Welcome to Ulster Worldly, a blog about the history of Presbyterianism. Many of these stories come from my own family, many others come from my own denomination.

Tim Hopper · Raleigh, NC

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How the Hoppers Became Presbyterian How the Hopper family moved from Baptist roots to a Presbyterian legacy through the marriage of Joseph Hopper to Mary Jane Dunlap in 1840. Hunting in Korea Two chapters cut from the published Mission to Korea: Joe B. Hopper's letters home about pheasant, goose, and deer hunting with his sons in 1950s and 60s South Korea — including the day a flock of generals' stars helicoptered in for a pheasant hunt. J. Gresham Machen’s Libertarian Letters to the Editor A collection of Machen's letters opposing government overreach, from anti-sedition laws to federal education departments. Billy Graham in the Dog House The time Billy Graham's wife put her husband in the dog house.

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Scrounging in Korea

Tue Jun 2, 2026 · Tim Hopper

An unpublished chapter from the published Mission to Korea: Joe B. Hopper on the missionary's 'scrounge fever' and the three greatest hauls of his career.

Two chapters cut from the published Mission to Korea: Joe B. Hopper's letters home about pheasant, goose, and deer hunting with his sons in 1950s and 60s South Korea — including the day a flock of generals' stars helicoptered in for a pheasant hunt.

DeYoung on Presbyterians and 1776

Tue Apr 28, 2026 · Tim Hopper

Kevin DeYoung's two-part Sunday school class on the essential Presbyterian role in the American Revolution — from the Scots-Irish of Mecklenburg County to the twelve Presbyterian signers in Philadelphia.

Mid-America Reformed Seminary’s Series on the History of the URCNA

Mon Mar 9, 2026 · Tim Hopper

A four-part video series from Mid-America Reformed Seminary tracing the history of the United Reformed Churches in North America, from the controversies in the CRC through the founding and growth of the URCNA.

The Dunlap Presbyterian Lineage

Mon Mar 2, 2026 · Tim Hopper

Tracing the Dunlap family from a Covenanter minister in Scotland through seven generations to George Dunlap Hopper of Kentucky, and the strain of Presbyterianism that ran through them all.

Timeline of Female Deacons in the RPCNA

Tue Feb 17, 2026 · Tim Hopper

The RPCNA's 1888 decision to ordain women to the diaconate and its aftermath.

John Mitchell Mason and the ARP Schism: Communion, Psalmody, and the Road to 1822

Wed Jan 14, 2026 · Tim Hopper

How John Mitchell Mason's open communion practices and use of hymns contributed to the fracture of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church in 1822.

J. Hershey Longenecker’s 1911 Kentucky Journal

Wed Dec 31, 2025 · Tim Hopper

The daily journal of missionary J. Hershey Longenecker during his work building Beechwood Seminary in the Kentucky mountains, documenting his journey from tradesman to missionary.

J. Gresham Machen’s Libertarian Letters to the Editor

Tue Dec 23, 2025 · Tim Hopper

A collection of Machen's letters opposing government overreach, from anti-sedition laws to federal education departments.

How the Hoppers Became Presbyterian

Mon Dec 22, 2025 · Tim Hopper

How the Hopper family moved from Baptist roots to a Presbyterian legacy through the marriage of Joseph Hopper to Mary Jane Dunlap in 1840.

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