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Growing Ministers to Plant Churches

10. January 2024

Introduction In a passage that greatly informs the missionary prayers of the church, we read, “After these things the Lord appointed seventy others ...

Not Where Christ Has Already Been Named

26. July 2023

Introduction Years ago, four friends and I decided to skydive for our 21st birthdays. I heard from others more than once, “Why would you jump ...

Strength for the Weary

16. January 2023

Discouragement. Disappointment. Frustration. These can be experienced by any pastor facing the trials of shepherding God’s flock, but they are ...

A State to Celebrate

18. July 2022

Eleven years ago, there were no Reformed Presbyterian churches in Texas, but today there are four, and we pray for more. The Lord Jesus Christ is ...

Two Visions for Church Planting

11. January 2022

When the pandemic hit in Mar. 2020, White Lake, N.Y., RPC stopped having in-person services for a while. So, David Klussman planned on having family ...

Growing Against All Odds

08. September 2021

Northern Nevada holds surprising beauty. The state is much more than the stereotypical arid deserts of Hollywood westerns and the bright casino lights ...

Hindsight Is 2020

08. January 2021

As we look back at 2020, we can struggle to find an attitude of thankfulness in the midst of the experiences that blindsided us last year. From a ...

Never in Vain

27. July 2018

Some providential interactions in the last couple of weeks brought home again important things about the privilege of ministry in the California State ...

From Jerusalem to North America

25. January 2017

A Burden for Lost Souls When Christians think of Romans 9–11, some think of hotly contested doctrinal debates over predestination and the future of ...

Refuge in Coastal Churches

15. July 2016

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 ...

The Yellow House

04. January 2016

No, thanks. That was my initial response to Laramie RPC’s warm hospitality. Singing songs and tunes I have never heard before? I’ll pass. No ...

Four Things God Gave Us

13. July 2015

On the evening of July 27, 2004, Pastor Dave Long preached the convocation sermon at the RP International Conference. He challenged us to consider ...

Meet the Home Mission Board

06. March 2015

STEVE BRADLEY grew up in Southern California and came to faith at age six through the ministry of Calvary Baptist Church.  In his early twenties, he ...

A Church Planters Weekend Retreat

17. September 2014

How often do people consider the hard work of our church planters and their wives? Church planting is very tiring work, and it is stressful on many ...

On the Southern Frontier

01. February 2014

In recent years, the Midwest Presbytery of the RPCNA has extended its southern border into the great state of Texas. The Living Way Reformed ...

Spanish Reformed Outreach

01. July 2013

History of the Spanish Church It is said that a Spanish king once boasted that the Lutheran (Protestant) heresy would not be found in the Castellian ...

Tri-Lakes Church Plant

31. January 2013

Two years ago, Springs (Colorado Springs, Colo.) RPC issued a call to me as associate pastor to labor in the gospel ministry. The main thrust of the ...

Good Tidings from the Home

01. November 2012

Greetings from the RP Home, still vibrant after 115 years of blessings from the Lord! We will be sharing news from our Pittsburgh campus once a year ...