Noah Bailey | January/February 2023 Issue
The short answer is that God gives a pastor to a congregation. I remember when young men, eager to become pastors, were asked in a presbytery exam, ...
Kyle Borg | January/February 2023 Issue
Questions about the creation of the world have generated a lot of discussion from our scientifically theorizing and speculative society. At least on a ...
Kyle Borg | January/February 2023 Issue
The Apostle Peter gave a pattern for the way we should think about the ministry of the Old Testament prophets. He wrote that their prophecies about ...
Clara Panichelle | January/February 2023 Issue
I have been a dancer for the last 10 years at Pazaz Christian Dance Academy (PCDA) in Greensburg, Pa. The last two years, I have also been a part of ...
Heidi Goerner and Betty Burger | January/February 2023 Issue
Heidi Goerner After our worship service, everyone is hungry for food as well as the spiritual opportunities to grow in Christ. Discussing the sermon, ...
John McGrath | January/February 2023 Issue
Location: Oswego, N.Y. Presbytery: St. Lawrence Organization: Oct. 7, 1980 Membership: 57 communicant; 15 baptized Pastor: Gabriel ...
Drew Gordon | January/February 2023 Issue
Just three miles off the interstate was a town that time forgot. It looked like a place I might have walked in my childhood. I was returning from the ...
Nathaniel Pockras | November 11, 2022
Most RP foreign missionaries have served in just one mission field, which is hardly surprising, since missionaries must learn local languages to serve ...
Noah Bailey | November/December 2022 Issue
A blue banner hangs prominently in many RP churches. Church plants sometimes wonder how to get one. Visitors sometimes wonder why a strict ...
Nathan Eshelman | November/December 2022 Issue
In Him also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestined according to the purpose of Him who works all things according to the counsel of His ...
Mark Loughridge | November/December 2022 Issue
Many of us have our favorite pieces of music pulled together into a playlist on Spotify or on our phones. If we’re heading off on a journey, or we ...
Alice Odom | November/December 2022 Issue
David wrote many of the Psalms when he was a young man. In them, he shows the struggles of his life and the great depth of his relationship with the ...
Maggie Allyn | November/December 2022 Issue
Since it is so likely that they will meet cruel enemies, let them at least have heard of brave knights and heroic courage.” —C. S. Lewis, “Three ...
Caleb McCracken | November/December 2022 Issue
Location: Beaver Falls, Pa. Presbytery: Allegheny Organization: Oct. 2020 Membership: 119 communicant; 40 baptized Pastor: George ...
Drew Gordon | November/December 2022 Issue
When you have an Elisha with you, it’s easier to forget Elijah. Perhaps that’s an odd thought to cross one’s mind when reading the Minutes of ...
Nathaniel Pockras | October 05, 2022
This is the first half of a two-part series on RP church buildings, both current and former. Organized in 1816, Cincinnati was one of Ohio’s first ...
Nathaniel Pockras | September/October 2022 Issue
Note: This article distinguishes pastor and minister. Minister is any teaching elder, while pastor is a teaching elder currently installed in a ...
Noah Bailey | September/October 2022 Issue
This is a good question. It reminded me of the missionary visits to my childhood church, which were always an exciting time. We enjoyed a special ...
Kyle Borg | September/October 2022 Issue
A glass window stands before us. We can look at the window itself, studying and admiring it for what it is. Or, we can look through the glass to what ...
Andrew Kerr | September/October 2022 Issue
The psalter was not given to focus, finally, on former glory days of a posthumous, Israelite prince. Certainly, much is lost if we gloss over the ...
Location: Colorado Springs, Colo. Presbytery: Midwest Organization: 1981 Membership: 101 communicant; 56 baptized Pastor: Ed Blackwood Website: ...
This article is an excerpt from chapter 5 of God Breathed: Connecting through Scripture to God, Others, the Natural World, and Yourself. I will never ...
In the early years of the Witness, it was published weekly, and correspondents reported many small events in their congregations. Here are some news ...
Empowered Witness: Politics, Culture, and the Spiritual Mission of the Church Dr. Alan D. Strange | Crossway, 2024, 149 pages, $17.99 | Reviewed by ...