This biography is not about a minister but instead briefly tells the life of a Presbyterian layman who was an inventor and industrialist. His life began on the farm as did many of the lives of antebellum entrepreneurs...
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Memorizing the Bible
Bible memorization should be promoted within Presbyterian and Reformed Christianity in conjunction with the existing emphasis on catechesis. Catechisms are emphasized so that children and novices in the faith can learn...
Samuel Waugh, Glorify God & Enjoy Him Forever
Samuel was born to the William Waugh household in 1749 within the parish of Lower Marsh Creek Presbyterian Church in Adams County, Pennsylvania. Unfortunately, his mother’s name could not be determined with certainty...
Augustus W. Loomis, Ministry to Chinese
Augustus W. Loomis included in his minstry writing books about and for the Chinese immigrants and American Indians. He also emphasized catechesis in his ministry as exemplified by The Profits of Godliness, 1859, which...
Joshua Bohannon & Missions to Native Americans
From the very earliest days of Presbyterianism in Colonial America there were ministers involved in evangelism among their Indian neighbors. One missionary was Presbyterian minister David Brainerd who established a...
John Breckinridge, Administrative Presbyter
John was born July 4, 1797 to John and Mary (Cabell) Breckinridge at Cabell’s Dale near Lexington, Kentucky. His father would die in 1806 after serving in the Kentucky Legislature, the U.S. House & Senate, and...
