Those who attended Family Bible Conference in July were able to hear Rev. Athole Rennie preach the evening worship services. Many also had the opportunity to meet his wife, Rosalynd and son, Erskine Here is an update from the Rennies upon returning home to Leith,...

Greenville SC – Aug. 30, 2012 - Steve Nichols, director of Gift Planning for the ARP Foundation, announces a $1 million bequest from the estate of the late Robert Bowers, Jr of Lancaster, SC. Including support of his church, First ARP Lancaster,  the late Robert...

URGENT PRAYER REQUEST Former ONA director Jim Corbitt has requested prayer for his wife, Nancy, who will undergo surgery around 12:30 today to insert a pacemaker. Mrs. Corbitt passed out several times over the weekend. Please pray for the Corbitts and doctors...

Erskine Board Action Regarding Seminary Among the important issues considered by the Erskine College Board of Trustees in its meeting Aug. 17, 2012, was the recent administrative restructuring at Erskine Theological Seminary. In view of some confusion regarding the...

Urgent Prayer Request A former ARP minister, Rev. Ray Lanning, is currently hospitalized with a form of encephalitis, likely with its roots in some other disease. The doctors are still working on a proper diagnosis, so the long-term picture is still uncertain. He's...

Funeral Arrangements for Rev. Ron Bell Rev. Ron Bell, pastor of the Faith ARP Church,  Scranton, PA, died on Sunday, Aug. 5.  A memorial service for Rev. Bell will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 8, 2012, at Bradley Memorial Methodist Church, 106 Lincoln Street,...

Summer's End By Delores McDonald As summer winds down, so do the many camps and conferences scheduled at Bonclarken Conference Center in Flat Rock, NC. With school beginning this month for many students, families are now focusing on getting back into the routines and...

Death: Patsy Ratchford Mrs. Patsy Ratchford passed away last night at Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte, NC, following a critical illness of several weeks. Mrs. Ratchford was a former president of the Woman’s Synodical Union (now ARP Women’s Ministries).  At the...

Death of a Pastor Dr. Ron Bell, pastor of Faith Church in  Scranton, PA (Northeast Presbytery) has died. Clerk of Session John Domin says instructions are to donate his body to the Medical College of Scranton.  There will not be a viewing or a funeral service. ...