A series of lessons on American Presbyterian history, given at Covenant Family Church (OPC) in Wentzville, Missouri. Our Sunday school is open to all ages and meets at 10:00 am.
This lesson reviews the history of American Presbyterianism we have covered in this series, examines the present situation, and looks to the future and the task ahead of us.
19 May 2024
Leaders and Movements of the 20th Century
This lesson covers some of the influential leaders and movements among American Presbyterians in the 20th century.
12 May 2024
Reunions and Divisions in the 20th Century
This lesson covers American Presbyterian reunions and divisions in the 20th century.
5 May 2024
The History of the Orthodox Presbyterian Church
This lesson gives an overview of the history of the Orthodox Presbyterian Church from its founding in 1936 to the present.
29 Apr 2024
The Fundamentalist-Modernist Controversy
21 Apr 2024
Presbyterians Missions
In this lesson, we take a look at American Presbyterian foreign missions from the mid-1800s to the early 1900s.
14 Apr 2024
The Inerrancy Controversy
This lesson covers the inerrancy controversy of the late 19th century in the northern Presbyterian church (PCUSA) with a special focus on the involvement of Charles A. Briggs, A.A. Hodge, and B.B. Warfield.
7 Apr 2024
Presbyterians, Creation Days, and Evolution
In this lesson, we look at the controversies in the American Presbyterian churches concerning the creation days, the age of the earth, and evolution, especially in the 1850s-1960s.
24 Mar 2024
A Christian Nation?
This lesson looks at American Presbyterians from 1800 to 1950 on the relation of Christianity to civil government and society.
17 Mar 2024
Slavery, Politics, and the North-South Divide
In this lesson, we take a look at the history of Presbyterians and slavery, politics, and the north-south divide in church and state in the 19th century.
10 Mar 2024
Worship and Sacraments
This lesson gives an overview of developments, debates, and the practice of Presbyterian worship in 19th century America. On several issues, church leaders during this time provided helpful correctives to the church's worship practices by drawing upon the teachings and/or practice of the Reformers of the 16th century.
3 Mar 2024
The Status and Education of Children
In the 19th century, Presbyterians discussed, debated, and wrote about the status, discipleship, and education of the children of the covenant. This lesson gives an overview of this history, a history which is still quite relevant today.
25 Feb 2024
New School or Old School?
The lesson covers the New School / Old School controversy of the 1830s in the Presbyterian church, as well as the rise of the New Divinity and the New Measures that preceded it.
18 Feb 2024
An Educated Ministry and the Founding of Princeton Seminary
This lesson covers the founding of Princeton Seminary (1812) and its first three professors, Archibald Alexander, Samuel Miller, and Charles Hodge.
11 Feb 2024
Westward Ho! Union, Missions, and Revival
This lesson covers early Presbyterian missions in America, the challenges facing the church after the War for Independence, the plan of union of 1801, and the beginning of the Second Great Awakening in 1800, with special focus on the revival in Kentucky.
4 Feb 2024
Presbyterians and American Independence
In this lesson, we look at Presbyterians and the American War for Independence, John Witherspoon, and the first General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of the USA.
21 Jan 2024
Presbyterians and the Great Awakening
In this lesson, we look at the Great Awakening in the American Colonies among the Presbyterians, its positives and negatives, and the Old Side / New Side division and reunion (1741-1758).
14 Jan 2024
Adopting the Westminster Standards
This lesson covers the migration of Scots-Irish (1717-1776), the Adopting Act of 1729 in which the Westminster standards were adopted, and the trial of Rev. Samuel Hemphill in 1735.
7 Jan 2024
From Westminster to Philadelphia
First part of a series on American Presbyterian History.
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