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Making History Today: Westminster Encampment
Presbyterian Historical Society of the Southwest James S. Currie, Executive Secretary Most folks today know of Mo-Ranch and perhaps even...
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Making History Today: Memphis
Presbyterian Historical Society of the Southwest James S. Currie, Executive Secretary Memphis – the home of Beale Street, Graceland, the...
Apr 13 min read


Making History Today: Pinecrest Presbyterian Church
Presbyterian Historical Society of the Southwest James S. Currie, Executive Secretary This year several churches are celebrating...
Mar 194 min read

Making History Today: Memphis Theological Seminary
Throughout its history the Cumberland Presbyterian Church has supported theological education. As early as 1821, one of its founders, the...
Mar 43 min read


Making History Today: Austin College
Presbyterian Historical Society of the Southwest James S. Currie, Executive Secretary The focus of this column on the story of Austin...
Feb 256 min read


Making History Today: Granville Sydnor
Presbyterian Historical Society of the Southwest James S. Currie, Executive Secretary In 1961 Dr. Ernest Trice Thompson, a native of...
Jan 234 min read


Making History Today: The Long Reach of Austin Seminary
Presbyterian Historical Society of the Southwest James S. Currie, Executive Secretary “Now you are the body of Christ and individually...
Jan 69 min read

Making History Today: Behind the Scenes
Presbyterian Historical Society of the Southwest James S. Currie, Executive Secretary In 1949, under the leadership of Dr. Matthew Lynn...
Dec 19, 20244 min read


Making History Today: PCHAS
Presbyterian Historical Society of the Southwest James S. Currie, Executive Secretary Presbyterians in the Southwest have had a...
Dec 5, 20245 min read


Making History Today: Presbyterian Colleges - Trinity University
Tehuacana, Waxahachie, San Antonio, James Laurie, John Silber, Jack Stotts, Paul Baker, Chuck McKinley, Raymond Judd, Donna Stockton,...
Oct 23, 20244 min read


Making History Today: Prayers for Montreat
Presbyterian Historical Society of the Southwest James S. Currie, Executive Secretary We have all been riveted by the news regarding the...
Oct 3, 20243 min read


Making History Today: Honoring the Ministry of Presbyterian Hispanics
Presbyterian Historical Society of the Southwest James S. Currie, Executive Secretary In recognition of National Hispanic Heritage Month...
Sep 19, 20243 min read


Making History Today: Casting A Long Shadow
Presbyterian Historical Society of the Southwest James S. Currie, Executive Secretary He turned 81 years old this year and he still...
Sep 4, 20244 min read


Making History Today: Presbyterian Colleges - University of the Ozarks
In 2013 the annual meeting of the PHSSW was held on the lovely campus of the University of the Ozarks in Clarksville, Arkansas. One of...
Aug 26, 20243 min read


Making History Today: Dayton, TN, Little Rock, AR, Texas, and Beyond
Presbyterian Historical Society of the Southwest James S. Currie, Executive Secretary In a recent New Yorker review of Brenda Wineapple’s...
Aug 5, 20244 min read


Making History Today: Presbyterian Colleges - Schreiner University
Presbyterian Historical Society of the Southwest James S. Currie, Executive Secretary In his lovely book Enter With Hope: Schreiner at...
Jul 12, 20243 min read


Making History Today: "...and a time to laugh"
Presbyterian Historical Society of the Southwest James S. Currie, Executive Secretary From 1959-1968 the late Jerry Tompkins served as...
Jun 14, 20243 min read


Making History Today: Deeply Rooted
Presbyterian Historical Society of the Southwest James S. Currie, Executive Secretary In “Thoughts on the Day of the Baptism of Dietrich...
Jun 5, 20243 min read


Making History Today - The Joy of History: One Thing Leads to Another
Presbyterian Historical Society of the Southwest James S. Currie, Executive Secretary One of the delightful aspects to being part of this...
May 21, 20245 min read


Making History Today: The University of Tulsa - Its Roots
The convergence of the Arkansas, Grand, and Verdigris Rivers in east central Oklahoma was known in the early 19th century as Three...
May 13, 20244 min read
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