August 12: Rev. Samuel Houston

Ordained and Installed this day, August 12, 1783, as the first seated pastor of the Providence Presbyterian church, Limestone, Tennessee. Rev. Houston was the first Presbyterian pastor ordained in the…

August 30: Rev. John Craig [1710-1774]

Hewn Stones and Dornacks. Our post today is drawn from the History of the Presbyterian Church in America, by Richard Webster (1857) and edited for length. John Craig was born…

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 24: Disestablishmentarianism

This Day in Presbyterian History: 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…