August 22: Dr. Roy T. Brumbaugh
These were tumultuous times in the history of the church, and in the midst of them Brumbaugh moved to Tacoma to become the pastor of the First Presbyterian Church. He…
October 24: Founding of the Western Foreign Missionary Society (1831)
In writing up this post, it will be important to note that this was an independent foreign missionary society. Thus, when the PCUSA issued the Mandate of 1934, they…
May 31: The 100th General Assembly of the old PCUSA (1888)
The 100th General Assembly of the PCUSA was notable as the first time in which the disrupted Church, North and South, met fraternally. The Southern Presbyterian Church, while meeting in…
November 20: Five Days of Note
On this day, Neovember 20: 1774 — Birth of Jacob Jones Janeway, in the city of New York, the eldest child of George and Effie (Ten Eyck) Janeway. The year…
May 16: Old Redstone Presbytery
The Westward Expansion of Presbyterianism As Presbyterians, all Presbyterian history is our history. Those who have gone before, regardless of their denomination, have had an effect and have left a…