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When was the OPC founded?

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June 11, 1936

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What was the fundamentalist-modernist controversy about?

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The naturalism of theological liberalism and the supernaturalism of both confessionalists and revivalist

  • Many Modernists were redefining important doctrines
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When was Christianity and Liberalism published?

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1923

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What is “Re-Thinking Mission”?

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A 1932 document sponsored by the Presbyterian mission board that denied exclusivityof the gospel. Missions became to be about humanitarian aid

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When did Machen and others found the Independent Board for Presbyterian Foreign Mission?

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In 1933 as a response to changes in the denominational mission board

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What was the Presbyterian Constitutional Covenant Union?

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A group formed in 1935 as a response to the Board of Foreign Missions controversies. It sought to combat the influence of the Auburn Affirmation group and to protest the Independent Board member trials.

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How many ministers and teaching elders originally constituted the OPC?

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34 ministers and 17 elders. Machen was elected as the moderator

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Who was the earliest fundamentalist party of the OPC?

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  • Composed of Carl McIntire, who was a dispensationalist
  • J. Oliver Buswell and Allan MacRae. Not dispensational, but was premillennialist. Believed churches were free to use the Scofield Reference Bible. Also believed in abstinence from liquor, tobacco, movies, dancing, and cards
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When did the OPC vote against the 1903 WCF additions?

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In 1936 at the second GA.

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When was the Bible Presbyterian Synod formed and why?

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Buswell and others formed it in 1938 in response to the OPC not condemning alcohol usage in 1937

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When did Machen die?

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On January 1, 1937 from pneumonia

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What was the original name of the OPC and when did it change?

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Originally was the Presbyterian Church of America, but after being taking to court by the Presbyterian Church in the USA, the name was changed to the OPC in 1939

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What are the the three permanent committees of the OPC?

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  1. Christian Education
  2. Foreign Missions
  3. Home Missions and Church Extension (CHMCE)
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Where was the first mission work of the OPC?

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Franklin Square, NY in 1939

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When was New Life Presbyterian Church formed and when did many of its churches join the PCA?

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It was formed in 1973 in Jenkintown, PA, with many congregations joining the PCA in 1987

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What was “Seedtime” in the New Horizons magazine?

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A segment in New Horizons that sought to think how to interact with church visitors. Much was from the New Life Network perspective

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Why was the CHMCE controversial in the 80s?

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Because many thought it was neglecting the confessional heritage of the OPC by commodifying the church.

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When was the CHMCE created?

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At the inaugural general assembly

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Who was the first OPC missionary to Korea?

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Bruce Hunt. After much faithful service, he was arrested in 1941. Eventually released, but then put in concentration camps during the war. Released again and eventually returned to teach in the Korean Seminary

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When was the Committee on Foreign Missions founded?

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1936 at the first GA

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Who was Karl Dortzbach?

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A missionary to Eritrea in the 70s, whose pregnant wife was kidnapped. She was returned eventually. The mission to Eritrea was temporally shut down

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Who was Clarence Duff?

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The initial missionary to Eritrea in 1944

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When was there a discussion on medical missions related work in the GA?

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1963-1964. Kline opposed it, though it was approved as a legitimate ministry at times.

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Who was Gordon H. Clark?

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A professor of Philosophy who sought ordination in the OPC in 1944. Originally, he did not pass. But eventually did. The main issue is that he claimed man has univocal knowledge with God.
- In 1945, the GA ruled that the presbytery of Philadelphia erred, but did not overturn the ordination
- Eventually, Clark and others left the OPC. OPC affirmed the transcendence of God and analogical knowledge.

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When did the OPC refuse to join NAE and why?

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In 1943. The primary reason is that it was composed of a wide range of evangelicals. Would lead to a least common denominator theology

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When did the OPC join the Reformed Ecumenical Synod?

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1948

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What was the Peniel Dispute?

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A dispute about the teachings of the Peniel Bible Conference regarding Sanctification and God’s guidance of believers.
- At the center of the dispute was G. Travers Sloyer, who in 1952 had his license revoked before eventually leaving the denomination in 1957
- A number of ministers in the OPC were part of it as well. The PBC was fuzzy on a few things, though claimed to be Reformed as a parachurch organization.

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Who was Arnold S. Kress?

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He was an OPC missionary who held to some of the teachings of Peniel. He was found in error by the Presbytery of Ohio for saying that the gift of tongues and prophecy may continue in the church.
- His was the first judicial case before the assembly in the history of the OPC, as he appealed to the GA in 1976

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When did the OPC vote on a Plan of Union with the RPCES?

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1975… The OPC approved it by a small majority, but then the RPCES disapproved to the shock of many

28
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Early in OPC history, what bodies did the OPC explore joining?

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RPCGS in 1945-49 and the CRC. CRC discussions were ongoing until the OPC feared a liberal drift in the CRC

29
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When did the OPC join the Reformed Evangelical Synod and when did they leave?

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They joined in 1948 and then left in 1988 due to the RES failure to discipline that Church in the Netherlands (GKN)

30
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When was the Committee on Christian Education Founded?

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1936, as their were not many Reformed resources to lean on

30
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When did the OPC join the International Council of Reformed Churches?

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1988

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Who was the first full time general secretary of the Committee on Christian Education?

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Floyd Hamilton in 1943. He served until 1947

32
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When did Great Commission Publications come into be?

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1951 as a ministry of the Committee on Christian Education.

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When did the PCA join Great Commission Publications as a publishing partner?

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In 1975

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When did New Horizons start to be published?

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1980, as the Presbyterian Guardian was no longer in 1979

35
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When was the Directory for Public Worship adopted by the OPC?

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In 1939 at the sixth GA

36
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When were there reports on songs in public worship?

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1946 and 1947

37
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When was the Trinity Hymnal first published?

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In 1961

38
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When was the new Trinity Hymnal produced?

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In 1990, as a joint product of the PCA and the OPC

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What sparked the report on the involvement of laity in worship in 1991?

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Questions from Covenant OPC in Pittsburg, as the congregation complained about women leading in worship. Eventually made its way to GA

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When was their a report on the Sabbath?

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In 1973, as a response to a discipline case over Rev. Francis Breisch view of the Sabbath.

41
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When did the OPC church in San Francisco fire their organist for being a professed homosexual?

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1979

42
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Who are two leading names in Theonomy who were part of the OPC?

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R.J. Rushdoony and Greg Bahnsen.

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Who is Edwin Rian and what role did he play in the OPC?

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In 1941, Edwin Rian led the Committee of Nine to map out a social agenda for the OPC. It was a failure, as the GA discontinued the committee.

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When was there a report on abortion in the OPC?

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In 1971. The GA passed a statement saying that abortion, “except possibly to save the physical life of the mother” violates the 6th Commandment.

45
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When did the OPC send a letter to South African churches against apartheid?

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1983

46
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When did the OPC do a report on Race?

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1974, as a response to more liberal ways of discussing it in the RES

47
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When was their a report on Diaconal Ministries?

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1984… It was undecided to what extent diaconal ministry should help those outside of the church. Was sent to the churches for study.

48
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When was their a committee on the Hermeneutics of Women in Office? What was the result?

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In 1984, as Bethel OPC did an overture years earlier to the Presbytery which made its way to GA. The assembly was uncomfortable with the approach and it was excluded from the minutes

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When was there a report on a Committee on Church and Society?

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  1. It was rejected
50
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Who was the first OPC martyr?

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Anna Strikwerda in 1974 by the Eritrean Liberation Front

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