June 15, 2021
Tonight the 189th meeting of the RPCNA Synod convened. And so did the 190th! Cancellation of the 2020 Synod meeting (due to COVID) meant that Synod ...
June 11, 2021
COVID has changed Synod’s work too. After the cancelling of last year’s Reformed Presbyterian Synod meeting due to pandemic realities, the 2021 ...
Drew Gordon | May/June 2021 Issue
If a pastor or church leader makes the national news, it’s usually not good news. But most pastors are not like those we read about in the national ...
Bridget Carroll | May/June 2021 Issue
I was sitting on a hard bench with two other missionaries. One of them spoke the local language; and, as the congregation prayed together, he ...
Our congregation was blessed when pastor-elect Nathan Eshelman joined us on Sunday, Feb. 28, for worship along with his family. They moved from ...
Audrey McMahan | May/June 2021 Issue
While most events have been canceled recently, the youth of the Presbytery of the Alleghenies (POA) enjoyed their first retreat in over a year. Much ...
Cara Todhunter | May/June 2021 Issue
The pandemic has affected many facets of our residents’ lives at the RP Home—including their mealtime. For the past year, the residents have had ...
Andrew Stewart | May/June 2021 Issue
In this series of articles on the unity of the Church, we have considered passages from Scripture that demonstrate the visible beauty and the ...
Nathaniel Pockras | May/June 2021 Issue
For most of the 20th Century, Reformed Presbyterian missionaries served in Cyprus, founding what today is the Greek Evangelical Church. American ...
James Faris and Noah Bailey | May/June 2021 Issue
It is common to hear the question, “Why do Calvinists evangelize?” But here, we consider how, which is also a good question. How do we speak the ...
Nathan Eshelman | May/June 2021 Issue
What’s the book about?” That’s an exciting question for those who love to read. The narrative unfolds and ensues as words become sentences and ...
Barry York | May/June 2021 Issue
As a pastor, I have witnessed many parents sending their children off to college or into marriage by giving them special, parting words. These words, ...
Nadia Spirydovich | May/June 2021 Issue
Over the past four years, I have changed. I started out as shy, nervous, afraid to talk to anyone new, and terrified of leading. Now, while I can ...
Mark Sampson | May/June 2021 Issue
His loud voice boomed across the airport’s departure lounge as he argued in very, shall I say, colorful language on the phone. As he approached the ...
Barry York | May/June 2021 Issue
Editor’s note: We are pleased to offer this new regular feature, written by different faculty members of the Reformed Presbyterian Theological ...
Denise Morrow | May/June 2021 Issue
On a warm June day nearly 20 years ago, my husband, Sam, and I stood before our family and friends promising to love and cherish each other until ...
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Abby Archer | May/June 2021 Issue
1820, John and Thomas Moore completed the lengthy journey from South Carolina to Bloomington, Ind. These Christians left the southern state where ...
An RP Pastor's Wife | May/June 2021 Issue
“Did you think the pastorate was going to be this hard?” My husband and I were lunching at the RP International Conference with another pastor ...
Bob Hemphill | May 10, 2021
Here is an excerpt from the newly released book in the Windmill Pete series by Rev. Bob Hemphill. This fiction series is “designed for adventurers ...
Nathaniel Pockras | April 01, 2021
We’re familiar with the Reformed Presbyterian Witness today, but what do we know about previous RPCNA magazines? Several short-lived periodicals in ...
Location: Elkins Park, Pa. Presbytery: Atlantic Organization: 1851 Membership: 53 communicant; 23 baptized Pastor: John Edgar Website: ...
The work of the Home Mission Board is often understood as just assisting presbyteries in the work of church planting. While this is one of the primary ...
I made my way past Our Lady of Guadalupe Church and down Chandler Street. The smell of fresh corn dogs, tamales, and beer settled with the fading ...
If you go to our website, receive a newsletter, or visit us on social media, you may have noticed the new logo for the Reformed Presbyterian ...