John Blair Smith was born June 12, 1756 in Pequea, Pennsylvania. His mother Elizabeth was the sister of Samuel and John Blair who were the first two ministers of Fagg’s Manor Presbyterian Church (currently Manor...
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Robert Smith, Pastor & School Master at Pequea
When the Second General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America (PCUSA) convened in First Church, Philadelphia, May 20, 1790, the retiring moderator, John Rodgers, delivered his sermon from...
John H. Livingston, Father of Reformed Dutch Church in America
The definition of presbyterian is expanded in this biography to include other denominations that are Calvinistic in theology, ruled by elders, and ordered by connectionalism. Presbyterian means most basically rule by...
Thomas Smyth & Harmony Among Church Members
Thomas Smyth was born June 14, 1808 in Belfast, Ireland, the sixth son of Samuel and Ann Magee Smith. His father was a grocer and an elder in the local Presbyterian Church. Later in life Thomas would adopt the Smyth...
Geerhardus Vos, Evolution & Professor James Woodrow
The evolution controversy at Columbia Theological Seminary extended for at least a decade and nearly caused the seminary to close. The source of the controversy was James Woodrow who was the inaugural Perkins Professor...
John H. Rice, Disconsolate but Persevering in Ministry
John Holt was born July 23, 1818 in Petersburg, Virginia, the first son of Martha Alexander and Benjamin Holt Rice. At the time his father was pastor of the recently organized Tabb Street Presbyterian Church. His mother...
