Isaiah Weir | November/December 2021 Issue
I brought home two artifacts from the Theological Foundations for Youth (TFY) program, held this summer at the Reformed Presbyterian Theological ...
Harry Metzger | November/December 2021 Issue
Because it was well after midnight, the world’s busiest airport was basically deserted. The lack of the hustle and bustle at Chicago’s O’Hare ...
Fiona Buck | November/December 2021 Issue
Location: Wilkinsburg, Pa. Presbytery: Alleghenies Organization: 1973 Membership: 117 communicant; 32 baptized Pastor: Pete Smith Website: ...
Drew Gordon | November/December 2021 Issue
The RP Church in Canada was the Witness cover story in Nov. 1988. There had been just two RP congregations in Canada in the decades prior to 1980, ...
Nathaniel Pockras | October 04, 2021
Many older Reformed Presbyterian churches have their own cemeteries, and several other cemeteries preserve the memories of congregations that no ...
Nathaniel Pockras | September/October 2021 Issue
This year marks the 150th anniversary of the Covenant of 1871. Let’s look briefly at its history. For much of Reformed Presbyterian history, the ...
Nathan Eshelman | September/October 2021 Issue
The ark of the covenant was brought into the temple of Dagon, and the false god fell prostrate in its presence (1 Sam. 5). Dagon, a chief god of the ...
Warren Peel | September/October 2021 Issue
A decade ago, Carl Trueman wrote a provocative piece in the journal Themelios entitled, “What do Miserable Christians Sing?” He argued eloquently ...
Rowan Dennis | September/October 2021 Issue
In my younger years of high school, I often wrestled with the significance of cultivating friendships with fellow believers—is it really that ...
Cheryl Hemphill | September/October 2021 Issue
It is difficult to condense such a broad topic. I will focus on the practical, with this caution and reminder. In Revelation 2, the Ephesian ...
Maria McDeavitt | September/October 2021 Issue
Location: Bryan, Texas Presbytery: Midwest Organization: Sept. 5, 2018 Membership: 32 communicant; 22 baptized Pastor: Steve Rockhill Website: ...
Drew Gordon | September/October 2021 Issue
On Aug. 13, one teenage girl’s album surpassed another teenage girl’s album atop Ireland’s pop music charts. While that won’t register a blip ...
Nathaniel Pockras | August 02, 2021
Let’s look back a century at the 1921 meeting of Synod. Delegates met at the Pittsburgh, Pa., church building, located downtown on Eighth Street ...
Nathaniel Pockras | July/August 2021 Issue
More than 20 Reformed Presbyterian ministers crossed the Atlantic after serving as RP ministers in Ireland. Some were sent as missionaries to ...
James Faris and Noah Bailey | July/August 2021 Issue
The jest sometimes circulates synod meetings: Everything has been said, but not everyone has said it. A presbytery sometimes gets so far into the ...
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Nathan Eshelman | July/August 2021 Issue
Twenty years ago, when I began reading theology, I was excited and eager. I had so many questions and couldn’t wait to discover the answers. But ...
James Faris | July/August 2021 Issue
The historical psalms stir our souls by helping us remember God’s actions for His people in the past, reviving our hope, and shaping the contours of ...
Philomena Hanna | July/August 2021 Issue
I live in South Sudan, Africa. I have two brothers, Lucas and Xavier, and two sisters, Rowan and Evangeline. My family and the Smith family, Lydia ...
Lauren Scavo-Fulk | July/August 2021 Issue
The term “Christian art” for me, and I expect for many others, raises memories of walking into the Christian bookstore and seeing canvas prints of ...
Adam Kuehner | July/August 2021 Issue
Location: Southfield, Michigan Presbytery: Great Lakes-Gulf Organization: 1834 Membership: 44 communicant; 18 baptized Pastor: Adam ...
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 ...