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THE ASSOCIATE REFORMED


PRESBYTERIAN VOL. 46 NO. 5


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September/October 2021


Moderator’s Challenge - Appalachia…What a Blessing! Take the time to pray for the children and adults who heard the Gospel as a result of Appalachia. And also take the time to pray for


those who served. —Patrick Malphrus Synod Emphasis - Where Are You Plowing?


We need to emphasize the centrality of Gospel preaching, shepherding the people of God, becoming a people of prayer, and developing in every Christian a heart for the lost.—Kyle Sims


Family Bible Conference A summary of the week at Bonclarken on Family Worship. —Susan Tanner


20 Women’s Ministries Annual Meeting—Susan Tanner


22 Women’s Ministries Certificates and Pins WM has recognition awards and gifts which have a way to honor special people who have contributed significantly to WM, Presbyterials and local churches. Read the list of those for 2018.


27 Devotion - What Does A Disciple Of Jesus Look Like? Being a disciple of Jesus means we are not in this walk by ourselves or our own strength.—Meredith Cavin


28 Trinity Presbyterian is Organizing—Justin Westmoreland 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 Bonclarken


Erskine College Erskine Seminary


14 Outreach North America 15 World Witness


20 Women’s Ministries


Perusing the Past


BY: REV ALLEN DERRICK Retired ARP Minister


Ebenezer Erskine Pressly (1808 - 1860)


September/October 2021


“Father” of Erskine College. Ebenezer Erskine Pressly was born December 23, 1808. His father was William


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Pressly, an elder in the Cedar Springs church, “a man of strong mind, well cultivated, and with a heart devoted to the cause of Christ.” His mother was Elizabeth Hearst Pressly. Both parents were noted for their intelligence and piety. The father died when Ebenezer was an infant. one of Ebenezer’s uncles! William Hearst,


helped to provide for the young child’s education. At the age of 16, Ebenezer, along with his cousin James P. Pressly went to Lexington, Kentucky, to enroll at Transylvania Col- lege. Upon finding that Dr. Bishop, one of the renown professors, was leaving to become President of Miami (Ohio) University, the Pressly cousins went with him. Two years later, in 1826 Ebenezer graduated at the age of 18. He then returned south, and studied theology privately under Rev. John T. Pressly. Ebenezer Pressly was licensed to preach at Due West, S.C. on February 21, 1829. He


spent some time preaching in the immediate area of Abbeville, Anderson and Laurens. And then he made the customary “missionary tour,” preaching in Georgia, Florida and Alabama. He received a call from the two churches of Generostee and Due West, and was


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Family Pages Prayer Calendar


24 ARPinterest 25 News In Brief 30


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or many generations, the Pressly family provided faithful servants and dedicated leadership to the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church. One of the prominent members of that family was Ebenezer Erskine Pressly sometimes referred to as the


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