This Week in Christian History: John Wesley Rebirth, American Presbyterian Church, Failed End Times Prophecy

By Michael Gryboski, Mainline Church Editor Twitter

American Presbyterian Church Holds First General Assembly - May 21, 1789

A portrait of John Witherspoon (1722-1794), signer of the Declaration of Independence and Presbyterian clergyman.
A portrait of John Witherspoon (1722-1794), signer of the Declaration of Independence and Presbyterian clergyman. | (Photo: Wikimedia Commons)

This week marks the anniversary of the first-ever Presbyterian Church General Assembly held in the newly independent United States of America.

The gathering took place in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. John Witherspoon, the only active clergyman to sign the Declaration of Independence, convened the assembly and preached the opening sermon.

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With the Reverend John Rodgers serving as the first moderator, the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America, as it was called, oversaw measures to formalize its ecclesiastical structure. 

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