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Book Review: The Covenanters

THE COVENANTERS – A History of the Church in Scotland from the Reformation to the Revolution, James King Hewison, Banner of Truth Trust, 2019, hbk, Vol. 1 504 pages, Vol. 2 608 pages, £40.00. A...

Read more December 7, 2020 at 12:47 pm News Secretary

Hope for today from a past crisis

In 1836, a typhus epidemic hit Scotland. The minister in my own congregation in Stranraer at the time was William Symington. As both his unpublished diaries and a memoir written by his sons reveal,...

Read more September 30, 2020 at 1:41 pm News Secretary

From the Archives…

We know the coronavirus is not the first plague strike the earth. If the Lord tarries, it will not be the last. John Mitchell, a historian who works with Reformed Presbyterian archives was asked...

Read more April 30, 2020 at 9:38 am News Secretary

RP Book Reviews: Edgar

History of the Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America, 1871–1920 Dr. William J. Edgar | Crown & Covenant Publications | 2019, 232 pp., $25 | DNA testing has become a popular way for people...

Read more January 16, 2020 at 9:20 am News Secretary

Reformation in Ireland

Kellswater church (Ballymena, Co Antrim) held their 10th Reformation Commemoration Meeting on 30th October. The speaker was the Rev Trevor Kirlkand from Doagh & Ballyclare Free Church of Scotland (Continuing) and the subject was...

Read more November 6, 2019 at 10:23 am News Secretary

Covenanter Honoured in Stranraer

Last month a new plaque was unveiled marking the ministry of the Covenanter John Livingstone in Stranraer from 1638-48. You can read more about this on the Stranraer RPC website by clicking here.

Read more April 21, 2019 at 7:05 am News Secretary

Stranraer RP featured in local publication

We have just discovered that our church building featured in a 2016 publication entitled Church Buildings in Wigtownshire, by John R. Hume! In a helpful introduction to the book, Hume notes the pivotal role...

Read more April 12, 2019 at 8:35 am News Secretary

Reformation Story: James Gavin

Reformation Tours is a ministry of the RPCS. At Reformation Tours we believe it’s important to not only keep alive the major events of Scotland’s Reformation and the Covenanters but also the individual stories...

Read more March 29, 2019 at 8:31 am News Secretary

Talk on William Symington

Rev. Stephen Steele, minister of Stranraer RPCS, recently gave a talk on Rev. William Symington. You can listen to the talk, view the presentation, and access some of the sources mentioned by going to...

Read more March 7, 2019 at 7:50 am News Secretary

Convoy RPC Outreach

Every year the small country town of Convoy (located in Donegal, Ireland) takes part in ‘Heritage Week’. This year the Convoy RP Church got involved! Jayne Long from the Convoy congregation tells us more:...

Read more October 4, 2018 at 2:00 pm News Secretary
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