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The Corts: Crossroads of a Changing World

April 22, 2021

--by James Jullapong Sintumat

Working or growing up in the world of the Church of Christ in Thailand (CCT), it is inevitable that at some point one will hear about missionaries. McGilvary, Bradley, Briggs, and McKean all ring a bell, but most people are unfamiliar with the names of Cort, O’Brien, Gillies, etc. I myself had never heard of “Doctor Cort'' until I began working at the Doctor Prince Museum at McCormick Hospital, Chiang Mai. The opportunity to read his and his wife'...

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Mission History, Thailand, Scholar Research
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From Egypt to Tennessee: The Downtown Presbyterian Church, Nashville

March 10, 2021

--by Douglas McVarish

[This post is the second in a series tracing the history of American Presbyterian Church architecture through individual churches. The first churches to be discussed will be those designated as National Historic Landmarks in recognition of their outstanding historical and/or architectural significance.]

The present home of the Downtown Presbyterian Church congregation was built in 1849, for the First Presbyterian Church of Nashville. Located at 154 Fifth...

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Architecture, Congregations
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Lucean Arthur Headen: An African American Inventor in Church

February 25, 2021

--By Jill D. Snider, author of Lucean Arthur Headen: The Making of a Black Inventor and Entrepreneur

On a Sunday morning in December 1917, Lucean Arthur Headen rose to address the congregation of Harlem’s St. James Presbyterian Church. Recently returned from a six-week trip abroad, undertaken to demonstrate to the British Admiralty the “Headen system of...

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African American History
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How Our Hilltop Elder Changed American History

February 22, 2021
Washington Taking Command of the American Army at Cambridge, 1775. Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.

--C. F. William Maurer

On June 17, 1775, the Continental Congress unanimously chose General George Washington as commander in chief and declared that they would maintain and assist him with their lives and fortunes...

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American Revolution
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Sarah Smith and Her Missionary Sisters: Forgotten Advocates for Arab Females

February 12, 2021

--By Robert D. Stoddard, Jr.

How can a school celebrate a milestone anniversary without knowing its history?

That was my dilemma in 1999 when, as the Lebanese American University vice president responsible for commemorating our seventy-fifth anniversary as a college, I could uncover precious little of the Presbyterian-related school’s history. Upon my retirement in 2005, I sought to verify the belief that LAU could trace its origin to a school for girls founded by a

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Womens History, Lebanon, Syria
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