The Presbyterian Church in America (PCA) has its origin predominately in the southern states. You cannot get any farther south than Key West, Florida, but anyone that has driven down the peninsula knows life in the...
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Presbyterian Church in America, 50th Anniversary, 2023
This year is the semi-centennial of the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA). Fifty years is a long time with many members having entered the denomination over the years while others alive in 1973 have passed on. To...
Jacob J. Janeway, A Covenant with God
Jacob Jones was born in New York, November 20, 1774, to George and Effie (Ten Eyck) Janeway. The family were members of the Reformed Dutch Church. The Dutch established a colony in 1609 a portion of which included what...
Guy Prentiss Waters, The Sabbath as Rest and Hope
How do we think of the Sabbath in a world of continuous connections to people, places, and things via digital devices? Marketers are proud of their twenty-four hours per day, seven days a week ability to deliver...
What are the Old Side & New Side?
The Old and New Sides are not the same as the Old and New Schools. From 1741-1758, Presbyterians in the American Colonies were divided into the Old and New Sides. The Old Side was the Synod of Philadelphia; the New Side...
William A. Scott, Missionary to California
William Anderson was born to parents of Scotch-Irish descent named Eli and Martha (Anderson) Scott, January 30, 1813, at Rock Creek which is located south of Nashville in Bedford County, Tennessee. The Scotts found...
