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Presbytery of the Alleghenies
Rimersburg, Pa., RPC and Birmingham, Ala., RPC were both closed.
College Hill (Beaver Falls, Pa.) RPC: The congregation is working to support Pastor Hao Lu and his family as they transition to the mission field in Thailand. Feeling called by the Lord to begin the work of church planting in the College Hill area, the elders are leading the congregation in the early steps of planning and prayer.
Grace (Gibsonia, Pa.) RPC: The Trail Life troop and homeschool co-op, Growing in Grace, have been wonderful ministries to those in the church and community. For the third year the church is hosting Lifewise Academy (a public-school release time program) on Tuesdays and Thursdays, which has been a good outreach opportunity. It has seen strong growth since it began.
Grace (State College, Pa.) RPC: Pastor Mark England was appointed as a provisional ruling elder last year.
Hope Community (Beaver Falls, Pa.) RPC: In January, Jack Smith was installed as teaching elder, the culmination of a year-long process that included his move from a sister NAPARC denomination to join George Gregory in the pastorate.
Iglesia Presbiteriana Reformada de Batuco (Batuco, Chile): During this year, the work of the preaching stations became more regular and structured, with monthly preaching in La Calera, Coltauco, and Ercilla. Additional preaching is carried out by the ruling elders in order to sustain these works. In April, the Ercilla Fellowship was established as a mission church, with the Batuco session acting as the temporary governing body.
North Hills (Pittsburgh, Pa.) RPC: Four members of the North Hills congregation have answered the call to serve the Lord in missions beyond the boundaries of North America. The congregation is seeking the right candidate to replace Pastor Martin Blocki, who has retired from the pastorate in order to take up the call of the RP Seminary to serve as senior adjunct professor of biblical counseling. Each Lord’s Day a portion of the congregation worships in the Mandarin language with a dedicated associate pastor leading that ministry.
Atlantic Presbytery
Some believers who fled persecution in China have settled in Flushing, Queens, N.Y., and are calling themselves Reformed Covenant Church. They want to belong to the RPCNA, so they crossed the Hudson River to meet with the Ridgefield Park RPC and to seek membership. The presbytery has solicited the help of Chinese-speaking Reformed Presbyterian pastors. At the March meeting of the Atlantic Presbytery, the Flushing group was made a Mission Church of the RPCNA, and the Ridgefield Park session was appointed to oversee the work as its temporary governing body.
Noah Bailey resigned his pastorate in Cambridge, Mass., to take up doctoral studies in Queens University in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
Ryan Alsheimer was installed in the Walton RPC for work in Oneonta, N.Y.
Christ (Riverside, R.I.) RPC: The congregation was delighted to host a fourth annual Theological Foundations Weekend, as well as a seventh Reformation Day Psalm Sing with over 200 in attendance.
White Lake, N.Y., RPC: Moving forward, the session has worked out the terms of a call for a new pastor with the deacons and the prospective new pastor and has voted to have an election on Apr. 26. The session will place in nomination the name of Pastor William Chellis. Pending a successful election and Pastor Chellis’ acceptance and installation, Pastor Coon will announce his retirement after 48 years of serving the White Lake congregation and be given the position of Pastor Emeritus. He and Pastor Chellis will work together in the remaining months of 2026 to ensure a smooth transition.
Great Lakes–Gulf Presbytery
In God’s sad providence Selma, Ala., RPC closed after 152 years of worship and service to King Jesus. Sparta, Ill., RPC was disorganized after 206 years of worship in Southern Illinois.
There are two preaching stations: Celebration, Fla., and Gainesville, Fla. One exploratory work is beginning in the Shoals area of Alabama, with Pastor Joshua Smith being onsite as of Sept. 6, 2026.
One minister in the presbytery was deposed, and another was restored following his March 2025 suspension from office.
Atlanta, Ga., RPC: On Oct. 5, 2025, the congregation was officially organized. About 80 people attended, including a representative of the Atlanta mayor’s office.
Bloomington, Ind., RPC: The Bloomington congregation has continued to be blessed with visitors systematically appearing from Lord’s Day to Lord’s Day, resulting in an increase in 40 members since Dec. 2023.
Second (Indianapolis, Ind.) RPC: The Lord has answered prayers in calling a second pastor to share the ministry with Jerry Foltz. The congregation looks forward to seeing Christopher Schrock installed as senior pastor June 19.
Southwest Ohio RPC: Session appointed a continuity/pulpit search committee in light of Pastor Richard Knodel’s desire to retire within the next year.
Japan Presbytery
Dr. Rory Cerbus was ordained as a ruling elder in the Mukonoso congregation last summer. Rory and his wife Bethany, together with their three children, Wendell, Eugene, and Edna, have been a vital part of the congregation and the presbytery as a whole.
The Sannomiya Commission oversees the monthly evening English services held at the Covenanter Center Building in Kobe. Visitors to the Covenanter Book Room frequently attend these services.
Kobe Theological Hall (KTH): There are currently 37 students, 20 of whom were active during the 2026 winter semester; 4 are from RPC, 2 are attending RPC, and 12 are from other evangelical denominations. KTH participated in the West Japan Division of the Japan Evangelical Theological Society, as well as the Japan Evangelical Theological Seminaries’ Association, in which KTH was the moderating seminary in 2024–2025, and also took part in the work of a new Japanese translation of the Bible.
Covenanter Book Room (CBR): The street in front of the Book Room is often filled with international visitors, and CBR stands at the front line of evangelism not only in Japan, but also in East Asia. Last spring, a young Japanese couple visited the shop, and they were introduced to Sabbath worship. They began attending faithfully; the husband was baptized, and both were received as members of the Reformed Presbyterian Church.
The Psalter Committee: Rev. Shigeru Takiura, Rev. Kihei Takiura, Mrs. Amelia Takiura, and Mrs. Bethany Cerbus serve on the Psalter Committee. After the publication of the new Japanese Psalter in 2022, which includes at least a portion of all 150 psalms, with 100 psalms completed in full, work has resumed on editing additional psalms.
Midwest Presbytery
On Apr. 10, the Oklahoma City Mission Church became the presbytery’s 22nd organized congregation.
Presbytery is saddened by the recent passing of Elder Emeritus Harold Milligan (Clay Center, Kan., RPC) who passed into glory on May 13.
Living Way (Bryan, Tex.) RPC: The Living Way congregation was privileged to host the presbytery’s Covenanter Youth (CY) winter retreat the first weekend in January. We were able to host the retreat at Camp Allen in nearby Navasota, Tex. It was a great weekend, and we were especially thankful how our young adults stepped up to help serve the young people of MWP.
Clarinda, Iowa, RPC: Pastor Haney has begun using the Grace Ministry Center to host musical performances by touring artists, an outreach which has brought many people from the community through our doors.
Springs (Colorado Springs, Colo.) RPC: Tyler Horiuchi, student under care of the MWP, began a 1-year internship with us in Jan.
Grace (Columbia, Mo.) RPC: We have conducted evangelistic outreach at the county fair and local festivals. Just recently we have begun to go out with the gospel to parks and a ride share with those who are walking the streets to gain the opportunity to give them a ride and the gospel.
Laramie, Wyo., RPC: The man who joined by baptism and profession of faith in 2025 (who came out of the Mormon cult) has experienced tremendous pressure from his mother to leave our congregation and return to Mormonism, and his mother has even taken legal action against some in our congregation.
Quinter, Kan., RPC: The congregation was saddened to receive Matthew Sexton’s resignation as pastor after ten years of faithful service. We wish him and his family well.
Pacific Coast Presbytery
The presbytery rejoices in the ordination and installation of Pastor Seni Adeyemi as All Saints (Ontario, Calif.) RPC’s new pastor.
The presbytery recently held its largest family camp ever with 140 persons.
After he successfully completed a series of examinations, Pastor Owen Anderson and Christ the King RPC were welcomed into the presbytery. The presbytery rejoices that there are now two congregations in the Phoenix area.
Pastor Tim McCracken continues his work in the Central Valley Prison Ministry, where he and his volunteers minister to more than 100 inmates per week.
Three congregations continue without pastors: Great Basin (Reno, Nev.) RPC; First (Phoenix, Ariz.) RPC; and San Diego, Calif., RPC.
Las Vegas, Nev., RPC: The congregation is investigating church planting locations, with one prayer meeting in Kingman, Ariz., where they will soon start evangelism. Pahrump, Nev., is also a possible location for a Bible study and evangelism.
St. Lawrence Presbytery
The former Hudson–St. Lazare congregation, which became the Glengarry mission church in 2022, called Reuben Lindeman as its church planting pastor. Reuben Lindeman passed his ordination exams at the Oct. 2025 presbytery meeting and was ordained on Jan. 14.
The presbytery grieves the loss and remembers the lives of Pastor Kit Swartz (former Pastor of Oswego, N.Y., RPC and then moderator and ruling elder/member at Fulton, N.Y., RPC) and presbytery treasurer Andy Curran (Oswego RPC).
Christian Heritage (Endicott, N.Y.) RPC: Aubrey and Tim Weir have been active in coordinating the Vision Team. This has developed a new logo, new signs, community outreach, and an exploration of who might be their next pastor.
Lisbon, N.Y., RPC: Elder Brian Bond and his wife Shelley were able to minister abroad in Stranraer, Scotland, RPC on two occasions.
Rochester, N.Y., RPC: The congregation elected three new ruling elders.
