Raeford & Hoke County
Native American tribe among the original inhabitants of Hoke County
Who were the Tuscarora?
The Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church was formed in this year.
What was 1782?
The mother church of Liberty Reformed.
What is Providence Church?
These are the two top missionary sending nations as a percent of their population.
What are Brazil and South Korea?
Tim was born in this town, famous for onions.
What is Vidalia, Georgia.
World champions who can be found dropping into Raeford regularly.
What are sport parachutists?
Mexico, Pakistan, Canada, and the USA all have this in common.
What the four ARP Synods in the world?
This term is used to describe a church planter who lands on the X with no connections or support.
What is a parachute planter?
Americans account for only this percentage of world Christians
What is 10%?
Mt Airy, where both Anna and Andy Griffith was born, was an inspiration for this town.
What is Mayberry?
This video blogger duo from Raeford rose to fame during 2016 elections.
Who are "Diamond and Silk"?
This pastor indirectly founded the ARP and was persecuted for preaching the free offer of the gospel to all and the Lordship of Christ
Who is Ebenezer Erskine? (1680 – 1734)
All authority, all nations, all things, always.
What are the four "alls" of the Great Commission (MT 28:19-20)?
We believers are called to freely offer this to all men and all women in all places.
What is the gospel of Jesus Christ?
High School teachers.
What were Tim and Anna doing when they first met?
In 1867, Edenborough College was founded in Raeford, which was the first of this kind of school in NC.
Where was the first accredited medical school in North Carolina founded?
Former NFL quarterback and coach (Colts and Panthers) who is also an ordained minister in the ARPC.
Who is Frank Reich?
According to Faith Communities Today, 65 or fewer members are found in this percent of American protestant congregations.
What is over half the congregations?
"To glorify God and enjoy Him forever."
What is the chief end of man?
Young pastor Phillips answered his first call to a church in Mississippi whose name comes from a famous stone (1 Sam 7:12).
What is "Ebenezer"?
During the Civil War, this US General visited Raeford's Bethel Presbyterian Church and left this note behind for the minister: "Mr McNeil will please preach on 1 John Chapter 4"
Who is General W. T. Sherman?
This particular church office gives its name to a form of church governance which relies on a plurality of elders.
What is a "presbyter"?
"I know your works, that you are neither cold nor hot."
What did Christ tell the church of the Laodiceans? (Rev 3:15)
When seeking to spread the good news of the Gospel, the Way of the Master relies on this test.
What is the Good Person Test?
This pastor is a dyed in the wool Southerner, known and respected throughout the ARP, and dedicated to his new home in Hoke County.
Who is Pastor Tim Phillips?