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Fun to be Around

Michael Kearney | November 23, 2016

Theme Articles 

Recently Geneva College experienced a temporary power outage that left students in their apartments on a hot summer evening without electricity. If ...


A Goat-Raising Professor-Attorney-Coach

Christen Adels | September 16, 2016

Testimonies 

When I was a child, my family took in foster children. I was exposed to the harsh realities of broken families when we took in a four-year-old boy ...


One Lasting Gift

John M. Mitchell | September 16, 2016

Christian Living 

For over 30 years, the RPCNA has benefited from the Cecil J. S. MacLaughlin Trust Fund. The income for 2015 from Mrs. MacLaughlin’s trust fund to ...


An RP Lookalike

Michael Kearney | September 16, 2016

Agency Features /  Geneva College 

“Wait—you’re not RP?” At Geneva College I confront this question on a regular basis. Students and even professors are baffled to learn that I ...


Getting Your Writing Published

Becca Byers and Drew Gordon | September 14, 2016

Agency Features /  Publications 

You write fairly well. You have something to say. You might even have a first draft, a paper or article to expand, or research to share. You want to ...


Into Your Neighbor’s Universe

Brad Johnston | September 12, 2016

Theme Articles 

Your house might be close to your neighbor’s house, and might even have similar architecture. But when you traipse out your front door, down the ...


What the Reformed Presbyterian Conference Means to Me

Terrill Curran | August 26, 2016

Christian Living /  Agency Features /  RP International Conference 

My husband and I came into the Reformed Presbyterian denomination by way of the Oswego, N.Y., RPC in 1985. Since that time, we have enjoyed several ...


RP International Conference 2016

Drew Gordon | August 08, 2016

Agency Features /  RP International Conference /  News /  Denominational News 

Perhaps it was the most-recorded Reformed Presbyterian event in history. Nearly 2,000 Reformed Presbyterians with luggage and cell phones converged on ...


A Godly Heritage

Bruce Martin | July 18, 2016

Testimonies 

When asked where I grew up, my typical answer is “in America.” I was born in Pittsburgh, Pa., and lived in Barnet, Vt., and Oakdale, Ill., before ...


Reviews

Kyle Borg | July 15, 2016

Reviews 

Knox: The Life and Legacy of Scotland’s Controversial Reformer Trinity Digital Film 2016 | 77 minutes, $17 (buy) $7.50 (rent) The name John Knox ...


Refuge in Coastal Churches

Nathan Eshelman | July 15, 2016

Agency Features /  Home Missions 

The experience of the New Testament Church began at Pentecost when many people heard the gospel in their native tongue. As those diverse peoples left ...


Entrusted with Tithes and Testimonies

July 15, 2016

Agency Features /  Finance 

You might know that the Board of Trustees reviews the investment portfolio of the church, oversees the building loans and general mortgages that the ...


A Purpose to It All

July 15, 2016

Theme Articles 

Several years ago I shared my love of words with you in a testimony for the Witness. I’ve lived what seems like at least 8 lifetimes since ...


A Familiar Name and Perfect Timing

Heather DiBeneddeto | July 15, 2016

Theme Articles 

God put a desire in my heart to work in the mission field at a young age. Little did I know that He was calling me to a field right here in the United ...


20 Years of RP Missions

Heidi Filbert | July 15, 2016

Agency Features /  Global Missions 

I first met Matt when I was in college. My roommate was preparing for an RP Missions trip to France, and Matt and I helped her sign and stuff ...


Words from Those Who’ve Served

Heidi Filbert | July 15, 2016

Agency Features /  Global Missions 

Jonathan Haney, pastor of the Manhattan, Kan., RPC, went to Uganda in 2007. “The trip to Uganda was used by the Lord to direct me into pastoral ...


Energy and Basic Skills, at Least

Theresa Gazo | July 15, 2016

Agency Features /  Global Missions 

Theresa Gazo Bloom went on her first RP Missions trip to Phoenix, Ariz., in the winter of 2004 when she had just turned 16. She helped out on the ...


Synod Preview 2016

Drew Gordon | June 23, 2016

Agency Features /  Synod 

Daily reports from Synod will be posted on RPWitness.org. Look for play-by-play RP Synod updates on the RP Witness Facebook page and on the Reformed ...


Synod 1916

John M. Mitchell | June 20, 2016

Agency Features /  Synod 

Where and When Synod opened Wednesday morning, June 7, 1916 and ended Tuesday evening, June 13, in the Chicago RP Church. Synod’s practice was to ...


Synod 1816

John M. Mitchell | June 15, 2016

Agency Features /  Synod 

The fifth Synod of the Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America met in Philadelphia, Pa., in 1816. Following is some information about this young ...