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John Mitchell Mason and the ARP Schism: Communion, Psalmody, and the Road to 1822
How John Mitchell Mason's open communion practices and use of hymns contributed to the fracture of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church in 1822.
Read MorePresbyterian Church Officers in my Family History
Five generations of elders and deacons in Tim's Hopper and Barron family lines.
Read MoreSunday school class on American Presbyterian History
My friend Matthew Ezzell and I taught a Sunday school class on American Presbyterian History at Shiloh Presbyterian Church.
Read MoreBrief History of the ARP and RPCNA
Understanding the Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America (RPCNA) and the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church (ARP), their tangled histories, and how they relate to modern Presbyterianism.
Read MoreStained Glass and the Second Commandment
Stained glass representation of Jesus added to an ARP church building in 1911.
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York County, South Carolina
York County, South Carolina sits just to the southwest of Charlotte, North Carolina. The destination of many Scots-Irish immigrants in the late 18th century, York County is the “most …
Read MoreARP Congregations of York County, SC (as of 1903)
Sketches of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian congregations of York County, SC (as of 1903).
Read MoreBethany Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church
From the 1903 Centenial History of the ARP: Bethany Church, in York Co., S. C., owes its origin to the introduction of hymns into the worship of the Presbyterian Churches in the vicinity of Kings …
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