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New RP Students

November 01, 2011

Agency Features /  Seminary 

Fall is a time of change in Pennsylvania. God directs the trees to take on new hues. Some animals prepare for hibernation, while others begin long ...


Jesus’ Dedication and Leadership

Kenneth G. Smith | November 01, 2011

Theme Articles /  Series 

The 13th Student Learning discipleship from Jesus’ example to the Twelve (part 3) Many years ago my wife and I were invited to see a film called ...


Covenant Reformed Presbyterian Church

October 01, 2011

Congregation of the Month 

Location: Aurora, Ohio Presbytery: Alleghenies Organized: Dec. 2009 Membership: 18 communicant; 8 adherents Pastor: Vacant Web Site: Under ...


The 13th Student

September 09, 2011

Theme Articles 

Fellowship Leads To Discipleship Why was I so late in learning about Christian discipleship? I’ve mused over that question many times, for I was ...


Lessons I’ve Learned on the Job

September 09, 2011

Interviews /  Agency Features /  Finance 

I was hired by Synod’s Board of Trustees in February 2010 to be the new denominational controller. I work in the Trustees Office with RPCNA ...


How the Internet Is Changing Our Brains

September 09, 2011

Reviews 

The Shallows: What the Internet is Doing to Our Brains, by Nicholas Carr, Norton & Company. Reviewed by Pastor Barry York. These pages of the ...


A Family of Families

September 01, 2011

Congregation of the Month 

Immanuel (Lafayette, Ind.) RPC Organized: Feb. 2, 2007 Communicant Members: 42 Baptized Members: 42 Pastor: Jared Olivetti Web Site: ...


Life at Home in South Sudan

August 11, 2011

Agency Features /  Global Missions /  News /  Missions News 

I begin this article with the title, hoping for some inspiration. I realize that a great road has been traveled in order to join the words “ at ...


Why RPs Should Pursue Social Justice

Rut Etheridge III | August 11, 2011

Theme Articles 

Imagine a surgeon—let’s call him Dr. Shirk—looking on as a team of other surgeons operates on a terminal patient. Deeply distressed at what he ...


Give Us More of Your Spirit

August 01, 2011

Agency Features /  Synod 

Preserving, maintaining, and proclaiming at the Synod of the RPCNA The Reformed Presbyterian Church gives thanks to the Lord for His grace and power ...


Proclaim God’s Truth

August 01, 2011

Congregation of the Month 

Southside RPC Location: Indianapolis, Indiana Presbytery: Great Lakes-Gulf Organized: Jan. 12, 1979 Membership: 149 communicant, 55 baptized Pastors: ...


‘I Am Not My Own’

July 01, 2011

Testimonies /  Agency Features /  Global Missions 

The Early Years Orlena was born Jan. 15, 1922, in Sparta, Ill., the daughter of Thomas Lynn and Marguer-ite McMurtry. When Thomas married Marguerite, ...


Ministering to the Military

July 01, 2011

Agency Features /  Home Missions 

The Apostle Paul’s being chained to a soldier in Rome towards the end of his ministry must have made for intimate conversations, because with that ...


The Man Who Loves Politicians

July 01, 2011

Theme Articles /  Christian Living 

I love politicians.” Matt Barnes isn’t joking when he says it. The unofficial pastor for the Indiana General Assembly and state government may be ...


Responding to Tragedy with Tangible Help

July 01, 2011

Agency Features /  Global Missions 

On Mar. 11, a horrific earthquake and tsunami struck Japan with effects reaching from Tokyo to the north edge of Japan, hitting the area surrounding ...



Singing Psalms Only

June 01, 2011

Theme Articles 

Psalmody. Singing the Psalms in worship without using musical instruments is one of the “distinctive principles” of the Reformed Presbyterian ...


Honoring Our Fathers and Mothers

June 01, 2011

Agency Features /  RP Home 

As a young girl, my obedience to my parents was a concerted effort to add years to my life—an easy way to ensure my days are “long on the earth” ...



RPTS Announces 2011 Graduates

May 01, 2011

Agency Features /  Seminary 

The board of the Reformed Presbyterian Theological Seminary (RPTS) is pleased to announce the graduating class of 2011. “It is interesting to note ...