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News to Synod from the RPCNA’s Seven Presbyteries

August 08, 2005

Theme Articles /  News /  Congregational News 

Alleghenies Merger between the Geneva and First Beaver Falls congregations 2 new RP mission works—Purcelville, Va., and Gibsonia, Pa. Eastvale is ...


Transition and Affirmation

August 08, 2005

Theme Articles 

Major transitions at the Reformed Presbyterian Theological Seminary drew significant attention during the 2005 Synod of the RPCNA. This short Synod ...


Taking Christ to the World in Oklahoma

August 08, 2005

Congregation of the Month 

Stillwater RP Church Location: Stillwater, Okla. Presbytery: Midwest Organization Date: July 24, 1991 Membership: 53 communicant, ...


Failure or Victory?

Drew Gordon | August 08, 2005

Viewpoint 

When the result of the decision on congregational officers was announced at the 2005 Synod, there had to be some shaking of heads. When a denomination ...


Newscan

August 01, 2005

News /  World News 

Deaths of Women Who Used Abortion Pill Spur Investigation Four deaths associated with the use of a controversial abortion pill have medical ...


Stress and Surrender

July 11, 2005

Psalm of the Month 

Psalm Category: Psalm of Lament Central Thought: Psalm 31 teaches us that, instead of running from our problems, or devising our own way out of them, ...


No Diving

July 05, 2005

Kids Page 

Sometimes it seems like we are surrounded by rules: “No diving,” “No running in the house,” “No jumping on your bed.” While we don’t ...


In Memoriam: Kenneth L. Thompson

July 05, 2005

News /  Congregational News 

Kenneth L. Thompson, 80, went to be with his Lord on Oct. 11, 2004. He was born in Terre Haute, Ind., on July 14, 1924, to Berlin and Pearl Thompson. ...




Around the Church

July 05, 2005

News /  Congregational News /  Denominational News 

Hebron (Clay Center, Kan.) RPC Ronald Graham, pastor The annual congregational meeting was held Feb. 2 following a Family Night supper. The ...


The Youth Ministries Committee of Synod

Will McChesney | July 05, 2005

Agency Features 

The Youth Ministries Committee of Synod (YMCS) was commissioned about eight years ago to focus on youth ministry in the denomination, a responsibility ...


Rightly Dividing Church and State

Wayne R. Spear | July 05, 2005

The Westminster Assembly was called together to advise the English Parliament regarding the doctrine, government, and worship of the Church of ...


The Gospel According to Leviticus

Dennis J. Prutow | July 05, 2005

Learn & Live 

The first chapters of the Book of Leviticus speak of the sacrifices and offerings God required of Israel. Because these offerings were part of the ...


Shortcuts

Norman Carson | July 05, 2005

Theme Articles 

On that morning in July, I woke up really early. Perhaps it was the sound of the Big Thompson River outside my window, although that same ...


A Day When God Was Obvious

July 05, 2005

Testimonies 

“Did you meet the visitor today?” I asked another Reformed Presbyterian. “His name is John Williams.” “No,” she replied. “How did ...


Lessons of Our Mission: Impossible

Beth Bogue | July 05, 2005

Theme Articles 

When the Session in Airdrie told us last spring that we were going to have a mission this year, I learned a new use for the word. Up until that time, ...


New Life in New York

July 05, 2005

Congregation of the Month 

Walton RP Church Location: Walton, N.Y. Presbytery: St. Lawrence Organization Date: 1861 Membership: 47 communicant; 7 baptized. Oldest Member: ...


Not My Gift, But Thine

Drew Gordon | July 05, 2005

Viewpoint 

It was my nightmare scenario, at least as far as evangelism was concerned. Here was a young Orthodox Jewish man staring daggers into me and yelling at ...


Newscan

July 01, 2005

News /  World News 

Two New Studies Say Abstinence Education Works A study released June 14 by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), and completed by a ...