Reformed Anglicans

25 March 1740 A.D. George Whitefield’s Bethesda Orphanage: 10 Miles North of Savannah, GA Severance, Diane. “Whitefield’s Bethesda Orphanage.” Christianity.com. Jun 2007. http://www.christianity.com/church/church-history/timeline/1701-1800/whitefields-bethesda-orphanage-11630233.html . Accessed 24 Mar 2015 Jesus told his followers that true disciples would be known by their fruits. The life of a genuine Christian's life will produce an abundance of good works. Such works were clearly evident following the spiritual revivals of the eighteenth century. All of society was improved by the activity and work of those who had been transformed by God's grace. Children fared better afterwards, too, for the evangelicals showed an increased concern for child welfare. When evangelist George Whitefield was only 25, he led the way with the establishment of an orphanage in the newly-founded colony of Georgia. Whitefield called the orphanage Bethesda, which means "House of Me...

12 February 1733 A.D. GEN James Edwards Oglethorpe & 144 English Colonists Found Savannah, GA Editors. “ 1733 – English colonists led by James Oglethorpe founded Savannah, Ga. .” History.com. N.d. https://thisdayinusmilhist.wordpress.com/2014/02/12/february-12/ . Accessed 11 Feb 2015. 1733 – English colonists led by James Oglethorpe founded Savannah, Ga. Gen. James Edward Oglethorpe sailed up the Savannah River with 144 English men, women and children and in the name of King George II chartered the Georgia Crown Colony. He created the town of Savannah, to establish an ideal colony where silk and wine would be produced, based on a grid of streets around six large squares.

10 February 1925 A.D. Strategic Move of Columbia Seminary to Decatur, GA Myers, David T. “February 10: Columbia Theological Seminary.”   This Day in Presbyterian History. 10 Feb 2015. http://www.thisday.pcahistory.org/2015/02/february-10-3/ . Accessed 10 Feb 2015. February 10: Columbia Theological Seminary Moving Day Thomas Goulding, George Howe, Aaron Leland, Benjamin Morgan Palmer, James Henry Thornwell, William S. Plumer, Joseph R Wilson, John L. Giarardeau, Charles Colcock Jones, Francis R. Beattie — if you live outside the southern states of this great land, you may not have any recognition of these men and their important place in God’s kingdom.   But if you reside within the southern states, these are the worthies of the cross associated with Columbia Theological Seminary, and the southern visible church. » Pictured at right, Dr. John L. Girardeau [1825-1898] » It was on April 1, 1824, that the Presbytery of Southern Carolina began the first step...