OPC history and membership vows
Pastor Jon Shishko recently taught an eight-part series on our history and membership vows during our Sunday school hour to serve as a refresher course on our history, purpose, and membership vows. Our hope is that the recordings and materials from this course benefit current communicant members and will also prepare visitors and non-communicant members for church membership.
Week 1: Proto-Presbyterians: Adam to John Knox
Week 1 links
- Week 1 handout (PDF)
- The Apostolic Church: Which Is It? by Dr. Thomas Witherow
- The Book of Church Order of The Orthodox Presbyterian Church (OPC BCO)
- The Confession of Faith and Catechisms of The Orthodox Presbyterian Church (the Standards)
Week 2: Presbyterians: John Knox to J. Gresham Machen
Week 2 links
- Week 2 handout (PDF)
- The first Presbyterian church in America (in Jamaica, Queens, NYC)
- Turning Points in American Presbyterianism
Week 3: Orthodox Presbyterians: J. Gresham Machen to today
Week 3 links
- Week 3 handout (PDF)
- Ad Fontes!
- Sola Scriptura!
- Semper Reformanda!
- Orthodox Presbyterian Church documentary
- Christianity and Liberalism audio recording
- Christianity and Liberalism ebook
- Carl Trueman on Christianity and Liberalism
- D.G. Hart interview on Christianity and Liberalism
- Grace OPC: Our story
Week 4: Communicant membership vow #1
Week 4 links
- Week 4 handout (PDF)
- The Book of Church Order of The Orthodox Presbyterian Church (OPC BCO)
- A Communicant Church Membership Course by George W. Marston
- The Gospel and the OPC by Jeremiah Montgomery
- Why should we even have church membership?
- Michael J. Kruger
- Ad Fontes!
- Sola Scriptura!