March 29: Trial of J. Gresham Machen

The Strange Church Trial of a Spiritual Giant. It all happened around seventy-seven years ago.  Back in March of 1935, Dr. J. Gresham Machen was before a church court of his peers seeking…

March 4: R. Heber McIlwaine

American on the Outside, but Japanese on the Inside Born Reginald Heber McIlwaine on July 7, 1906 of Southern Presbyterian missionary parents in Kobe, Japan. Heber, as he was known…

February 24: Rev. Gardiner Spring

Calvary was his hiding place It must be some sort of record. Think of it! The pastor ministered all sixty-three years in the same church. And those six decades were…

February 19: Rev. Samuel Wylie

The Early History of Bethel Reformed Presbyterian Church, Sparta, IL The history of the Reformed Presbyterian Church in Randolph County, Illinois, goes back to the year 1818.  To the Rev.…

February 12: Rev. Henry Highland Garnet

A First for a Black Presbyterian Pastor If you were among the visitors seeking a seat in the House of Representatives gallery that Sabbath day on February 12, 1865, you would have…