of Separation of Church and State Four months after the Declaration of Independence was presented to the fledgling country, Hanover Presbytery in Virginia presented a memorial on October…
October 14: A Memorial for George Whitefield
D. L. Moody is reported to have said, "The world has yet to see what God can do with a man wholly committed to him." With all due respect, I…
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.…
September 16: On Distant Shores: Early Presbyterian History
Stepping outside of American Presbyterian history for a moment, here is an interesting interpretation as to how persecution worked to the advance of the Church in at least one chapter…
September 15: The First Great Awakening
It was on this day, September 15, in 1748, that a petition was brought before the Presbytery of Boston, seek to organize a church in Newburyport, Massachusetts, "after the manner…