Why Are RPs Where They Are?
05. March 2024
Reformed Presbyterian churches exist in several countries worldwide: but why? Why do we exist in some countries, and not in others? We can divide ...
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From Ohio to the Pacific
10. January 2024
For the first several decades that RP settlements existed in America, there were very few ministers; so the work of the church was performed almost ...
RPs in Minnesota
22. November 2023
The RPCNA has no congregations in the northern Great Plains or northern Great Lakes regions. But did you know that there were once churches in ...
Old and New
18. September 2023
The small Sparta congregation is one of two current RPCNA churches in Illinois. Like many of our small-town churches, it has a long history: more than ...
Our 225th Birthday
26. July 2023
This year is the 225th anniversary of the refounding of the Reformed Presbytery in America. Arguably that event more than any other marks the founding ...
Synods of the Past
22. June 2023
For many years, the RPCNA Synod has met at conference centers such as hotels or universities. Until the early 20th Century, this was not the ...
Frontier Ministry
22. May 2023
Have you ever heard of Rev. John Cuthbertson? He served in all three regions of the Reformed Presbyterian Church that existed in his time—Scotland, ...
Longest RP Pastorates
13. March 2023
How long has your pastor served your church? Some RP ministers have served short periods at several churches, while others have stayed at a single ...
Little White Churches
16. January 2023
Note: This is the second half of a two-part series on RP church buildings. See the October installment on RPWitness.org. Did you know that several ...
A True Global Missionary
11. November 2022
Most RP foreign missionaries have served in just one mission field, which is hardly surprising, since missionaries must learn local languages to serve ...
Current and Former RP Church Buildings
05. October 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 ...
Have Minister, Will Travel
12. September 2022
Note: This article distinguishes pastor and minister. Minister is any teaching elder, while pastor is a teaching elder currently installed in a ...
APs and RPs
01. August 2022
What do you know about the history of the Associate Presbyterian Church? How were APs relevant to RPs? This month, we take a brief look at the history ...
Around the Globe
18. July 2022
This month, let’s take a brief look at Reformed Presbyterian’s global presence. Long-established RP congregations exist in six countries: ...
Can It Be Biblical?
08. June 2022
Imagine that your husband dies and leaves an unmarried brother, or your wife dies and leaves an unmarried sister. If your spouse’s sibling is a ...
A Traveling Preacher
09. May 2022
Few now remember the name of Rev. John Black. That’s hardly surprising, since he was born more than 250 years ago. As one of the most important ...
Chung On Taai
01. April 2022
During the final years of the Chinese Civil War in the late 1940s, our South China Presbytery was comprised of several ministers: some American and ...
Transforming a State
01. March 2022
For the past few decades, Indiana has been one of the RPCNA’s strongest regions, but nearly all the Indiana congregations have been founded in ...
The First Foreign Mission
02. February 2022
The Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America (RPCNA) first sent foreign missionaries to Syria before the American Civil War, and mission work in ...
The Unusual ‘Safety League’
11. January 2022
You might be familiar with Christ (Floyd, N.Y.) RPC, but did you know it’s the third RP congregation in its area? The first RP settlers arrived in ...