Adam Kuehner and Craig Scott | May/June 2019 Issue
There is a common saying in Reformed circles that goes something like this: “We are called to faithfulness, not fruitfulness.” There is some truth ...
Jacob Rhoda | May/June 2019 Issue
During my sophomore year at Wheaton College, I led a small group Bible study in my dorm through Wheaton’s “Discipleship Small Groups” ministry. ...
Michelle Kim and Clara Mauser | May/June 2019 Issue
Two teens were interviewed about reading The Gospel Comes with a House Key together. What made you choose to read this book? MICHELLE: I had heard a ...
Mark Sampson | May/June 2019 Issue
When looking for a pastor, one does not just stop by a favorite big box or do-it-yourself store. One could spend countless, fruitless hours wandering ...
Martin Blocki | May/June 2019 Issue
In 1993 the Synod of the Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America asked the Reformed Presbyterian Woman’s Association (RPWA) to oversee a ...
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Lori McCracken | May/June 2019 Issue
I’m not known for decisiveness, hence my moniker (aptly and lovingly assigned): Our Lady of the Options. Upon receiving a request for a written ...
Kit Swartz | May/June 2019 Issue
The joyful privilege of the teaching ministry in Oswego, N.Y., RPC has been mine since Dec. 2, 1980, and is scheduled to conclude on Dec. 31, 2020. I ...
Technologies like the smartphone have utterly changed daily life over the past two decades. How can we develop wisdom and courage when life changes so ...
John M. Mitchell | May/June 2019 Issue
The work of deacons is spiritual service as well as administrative. According to the RPCNA Constitution, the first duty of deacons is “to maintain ...
Tabatha Stivason | May/June 2019 Issue
I have always loved crafts. So when my family initially arrived in Gibsonia, Pa., I organized an informal night where people could come and share a ...
In 1986, Christ Presbyterian Church (CPC) was planted in Olathe, Kan., as a congregation of the Presbyterian Church in America. Soon it moved to South ...
Preparation began in September for a surprise celebration for Pastor David Coon. November marked the 40th year that he has been shepherding his flock ...
Lorrie Meneely | May/June 2019 Issue
Frank and Olive Walker became very special friends of the residents at the Reformed Presbyterian Home. Even though they lived across the country from ...
Kit Swartz | May/June 2019 Issue
Each of the five books of the Psalter closes with a doxology in pure praise to God (41:13; 72:18–19; 89:52; 106:48; 150:1–6). Psalm 147 is the ...
Drew Gordon | May/June 2019 Issue
Routine. That’s what it was. Neither drudgery nor joy; this was part of my work and I was following through. That was the spirit in which I drove to ...
Warren Peel | May/June 2019 Issue
Our 15-year-old daughter, Rebekah, is preparing for a hiking expedition in a few weeks as she works toward a particular award. She and her team will ...
The only congregation of the RPCNA in the state of Wyoming is in Laramie, a small city sprawled across a broad valley along Interstate 80 where the ...
Though unfamiliar to some, since at least Augustine it’s commonplace to speak of man’s fourfold state: the state of innocency, the state of ...
Having grown up in the midst of war-torn Iran and in a strictly Muslim family, at age nine Naghmeh Panahi nonetheless heard the Word of God and ...
I recently learned that quite a few people inquire with the RP Witness for practical suggestions on how congregations can find encouragement for ...