This lesson gives an overview of developments, debates, and the practice of Presbyterian worship in 19th century America. On several issues, church leaders during this time provided helpful correctives to the church's worship practices by drawing upon the teachings and/or practice of the Reformers of the 16th century.

In the 19th century, Presbyterians discussed, debated, and wrote about the status, discipleship, and education of the children of the covenant. This lesson gives an overview of this history, a history which is still quite relevant today.

The lesson covers the New School / Old School controversy of the 1830s in the Presbyterian church, as well as the rise of the New Divinity and the New Measures that preceded it.

This lesson covers the founding of Princeton Seminary (1812) and its first three professors, Archibald Alexander, Samuel Miller, and Charles Hodge.

This lesson covers early Presbyterian missions in America, the challenges facing the church after the War for Independence, the plan of union of 1801, and the beginning of the Second Great Awakening in 1800, with special focus on the revival in Kentucky.

In this lesson, we look at Presbyterians and the American War for Independence, John Witherspoon, and the first General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of the USA.

In this lesson, we look at the Great Awakening in the American Colonies among the Presbyterians, its positives and negatives, and the Old Side / New Side division and reunion (1741-1758).

This lesson covers the migration of Scots-Irish (1717-1776), the Adopting Act of 1729 in which the Westminster standards were adopted, and the trial of Rev. Samuel Hemphill in 1735.

The first lesson in a series on American Presbyterian History.