November 24: Rev. James Caldwell

This Day in Presbyterian History: The Demise of a Soldier Parson It was back on June 23 that we profiled the provision of psalm books as wadding for the American…

November 22: Rev. George Whitefield

This Day in Presbyterian History: The World Turned Upside Down In writing his journal on November 22, 1739, the Rev. George Whitefield described an evangelistic tour in the year of 1739 through the…

November 21: Rev. Robert Cooper

This Day in Presbyterian History: Bringing Bibles and Rifles to Worship It was in uncivilized territory where the Rev. Robert Cooper took his first pastorate in central Pennsylvania. Born in Northern Ireland…

November 19: John L. Burns

This Day in Presbyterian History: Two Heroes of Gettysburg Attend a Presbyterian Church The High Water Mark of the Civil War, the Battle of Gettysburg, had been fought that July of 1863.…

November 11: A Covenanter Ceremony

This Day in Presbyterian History: Covenanters Begin with Colorful Ceremony Following the first schism of the Presbyterian Church in 1741, Rev. Alexander Craighead in 1742 argued that the New Side Presbyterian branch should…