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.
Sunday school class on American Presbyterian History
My friend Matthew Ezzell and I taught a Sunday school class on American Presbyterian History at Shiloh Presbyterian Church.
Read MoreBilly Graham Remembers Joe B. Hopper
Letter from Billy Graham on the occasion of the death of Joe B. Hopper
Read MoreThe Early Years of the Orthodox Presbyterian Church
The Orthodox Presbyterian Church's first tumultuous decade (1936-1946), including internal conflicts over fundamentalism, Machen's death, and the 1937 split that formed the Bible Presbyterian Church.
Read MoreThe Formation of the Orthodox Presbyterian Church
The events from 1923 to 1936 that led to the formation of the Orthodox Presbyterian Church, including the Auburn Affirmation, Princeton Seminary reorganization, and Machen's trial.
Read MoreJ. Gresham Machen and the Fundamentalist–Modernist Controversy
The life and theology of J. Gresham Machen, author of Christianity and Liberalism, and his role in the fundamentalist-modernist controversy of the 1920s.
Read MoreThe Debate Over Confessional Revision
B.B. Warfield, Charles Briggs, and the controversy over revising the Westminster Confession that led to the 1903 changes and set the stage for the formation of the OPC.
Read MoreCivil War and Gilded Age
The Presbyterian Church during the Civil War and Reconstruction era, including denominational fracturing, wartime ministry, and the reunions that shaped modern Presbyterianism.
Read MorePresbyterianism in Colonial North Carolina
How Presbyterianism came to North Carolina through Ulster Scots and Scottish Highlanders, from the early 1700s through the founding of First Presbyterian Church of Raleigh.
Read MoreNorth-South Polarization: The Presbyterian Church and the Road to Civil War
The Presbyterian Church's division over slavery from the Old School-New School split through the Civil War, examining the debates that fractured American Presbyterianism.
Read MoreBrief History of the ARP and RPCNA
Understanding the Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America (RPCNA) and the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church (ARP), their tangled histories, and how they relate to modern Presbyterianism.
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