United States – Page 3 – This Day in Presbyterian History

December 11: H.B. Pratt . . . and his mom !

Henry Barrington Pratt, Presbyterian missionary and teacher, son of Rev. Nathaniel A. and Catherine Barrington (King) Pratt, was born near Darien, Georgia, on May 26, 1832. He attended Oglethorpe University,…

archivist 11 December, 2014

October 21: Rev. Bruce Hunt – Imprisoned for the Faith

Though He was Bound, the Word of God was Not Bound Bruce Hunt was not totally unprepared for the inevitable. This Orthodox Presbyterian missionary had been ministering to the Korean…

davidtmyers 21 October, 2014

September 8: Rev. John Ewing, D.D. [1732-1802]

A Polymath of the First Order The following is Dr. Samuel Miller’s reply to William Buell Sprague’s request for a biographical account of the Rev. Dr. John Ewing, who had…

archivist 8 September, 2014

August 27: Church of Scotland Adopts WCF (1647)

Westminster Confession Approved by Church of Scotland You may ask upon reading the title of this contribution, why are we thinking about adoption of the Westminster Confession of Faith, when the whole This Day in…

archivist 27 August, 2014

August 15: Old School Divides North & South

Ideas & Actions Have Consequences On this day, August 15th, in 1861, a group of pastors and ruling elders met in Atlanta to plan the division of a new denomination, splitting…

archivist 15 August, 2014