March 18: The First Presbytery (1706)
The Stated Clerk was the Culprit The Presbyterian clergymen had been identified as either ministers and waiting to be called to place of ministry. Through informal talks, it was agreed…
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…
May 29: The Plan of Union (1801)
The Ends Don’t Justify the Means The desires to grow increased members on the rolls can be dangerous in that questionable methods can be used to accomplish that end. From the year of the first…
November 9: Rev. Samuel Blair
This Day in Presbyterian History: None Excelled Him on Two Continents Samuel Blair was born in Ireland in 1712 and emigrated to America at a young age. Educated at the…
August 30: Rev. Samuel Occom
This Day in Presbyterian History: A Unique Product of the Great Awakening In these devotionals before, we have written several times on the ministry of David Brainerd to the native Americans…