PCA Historical Center Collection: Bible Presbyterian Church Records

Bible Presbyterian Church Records

Record Group # 3

Box# es 123 and 470

Content Summary: Minutes, correspondence, and publications of the Bible Presbyterian Church. The bulk of the items relate to the period from organization in 1937 to the division of 1956.

Span Dates: 1937 - 1974

Size: 2 cu. ft.

Access Restrictions: None

Collection Citation: Bible Presbyterian Church, Records, Box __, Folder __: item description, PCA Historical Center, St. Louis, MO.

Resources:
Moderators of General Synod for the Bible Presbyterian Church, 1938-1955; Columbus Synod, 1956-1961.
Overview of the General Synods, with accompanying photographs for most years, 1942-1955.

Finding Aid is normally located in folder number 1 of each box.

Box 123
Subject	Box	File
11 th General Synod, 1948, Delegate Expense Correspondence and Records	123	45
11 th General Synod, 1948, Delegate Expense Records,	123	47
12 th General Synod, 1949, Judicial Report, re: Lester R. Bachman,	123	48
13 th General Synod, 1950, Docket and Directory	123	50
13 th General Synod, 1950, Treasurer’s Reports	123	49
14 th General Synod, 1951, Reports	123	51
16 th General Synod, 1953, Reports	123	52
18 th General Synod, 1955, Statistics	123	53
20 th General Synod, 1956	123	54
21 st General Synod, 1957, Reports	123	55
22 nd General Synod, 1958, Reports	123	56
25 th General Synod, 1961	123	57
28 th General Synod, 1964	123	58
28 th General Synod, Delegates	123	59
6 th General Synod, 1943	123	46
Agapetus, Emanuel	123	2
Allen, Stanley P.	123	3
American Council of Christian Churches (ACCC)	123	4
Andres, Lawrence, Sermons	123	80
Apostles Creed, Report of the Committee on the Use of the	123	79
Arendt, Samuel	123	5
Auffarth, George A., Sr.	123	6
Bachman Complaint, Judicial Commission Report, May 1949	123	82
Bank Deposit Slips	123	42
Bank Statements, 1947 – 1951	123	43
Bible Presbyterian Church of Baltimore	123	8
Bible Presbyterian Church of Charlotte	123	9
Bible Presbyterian Church of Duryea, PA	123	31
Bible Presbyterian Church of Newark, Sixth Annual Report	123	10
Bible Presbyterian Church, Calendar, 1955	123	14
Book of Discipline and the Guide to Worship	123	11
Buswell, J. Oliver, Jr., “Cultural Ethos of Primitive Tribes,” [reprint]	123	12
Buswell, J. Oliver, Jr., “Liberalism in Presbyterian and Congregational Churches”	123	13
Campbell, Sanders F.	123	15
Chase, Philip	123	16
Checkbook Stubs, 1947 – 1951	123	44
Christian Training, Inc.	123	17
Christian, George S., Articles about the Division of 1955	123	18
Clark, J. Philip	123	19
Clowney, Edmund P., “The Biblical Basis of the Necessity of Seeking Ecclesiastical Union,” [article]	123	32
Cochran, Nickles	123	20
Collins, Winslow A.	123	21
Constitution and By-Laws	123	22
Covenant Theological Seminary, Robert Woodson letter to faculty, 19?	123	23
Cox, Robert H.	123	24
Cross, Thomas G.	123	25
Davies, Robert M.	123	26
Dayton, Orlo H.	123	27
Derk, Carl, Doctrinal Statement, 1960	123	28
Donaldson, LaVern	123	29
Droppa, Ernest A.	123	30
Educational Materials	123	33
Ephemera	123	89
Faith Theological Seminary, location of the archives of the Bible Presbyterian Church	123	34
Faucette, William C.	123	35
Fifer, Albert M.	123	36
Fincke, George	123	38
First Bible Presbyterian Church of St. Louis, MO	123	37
Floge, William G.	123	39
Foxwell, Philip	123	40
General Correspondence, 1950 – 1976	123	41
General Synod, Correspondence and Vouchers, 1948 – 1950	123	63
General Synod, Receipts and Disbursements	123	62
Independent Board for Foreign Missions, Miscellaneous	123	66
Independent Board for Foreign Missions, Statement of Policies, 1958 – 1961	123	67
Judicial Commission of General Synod	123	77
Manrose, Lawrence	123	68
McIntire, Carl, Letters to Bible Presbyterian Churches, 1957	123	69
McIntire, Carl, Pamphlets: 1. Russia’s Most Effective Fifth Column in America [1948, 36 p.]; 2. The Truth About The Federal Council of Churches and the Kingdom of God [1950, 29 p.]; 3. Building the Superchurch versus Preserving the Old Faith [1953, 32 p.]	123	70
Ministers by Presbyteries, 1945	123	65
Ministers of the Bible Presbyterian Church, 1944	123	72
Missionary Conferences, Programs, 1951 – 1954	123	71
National Missions Committee, Reports, 1959	123	73
Newspaper clippings	123	74
Presbyterianism and Separation, Pamphlets concerning	123	76
Pamphlets, Miscellaneous	123	75
Pro-re nata Meeting, January 6, 1948	123	60
Pro-re nata Meeting, January 6, 1948	123	83
Pro-re nata Meeting, January 6, 1948, Minutes	123	61
RPCNA, GS Standards of Government, Discipline and Worship	123	78
Shelton College, “A Bible Presbyterian Review,” January and February 1952	123	7
Soltau, George, Letter to Board of Trustees of Covenant College, re: Seminary’s future, 1964	123	81
Standing Rules of the Bible Presbyterian Church	123	64
Tacoma Bible Presbyterian Church, Withdrawal of	123	84
University of Washington vs. Calvary Bible Presbyterian Church, Appeal from Superior Court	123	85
Witness and Work	123	86
Women’s Synodical, 1951 – 1960, Reports	123	87
World Presbyterian Missions, Know Your Missionary Program	123	88

Box 470
Subject	Box	File
Christian, George S., Let’s Not Talk About a Split in the BPC, an open letter to Dr. Carl McIntire; Can We Improve the 20 th Century Reformation?	470	2
Correspondence, July – September 1955	470	3
Correspondence, October – December 1955	470	4
Correspondence, January – March 1956	470	5
Correspondence, April – September 1956	470	6
Correspondence, October 1956	470	7
Correspondence, November – December 1956	470	8
Correspondence, 1957	470	9
Bunzel, Claude, Giving Accurate Information to the People, an open letter	470	10
Independent Board for Presbyterian Foreign Missionaries, 1958 – 1961	470	11
Judicial Commission, 1956	470	12
Meeting at Faith Seminary, Minutes, March 26, 1956	470	13
New Jersey Presbytery, Minutes, May 12, 1956	470	14
Miscellaneous	470	15
Bible Presbyterian Observer , December 1955, March and April 1956	470	16
Christian Beacon, Supplement, May 12, 1955	470	17
The Free Press , Volume 1, Numbers 1 and 2, 1955	470	18
The Free Press , Volume 1, Numbers 3 and 4, 1955 and 1956	470	19
The Free Press , Volume 1, Numbers 5 and 6, 1956	470	20
The Free Press , Volume 1, Numbers 7 and 8, 1956	470	21
The Free Press , Volume 2, Numbers 1 and 2, 1956	470	22
The Free Press , Volume 2, Numbers 3 and 4, 1956	470	23
The Free Press , Volume 2, Numbers 5 and 6, 1957	470	24
The Free Press , Volume 3, Numbers 1 and 2, 1958	470	25
The Free Press , Volume 4, Number 1, 1959	470	26
The Free Press , Volume 5, Number 1, 1961	470	27
Secret Societies , Report, n.d.	470	28

Meeting of the General Synod, St. Louis, MO, 1942
The Synod met that year at the old Union and Enright location of First Bible Presbyterian Church, about two years before Francis Schaeffer came to be its pastor.
[Click here to view a photo of the 1947 Tacoma Synod]

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