ARP Center Closed
The ARP Center is closed today, September 7, for Labor Day. Please email us or try again tomorrow.
Reverend Biddle Foster
Retired minister Reverend Biddle Foster passed away on Friday, September 4th. On Thursday he was taken to a local hospital following sudden weakness, seemed to be recovering, but GOD brought him to his heavenly reward instead. Please be in prayer Continue Reading …
Authority and History in Theology
By: Rev. David Smith, pastor of Covenant Fellowship in Greensboro, NC The term theology derives from two Greek terms theos, meaning God, and logos, which had a variety of meanings in the ancient world such as word, reason, matter, or Continue Reading …
Catawba Presbytery Meeting
The Rules of Procedure of Catawba Presbytery allow The Executive Committee of Catawba Presbytery to make decisions in behalf of situations that are considered “urgent matters” including the re-scheduling of meetings of Presbytery. The Executive Committee considered the October 13th meeting Continue Reading …
Synod Updates & More
Synod 2020 Update We have received permission to hold the 2020 meeting of General Synod, scheduled for October 22-23, at First Presbyterian Church in Columbia, SC, so we are now making plans toward this end. More details will be available Continue Reading …
Covid-19 Prayer Requests
The McClamrocks Rev. Mark McClamrock, pastor of Concord ARP Church, has tested positive for Covid-19. His wife, Susan, started symptoms and due to a compromised immune system is in a virtual hospital. Nicole McCoy Nicole McCoy, wife of Continue Reading …
News Bits
Hurricane Laura Please pray for those in line with Hurricane Laura. We have been in touch with our Texas Churches: Good Shepherd Presbyterian Church, Hope Church, and Faith Fellowship and our Louisiana churches: Hope Presbyterian Church and Calhoun Presbyterian Church. Continue Reading …
Rev. James Coad, Jr.
“Well done, thou good and faithful servant” Rev. James “Jim” Coad, Jr., 94, passed into the glorious presence of his Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ on Friday, August 14, 2020 from heart complications caused by Covid-19. He was born on Continue Reading …
Psalm of the Month
By A.C. Bridges (Originally printed in The ARP Magazine April 1980.) The Bible-Song-of-the-Month is No. 133 entitled “He Set Me Free,” and is a version of part of the 66th and 34th Psalms. The refrain is a part of the 34th Psalm. Continue Reading …
Betty Lou Bland
Betty Louise Dent Bland was born in 1932 in Columbia, SC to parents Harper A. and Elise Herron Dent. She graduated from Columbia High School, then attended Erskine College in Due West, SC. In 1955 she graduated from Erskine with Continue Reading …