Machen Trivia
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PaulCLawton
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The Independent Board for Presbyterian Foreign Missions (after WTS, before OPC)
CT-->PG
WTS
IBPFM
PCA-->OPC
5th... hmm. ?
WTS
IBPFM
PCA-->OPC
5th... hmm. ?
Wayne
Tempus faciendi, Domine.
Machen Trivia: Name at least five organizations that Machen helped to found.
Okay, that's enough. Put your pencils down.
An interesting exercise that serves my purpose (see below @ #1). The best sets of answers were offered by John Mahaffy, on the OPC Yahoo List, and Frank Smith ("Oh, you remember Frank"), on the XCA Yahoo List.
Here's the full run, in reverse order (asterisks indicate ongoing organizations):
*8. 1936 - The Orthodox Presbyterian Church, nee Presbyterian Church _of_ America [The name change was forced by a PCUSA lawsuit, on contention that the PCofA name was on the table in UPCNA merger talks a few years prior]
7. 1935 - The Presbyterian Guardian [began as a publication of the PCCU and was never officially a denominational magazine of the OPC.
6. 1935 - The Presbyterian Constitutional Covenant Union [the PCCU led directly to the formation of the OPC]
*5. 1933 - The Independent Board for Presbyterian Foreign Missions [www.ibpfm.org]
*4. 1930 - Presbyterian & Reformed Publishing [Machen provided some of the start-up capital; P&R's first publication was Christianity Today (1930-1949)]
3. 1930 - The Presbyterian League of Faith [worked to reform the PCUSA from within; Machen helped to found it but was not as integrally involved with it]
*2. 1929 - Westminster Theological Seminary
and "firstly",
1. 1925 - The League of Evangelical Students
The League was the first, nationwide evangelical student organization in the U.S. The League began at Princeton and at its peak had over 60 chapters in the US, with another 20 affiliate chapters in China. The work was finally dissolved and turned over to another organization as InterVarsity began to establish its work in the States around 1939 and following.
Which brings me to my announcement:
The League published a magazine titled The Evangelical Student. A recent patron request for access to that magazine has prompted the posting of that content to the PCA Historical Center's web site. The entire run, from 1926-1939 (save six issues that I am missing) has been posted in PDF format (digital image scans).
The home page, with links to each issue and an author-title index, is here:
PCA Historical Center: The Evangelical Student [April 1926-January 1939]
So take a look. Bookmark the site. There are some great articles in those issues. [& click the cover thumbnail images to view at full size]
Additional trivia: John P. Clelland, the only pastor to have been a founding member of both the PCofA and the PCinA, was active in the leadership of the League.
And I would enjoy hearing from anyone who has copies of the issues that I am currently lacking, even if only to borrow said issues for scanning.
Meanwhile, posting of vol. 4 of Christianity Today (1933-34) is in process.
[cf. www.pcahistory.org/HCLibrary/periodicals/CT/index.html].
After that I'll probably post the bulletins issued by The Concerned Presbyterian organization, 1965-1976. That group was instrumental in the formation of the PCA.
Blessings in Christ our risen King,
Okay, that's enough. Put your pencils down.
An interesting exercise that serves my purpose (see below @ #1). The best sets of answers were offered by John Mahaffy, on the OPC Yahoo List, and Frank Smith ("Oh, you remember Frank"), on the XCA Yahoo List.
Here's the full run, in reverse order (asterisks indicate ongoing organizations):
*8. 1936 - The Orthodox Presbyterian Church, nee Presbyterian Church _of_ America [The name change was forced by a PCUSA lawsuit, on contention that the PCofA name was on the table in UPCNA merger talks a few years prior]
7. 1935 - The Presbyterian Guardian [began as a publication of the PCCU and was never officially a denominational magazine of the OPC.
6. 1935 - The Presbyterian Constitutional Covenant Union [the PCCU led directly to the formation of the OPC]
*5. 1933 - The Independent Board for Presbyterian Foreign Missions [www.ibpfm.org]
*4. 1930 - Presbyterian & Reformed Publishing [Machen provided some of the start-up capital; P&R's first publication was Christianity Today (1930-1949)]
3. 1930 - The Presbyterian League of Faith [worked to reform the PCUSA from within; Machen helped to found it but was not as integrally involved with it]
*2. 1929 - Westminster Theological Seminary
and "firstly",
1. 1925 - The League of Evangelical Students
The League was the first, nationwide evangelical student organization in the U.S. The League began at Princeton and at its peak had over 60 chapters in the US, with another 20 affiliate chapters in China. The work was finally dissolved and turned over to another organization as InterVarsity began to establish its work in the States around 1939 and following.
Which brings me to my announcement:
The League published a magazine titled The Evangelical Student. A recent patron request for access to that magazine has prompted the posting of that content to the PCA Historical Center's web site. The entire run, from 1926-1939 (save six issues that I am missing) has been posted in PDF format (digital image scans).
The home page, with links to each issue and an author-title index, is here:
PCA Historical Center: The Evangelical Student [April 1926-January 1939]
So take a look. Bookmark the site. There are some great articles in those issues. [& click the cover thumbnail images to view at full size]
Additional trivia: John P. Clelland, the only pastor to have been a founding member of both the PCofA and the PCinA, was active in the leadership of the League.
And I would enjoy hearing from anyone who has copies of the issues that I am currently lacking, even if only to borrow said issues for scanning.
Meanwhile, posting of vol. 4 of Christianity Today (1933-34) is in process.
[cf. www.pcahistory.org/HCLibrary/periodicals/CT/index.html].
After that I'll probably post the bulletins issued by The Concerned Presbyterian organization, 1965-1976. That group was instrumental in the formation of the PCA.
Blessings in Christ our risen King,
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I got to meet him at Synod. I didn't ask him to wear the horns. I figured I would only pollute his character. Besides he already probably has his own clan. LOL.
I got to meet him at Synod. I didn't ask him to wear the horns. I figured I would only pollute his character. Besides he already probably has his own clan. LOL.
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