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Your Will Reveals What Matters Most  Cliffhangers might be an amusing way to end a novel or sitcom – but it’s hardly the way to conclude your own life’s story. Yet, this is exactly what will happen if you don’t complete or communicate your estate plan. Your loved ones...

The Protestant Reformation was a reformation of the Western Roman Catholic Church, not the Eastern Orthodox Church (the Western and Eastern Churches had been divided since the year 1054). The Reformers were all born, baptized, confirmed, and educated in the Roman...

Dear Reader, My hope for the Reformed Herald is that it will encourage everyone who reads it. That encouragement, of course, can take more than one form, just as our tendency to discouragement can arise from multiple sources. 1.  In news from the churches and reports...

What to expectWhat would it be like to worship with a congregation of our sister church, the Orthodox Presbyterian Church (OPC), when your travels take you outside the fields served by the RCUS? Beginnings of the OPCWith the infiltration of theological liberalism and...

Women in Church History Scholar, Refugee, and Daughter of the Reformation Olympia Morata was born in 1526 or 1527 to a university instructor in the Italian city of Ferrara. She was blessed with a father who took the time to personally educate his children and also...

As I considered the goal and purpose of the President’s Report, I found that the idea of a “State of the Church” report seemed somehow insufficient at best, and even presumptuous at worst.  Perhaps I could credibly be charged with thinking too deeply about it, and if...

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I understand your difficulty and suffering as you struggle against depression. I too have gone through the darkness of depression. I struggled once with depression because of antibiotics prescribed to treat double pneumonia, which I contracted five years ago. That was...

It is an honor and privilege to have served as the president of the South Central Classis at its 2023 spring meeting, and as the chair of the executive committee for the following year. The Executive Committee Report will give a more detailed account of our...

This Sunday we had the privilege of of receiving three new members into our church. Two of them received the sign of Baptism. What a beautiful reminder how the Lord brings in His people through the Gospel. I’m honored to be a part of their journey. To God be the...