June 19: Death of Charles Hodge
Charles Hodge enters into eternity Early in July of 1878, on the pages of The Christian Observer, this brief note appeared under the title, “Calvinism and Piety,” : The Christian…
June 10: Merger of the UPCUSA and the PCUS
The Civil War was Finally Over The Civil War was finally over, ecclesiastically, on June 10, 1983. By this we mean, that the two denominations which claimed the name of…
February 27: Lewis Sperry Chafer
Yep. Lewis Sperry Chafer, the founder of Dallas Theological Seminary, was a Presbyterian. As was Chafer's mentor, C. I. (Cyrus Ingerson) Scofield, and as was Scofield's mentor, James H. Brookes.…
January 31: Wick Broomall, Jr.
Founding Was In His Blood. Wick Broomall, Jr. was born on this day, January 31, 1902 to parents Wick Broomall, Sr. and his wife, Annie Nixon Broomall. Their son was…
January 15: Flournoy Shepperson
This day, January 15, in 1966 marks the death of the Rev. Flournoy Shepperson [10/10/1883-01/15/1966]. Flournoy Shepperson was licensed and ordained in July of 1917 by the Ouchita Presbytery of…