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Newcastle is a settlement in the Blue Mountains of Jamaica. Formerly a military hill station for the British Army it is now a training centre for the Jamaica Defence Force . The Blue Mountain and John Crow Mountain National Park in which Newcastle is located was established in 1992.
The Free Presbyterian Church of North America (FPCNA) is a Presbyterian denomination in the United States and Canada with mission works in Liberia, Jamaica, Dominican Republic, and Kenya. Originally consisting of North American congregations under the auspices of the fundamentalist Free Presbyterian Church of Ulster , the North American group ...
His father was a tradesman, Thomas Knibb, and his mother, Mary (née Dexter) was active in the local independent church. His parents had eight children, the eldest, also named Thomas being born on 11 October 1799. William was their fifth child, along with his sister, Ann. [2] Knibb's elder brother Thomas was a missionary-schoolmaster in Jamaica.
Protestantism is the dominant religion in Jamaica. Protestants make up about 65% percent of the population. The five largest denominations in Jamaica are: The New Testament Church of God which is a part Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee), Seventh-day Adventist, [1] Baptist, Pentecostal and Anglican. [2]
He was bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Jamaica [1] as its bishop starting in 2024, [2] and he became Archbishop of the West Indies in 2019 before retiring from both posts on December 31, 2024. Gregory was educated at the University of the West Indies. He was ordained a deacon in 1973, priest in 1974. [3] Gregory was the chaplain of his old ...
Merrick was born in August 1808 in Jamaica. [1]Merrick began preaching in 1837 in Jamaica [2] and was ordained a full missionary in 1838. [3] In 1842, Reverend John Clarke and Dr. G. K. Prince, members of the Baptist Missionary Society of London, were seeking Jamaican lay missionaries to join them on an expedition to the Cameroon coast.
Two Advent sermons. 1865. Beveridge, the Scriptural Preacher. Character and Work. Hints for younger men and women. 1878. Christmas. [A sermon.] 1874. The Church and Science. 1872. The Comforter. [1875.] The Comforter: a series of sermons on certain aspects of the work of the Holy Ghost. 1864. Culture. [A sermon.] 1875. Four Advent Sermons. 1861.
In 2018 P&R Publishing withdrew Derek Thomas' commentary on the Book of Acts after allegations of uncredited use of pastor Sinclair Ferguson's sermons on Acts.They noted that "the lack of attribution resulted from unclear note-taking more than a decade before the commentary on Acts was written, and we believe it does not reflect intentional misuse on the part of the author."