WORSHIP SERVICE AT HISTORIC OLD BRICK CHURCH

Join us on Sunday, October 25 at 3pm. A service hosted by Catawba presbytery’s OBC Commission. Rev. Clint Davis, Chester ARP, will lead the service. Music by Centennial ARP Church Choir.

Directions: Highway 213, 14 Miles West of Winnsboro, SC

The historic place of worship was built in 1788, but there was a congregation in existence before the American Revolution. The most important event in the church’s rich history occurred on May 9, 1803. It was then that the Associate Reformed Synod of the Carolinas was organized at OBC to become one of the four synods that constituted the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church, which had been earlier organized in 1782 in Philadelphia. Each Synod became independent, and by 1822 the Synod of the Carolinas, which had grown beyond the Carolinas, became the Synod of the South. Although the northern synods formed a new denomination in 1859 (United Presbyterian Church), the Synod of the South retained the name, Associate Reformed Presbyterian. Damaged by Union troops in 1865, the church was repaired and remained in active use until 1920. Catawba Presbytery formed the OBC Commission in March 2007 to oversee and maintain the building and its properties, and to organize a special worship service at least every 5 years. This unique gathering serves to remind us of the role this church played in the founding and life of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church. Therefore, please join us for worship on Reformation Sunday, October 25 at 3 pm.

Erskine’s Garnet & Gold

Erskine’s Garnet & Gold Forum is coming up October 23! This year, we’re celebrating 250 years of faith in America with a dinner and a patriotic concert, featuring readings by historian Rod Gragg and music by the Erskine Choraleers.