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PCA HISTORICAL CENTER Archives and Manuscript Repository for the Continuing Presbyterian Church Please note: If you can't find what you are looking for, contact the archivist . Historical Center Collections: Organizational Records Manuscript Collections: Organic— • A–L and • M–Y Synthetic– • A–L and • M–W Research Library : • Recent Accessions • Catalog • Digital Library • Newspapers [19th & 20th c.] • Periodicals • Biographies • Our Blogs: — This Day in Presbyterian History — The Continuing Story See also our friends at: — Presbyterians of the Past and — Log College Press CHANGES! PCA Studies and Reports : Please note that these files have been moved to a new folder. The link on this page is in the right-hand column at the top of the page, labeled "PCA Digest." The URL is https://pcahistory.org/pca/digest/index.html Please update any bookmarks, and if you have any problems locating these reports, don't hesitate to contact us. McLeod Portrait: To learn more about this historic portrait currently on loan to the PCA Historical Center, click here , PCA Resources: • Churches • Presbyteries (boundaries and links) • Presbytery maps: English ; Korean • General Assembly Minutes • PCA Committees and Agencies • PCA Digest (w/Studies & Reports) • RPCES Synod Minutes, 1965-82 • RPCES Studies • BCO History Project • Book of Church Order (English) • Book of Church Order (Korean) • Local Church Historians Page • Visit the Historical Center Additional Resources at the Center: • Historic Documents • Memorials, PCA & RPCES • Policies & Publications • Sermon Text Index • Topical Resources A Half-Century Sermon by Rev. Wm. Wisner [1782-1871]. As found in the Morton H. Smith Manuscript Collection, though lacking internal provenance in the collection to explain Dr. Smith's pwnership of this copy . Rev. Wisner was a New School pastor and Moderator of the 1840 New School General Assembly. His Half-Century Sermon gives a brief history of the work of church planting in and around Ithaca, New York in the early nineteenth century. Articles by Dr. L. Roy Taylor: • Actions of the 47th Assembly. • Absentee Voting in the PCA • Receiving Ministers without a Call. • BCO 29 & Chargeable Offenses. • Issues Facing the PCA (2008) • Minimum Voting Age • Non-Hierarchical Presbyterianism • RE's Administering Sacraments. • The Rotational System • The Uniqueness of PCA Polity Spotlight on PCA Authors: Oh, What God Has Done! The History of the Presbyterian Mission in Peru, by Robert C. Woodson (2018) "This book begins with the arrival of the first missionaries, beginning in 1935 through 1960, telling who they were and what they faced. It continues with how the 2d and 3d generations reinforced and expanded the work to the present day..." Resources on Racial Reconciliation: • 1973 - Advisory Convention • 1977 - NAPARC Statement  • 2002 - PCA Declaration • 2004 - MNA Pastoral Letter • 2015 - Duncan/ Lucas Resolution • 2015 - TE Jim Baird's speech • 2015 - Protest of TE Price, et al. • 2016 - Racism and the Gospel • 2018 - Racial & Ethnic Reconciliation Please note: In-person visits should be deferred until perhaps July, 2020 or later, if at all possible. Please call in advance to schedule any visits. Hours:  Mon., Wed., Fri., 9 am–5 pm & Tues., Thurs., 11:00 am–3 pm. Closed weekends. Location: 478 Covenant Lane, St. Louis, Missouri 63141, on the campus of Covenant Theological Seminary. Contact Information:  Phone, (314) 469-9077 or email: archivist@pcahistory.org The Historical Center of the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA) is a ministry of the PCA Stated Clerk’s Office , and is located in St. Louis, Missouri on the campus of Covenant Theological Seminary. Our mission is to preserve the records of the Presbyterian Church in America and to document the story of the conservative Presbyterian movement of the 20th & 21st centuries.In addition to the records of the PCA, the Center also serves as the repository of record for four other conservative Presbyterian denominations. The Center also houses the manuscript collections of about 150 people connected with those denominations, plus history materials for some 700 congregations. A modest research library of around 5,000 titles, covering all aspects of American Presbyterianism, augments the Center’s archival collections....