News In Brief
NEW RULING ELDER AT JOYFUL CHURCH
On December 28, 2025 an Ordination Service was held at the Joyful Church of New York, located in Fresh Meadows, Queens, NYC, NY, to ordain a new Ruling Elder, Dr. Jong Wook Kim. Many nearby NEP ministers participated in the service (see photo below). Dr. Kim is a...
Grace Reformed New Building
Grace Reformed ARP Church is 10.5 years old. They have been renting worship space for that period of time. Over the past several years, they rented a Seventh-day Adventist building in Clayton, NC. The new building is located in Smithfield, NC (about 30 minutes...
Veterans Day Honor
Paul Smith, a member of Tirzah ARP Church in Rock Hill, SC, was honored at the Carolina Panthers halftime on Sunday for Veterans Day.
Cannon’s Creek-Prosperity Celebrates 250 Years
By: Rev. Brett Blackman 2022 was a very significant anniversary for our church—being in Newberry County (South Carolina) for 250 years. Pictures fill a wall in our fellowship hall: church buildings no longer standing, congregation photos of bygone eras, and other...
Hyo Shin Church Welcomes New Pastor
On Sunday afternoon, November 13, 2022 a Commission of Northeast Presbytery installed the Rev. Kwang Sun Kim as the new Senior Pastor of the Hyo Shin Bible Presbyterian Church, ARPC, which is located in Flushing, New York City, New York for Rev. Kim. Rev. Kwang Sun...
What Makes Your Heart Beat?
By: Nicole McCoy, Missions & Outreach Many around the globe are rejoicing as they leave 2021 behind. A year filled with many unknowns, many fears, many tears and many changes, this world we once knew is now unfamiliar in thoughts, attitudes and actions....
Steps to Safety
By: Chip Sherer A wonderful schedule of events is planned for ARPs here at Bonclarken this spring, summer, and fall. We thank all the leaders of these events for their optimism and continued hard work. We remain prayerful that our grounds will be filled...
Going to the Gym
By: William B. Everett The simple and quite logical fact of physical fitness is this, if one hopes to get in shape, one must exercise. Period! Exercise can come in any number of ways. However, be it swimming, walking, jogging, or riding a bike, it is necessary to...
What is a Presbytery?
Growing up in the ARP denomination or new to the ARP denomination, there are some things you may not know or understand really well. One question that is easy to explain, yet complicated as well is, “What is a Presbytery?” The Presbytery has the oversight of a group...
A Unique Church Homecoming
By: Brian Garner, Landmark News Service You can image the pastor of the precursor to Union ARP Church in Richburg standing on the church steps, issuing a call to his neighbors. Along with two companies of Revolutionary War re-enactors, the members of the public were...