Set off from the hustle and bustle of Los Angeles, the city of Pasadena, California, has a life, culture, and character of its own. Not nearly as fast-paced as L.A., Pasadena is also quieter, more relaxed, and definitely more floral. Situated in the beautiful San Gabriel Valley at the foot the San Gabriel Mountain range, it is, as its Chippewa name translates, the “crown of the valley.” Pasadena OPC began around three years ago when a small group of committed believers, led by Pastor Chris Hartshorn, a church planter in Anaheim Hills, began a home Bible study close to Providence Christian College. At the time, the Presbytery of Southern California and its Missions Committee were  already stretched thin and working with several other

In September 2018, Ben (and Tiffany) Ward will begin his internship at Christ the King Presbyterian Church in Naples, Florida. Ben has a great testimony that Home Missions shares now as both an encouragement to your faith and a reminder to pray for him as he begins his internship and discerns his calling to ministry. Ben writes, "My upbringing was in a traditional middle class family in small-town New Jersey.  My parents lived moral lives, we were members of a theologically Liberal PCUSA church, and personal fulfillment was a central part of our upbringing.  It was a great upbringing actually, my parents loved me very much and I never wanted for anything materially or in the affections of my family.  However, I was always a fairly

Do you remember the question asked in Luke 10 by the lawyer to test our Lord Jesus Christ? He asked, “Who is my neighbor?” but he was not re­ally searching for his neighbor’s identity. The parable Jesus told in response uncovered the fact that the lawyer was having a problem discerning the depth and the breadth and the width of God’s love for his people. In July 2017, the congregation of Redeemer OPC in At­lanta, Georgia, began a ministry that caused them to probe the depth and breadth and width of God’s love as they endeavored to shine forth Christ to their new refugee neighbors. Redeemer OPC’s pastor, Zecharias Weldeyesus, is him­self—along with his wife and five children—a political asylee from Eritrea. Under his leadership,

The aroma of freshly brewed coffee fills the air. Like their own form of music, the bubbling of milk frothing and friendly chatter play in the background. It’s December 2016, and Armando Maese Jr. is sitting at a table in a local coffee shop expectantly waiting for the start of his new apologetics study. Armando, or “AJ” as he likes to be called, is a member of San Antonio Reformed Church, a mission work of the OPC. Amidst the hustle and bustle of the holiday season, he is focused on something eternal. AJ is halfway through his online master’s studies in apologetics at Biola University and is looking for an opportunity to put the things he’s learning into practice. He posts an invite to an apologetics study group on Meetup.com and