This past summer, Calvary Presbytery designated November 1, 2025 as a day of Kingdom Prayer for the local church ministries of the presbytery. Toward that end, the Mission to North America Committee of the presbytery put together a simple Kingdom Prayer Guide with requests from the various churches. You can find the the Guide by clicking here or the button below. […]
Temporary Meeting Place: The Cashville Event Center
Update: As of November 12, we are back in our home building at 3600 Old Antioch Church Way (SC-417), Woodruff, SC 29388. Contractors have officially started work on the Old Antioch Fellowship Hall today. The entire process of renovation is scheduled to take anywhere from eight to twelve weeks, assuming there are no “surprises” hiding […]
What is Hell? Eternal Punishment, Conscious Torment, & the Holy Justice of God
The following post was originally published on the Place for Truth blog here. “God hath appointed a day, wherein he will judge the world, in righteousness, by Jesus Christ, to whom all power and judgment is given of the Father” (WCF 33.1). So opens the final chapter of the Westminster Confession of Faith, “Of the […]
Mrs. Carolyn “Sissy” Pipa at Home with the Lord
“Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of His godly ones” (Psalm 116:15). This morning just before noon, Pastor Groff was able to share the above verse with Mrs. Pipa as he visited, read Psalm 116, and prayed with her at her bedside. She was awake and alert during the visit, with […]
To Live in the Bible: Immersion in God’s Word
The following post was originally published on the Gospel Reformation Network blog here. Introduction The great nineteenth century English Baptist preacher Charles Spurgeon (1834-92) was famous for his witty aphorisms, many of which were woven into the warp and woof of his preaching. One of his more memorable sayings still appeals to bibliophiles in particular. […]
What Made John Calvin a Great Theologian?
The following post was originally published on the Place for Truth – Theology for Everyone blog here. There is no shortage of biographies on the French Reformer John Calvin (1509-1564). Interest in the “Master of Geneva” has not waned since his remarkable career as one of the Reformation’s great pastor-theologians. Arguably, most of the interest […]
