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Presbyterians trace their history to the Protestant Reformation in the 16th century. The Presbyterian heritage, and much of its theology, began with the French theologian and lawyer John Calvin (1509–64), whose writings solidified much of the Reformed thinking that came before him in the form of the sermons and writings of Huldrych Zwingli.
Robert Charles Sproul (/ s p r oʊ l / SPROHL; February 13, 1939 – December 14, 2017) was an American Reformed theologian, Christian apologist, and ordained pastor in the Presbyterian Church in America.
After Bell's death, and the subsequent founding of the Presbyterian Church in America, this publication would eventually evolve into the God's World News line of children's magazines, founded in 1981 under the direction of Joel Belz, and later lead to the 1986 founding of a parallel news publication for adults, WORLD Magazine. [4]
The Presbyterian Church (USA), abbreviated PCUSA, is a mainline Protestant denomination in the United States.It is the largest Presbyterian denomination in the country, known for its liberal stance on doctrine and its ordaining of women and members of the LGBT community as elders and ministers.
Ben Haden (October 18, 1925 - October 24, 2013) [1] was an ordained minister in the Presbyterian Church in America. [2] He became internationally known through the religious broadcast, Changed Lives .
Rehoboth Presbyterian Church At the behest of Colonel William Stevens, an Episcopalian from Rehobeth, Maryland , Rev. Makemie was sent as a missionary to America, arriving in Maryland in 1683. Makemie initially preached in Somerset County, Maryland , and established the Rehobeth Presbyterian Church the oldest Presbyterian Church in America ...
Benjamin Morgan Palmer (January 25, 1818 – May 28, 1902) [1] was a Presbyterian minister and theologian in the United States. [2] He served as first Moderator of the Presbyterian Church in the United States (PCUS) in 1861. [3]
Cecil John Miller (December 28, 1928 – April 8, 1996 [1] [2]), usually known as Jack Miller, was an American Presbyterian pastor, seminary professor, church planter, and missionary. He served as pastor of New Life Presbyterian Church in Jenkintown, Pennsylvania , taught practical theology at Westminster Theological Seminary , and was the ...