July 26: Donald Bray Patterson [1926-1998]

Donald Bray Patterson was born in Quitman, Georgia, July 26, 1923, to James Hastings Patterson and Ethel Bray Patterson. He was raised in the Presbyterian Church, and professed faith in…

May 30: The Preliminary Principles

A Foundation Often Overlooked As noted in an early printing of the Form of Government for the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A., the "Preliminary Principles," with the exception of the…

January 30: Miller Recalls McLeod

The Glory of Christian Fellowship As the Rev. Dr. William Buell Sprague worked to compile biographies of American pastors, he solicited submissions from other pastors. The famous Princeton Seminary professor…

January 21: Francis Makemie

Back in the early years of the Internet, the Rev. David W. Hall was pastor of Covenant Presbyterian Church, in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. David had a number of scientists and…