Seattle RP Church

Location:Seattle, Wash.

Presbytery:Pacific Coast

Organization Date:1892

Membership:83 (70 communicant; 13 baptized)

Pastor:Don Piper

Web Site:seattlerpchurch.org

Our History

The Seattle congregation is the oldest RP congregation on the west coast and has the unusual distinction of having been organized twice. The first organization was on August 9, 1889, when the church consisted of 21 charter members. Some problems developed in that small group, resulting in the resignation of the pastor, S. Dell Johnston, and the two ruling elders in 1891. Having no session, the young congregation was officially disorganized. However, the small group of believers remained loyal and continued to meet regularly for Bible study and prayer.

Recognizing the possibility that a congregation might be reorganized, Rev. ...