Nathaniel Pockras | November/December 2024 Issue
In the early years of the Witness, it was published weekly, and correspondents reported many small events in their congregations. Here are some news ...
Nathaniel Pockras | September/October 2024 Issue
In the early years of American independence, eastern Vermont was one of the Reformed Presbyterian Church’s strongest regions, due to an unusual ...
Nathaniel Pockras | July/August 2024 Issue
John McMillan was the first Reformed Presbyterian minister. Born in 1669 and ordained in the Church of Scotland in 1701, he quickly began calling for ...
Nathaniel Pockras | May/June 2024 Issue
“It is perfectly true.—Colonel Brandon has given the living of Delaford to Edward.” “Edward is only to hold the living till the person to ...
Nathaniel Pockras | March/April 2024 Issue
Reformed Presbyterian churches exist in several countries worldwide: but why? Why do we exist in some countries, and not in others? We can divide ...
Nathaniel Pockras | January/February 2024 Issue
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 ...
Nathaniel Pockras | November/December 2023 Issue
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 ...
Nathaniel Pockras | September/October 2023 Issue
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 ...
Nathaniel Pockras | July/August 2023 Issue
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 ...
Nathaniel Pockras | June 22, 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 ...
Nathaniel Pockras | May/June 2023 Issue
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, ...
Nathaniel Pockras | March/April 2023 Issue
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 ...
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Nathaniel Pockras | January/February 2023 Issue
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Nathaniel Pockras | August 01, 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 ...
Nathaniel Pockras | July/August 2022 Issue
This month, let’s take a brief look at Reformed Presbyterian’s global presence. Long-established RP congregations exist in six countries: ...
Nathaniel Pockras | June 08, 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 ...
Nathaniel Pockras | May/June 2022 Issue
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 ...
The only congregation of the RPCNA in the state of Wyoming is in Laramie, a small city sprawled across a broad valley along Interstate 80 where the ...
Though unfamiliar to some, since at least Augustine it’s commonplace to speak of man’s fourfold state: the state of innocency, the state of ...
I recently learned that quite a few people inquire with the RP Witness for practical suggestions on how congregations can find encouragement for ...
Having grown up in the midst of war-torn Iran and in a strictly Muslim family, at age nine Naghmeh Panahi nonetheless heard the Word of God and ...