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THE ASSOCIATE REFORMED


PRESBYTERIAN


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THE ASSOCIATE REFORMED


Contents FEATURES


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March/April 2021


Moderator’s Challenge - Jesus, Both Messiah and Son of Man We need to recognize that we need no longer fear the grave because Jesus has been raised from the dead, and that we as Christians are called to take up our cross and follow Him. —Rob Roy McGregor III, Moderator


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Synod Emphasis - Humility James explains four practical ways in which a posture of humility should be manifest in us, and in our lives.—Rev. Eric Hancox


25 Testimony - To Do Life God’s Way Eleven-year-old Anna shares how to have a good spiritual life. —Anna Banks Jenkins


26  


 —Nancy Bradley


27 What Does Easter Mean? We know that God in Christ Jesus is more powerful than anything in life, even death.—Rev. Phil McCoy


AGENCIES


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Scripture taken from the Holy Bible, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 International Bible Society. All rights reserved throughout the world. Used by permission of International Bible Society. Scripture quotations marked (ESV) are from The Holy Bible, English Standard Version, copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a division of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved.


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Christian Education Ministries Erskine Seminary


13 ARP Foundation 14 Outreach North America 15 World Witness 19 Women’s Ministries


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 


Rev. John Boyse (1757-1793)


      - ers of his congregation. They sailed from


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ohn Boyse was born in Ireland in  Boyse family came to America with


EVERY MONTH


16 Family Pages 17


Prayer Calendar


22 ARPinterest 23 News In Brief 29


All in Our Family 30 Classified Ads


     John Boyse attended Dickinson College in Canonsburg, PA. The col-


 Obviously, there were no Holiday Inns and no fast-food restaurants along the way. Boyse studied theology under the President of the college, Rev. - encastle, PA. He was licensed by the Presbytery of Pennsylvania on may  Chester County, SC. The Centennial History indicates that he also preached at the Gilead Church and Prosperity Church in Mecklenburg, NC. (Minutes  The three churches in North Carolina were in the same vicinity. The               


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