Tenth Presbyterian Church
| Tenth Presbyterian Church | |
| 39°56′49.19″N 75°10′11.52″W / 39.9469972°N 75.1698667°WCoordinates: 39°56′49.19″N 75°10′11.52″W / 39.9469972°N 75.1698667°W | |
| Location | 17th & Spruce Streets, Philadelphia, PA |
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| Country | USA |
| Denomination | Presbyterian Church in America (PCA) |
| Membership | 1,500 |
| Weekly attendance | 1,400 |
| Website | www.tenth.org |
| History | |
| Former name(s) | West Spruce Street Presbyterian Church |
| Founded | 1829 |
| Architecture | |
| Status | Open |
| Architect(s) | John McArthur, Jr. Frank Miles Day (1893 alterations) |
| Completed | 1856 |
| Specifications | |
| Spire height | 250 feet (150-foot wooden spire removed from east tower 1912) |
| Administration | |
| Presbytery | Philadelphia |
| Clergy | |
| Minister(s) | The Rev. Dr. William "Liam" Goligher, Senior Ministrer; The Rev. D. Marion Clark, Executive Minister; The Rev. Carroll Wynne, Minister of Family; Dr. Bruce A. McDowell, Minister of Global Outreach |
| Assistant | Robert Polen, Director of City Outreach; Dr. David S. Apple, Director of Mercy Ministries; Patrick Canavan, Director of Education |
| Laity | |
| Organist/Director of music | Dr. Paul S. Jones |
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Tenth Presbyterian Church is a congregation of approximately 1,500 members located in downtown Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Tenth is affiliated with the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA), a denomination in the Reformed or Calvinist tradition.[1]
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[edit] History
The original Tenth Presbyterian Church, founded in 1829, was located on the northeast corner of Twelfth and Walnut Streets. It established a daughter church in 1855-1856 called the West Spruce Street Presbyterian Church on the southwest corner of Seventeenth and Spruce Streets. The two churches worked together, with the ministers exchanging pulpits each week. Because of membership decline in the original Tenth Church caused by population shifts, the two churches merged in 1893 at the Seventeenth and Spruce Streets location, taking the name of the older church (Tenth Presbyterian Church).
Tenth Church was designed by John McArthur, Jr., and, until the erection of the North American Building in 1900, its 250-foot (76 m) tower-and-spire was the tallest structure in Philadelphia. The architect later had the distinction of designing City Hall. In 1893, the notable Frank Miles Day was hired to perform major alterations in the structure and the interior decoration.
[edit] Location
Tenth is located at the southwest corner of 17th and Spruce Streets in Philadelphia's Rittenhouse Square neighborhood, or the southwestern quadrant of the Center City area.
[edit] Senior Ministers
Some notable staff members of the church from its founding include:
- Thomas McAuley, D.D., LL.D. Senior Pastor. 1829-1833
- Henry Augustus Boardman, D.D. Senior Pastor. 1833-1876
- Marcus A. Brownson, D.D. Senior Pastor. 1897-1924
- Donald Grey Barnhouse, Th.D., D.D. Senior Pastor. 1927-1960
- Mariano Di Gangi, D.D. Senior Pastor. 1961-1967
- James Montgomery Boice, Th.D., D.D. Senior Minister. 1968-2000
- Philip G. Ryken, Ph.D. Senior Minister. 1995-2010, now president of Wheaton College
- Liam Goligher, D.Min. Senior Minister. May 22, 2011-present[2]
[edit] Ministries
- Three Sunday services with approximately 1,400 people in weekly attendance
- ACTS Ministries: mercy ministries to the poor and homeless near Tenth Church
- Tenth College Fellowship is a group for college students, helping them to be connected in the church and to grow spiritually during their college years.
- Maranatha is the youth group for students in grades 7-12, begun in 1984 and still continuing to meet weekly on Sunday nights and sponsor other events throughout the year.
- Medical Campus Outreach is a ministry to medical and other health professional students on medical campuses in and around Philadelphia.
- Small group Bible studies meet weekly in host homes across the city of Philadelphia and throughout the suburbs in Pennsylvania and New Jersey
- Various other discipleship groups, support groups, and prayer groups meet regularly in the church facilities and elsewhere
[edit] References
- ^ "About Tenth". tenth.org. Tenth Presbyterian Church. 2007-02-02. http://www.tenth.org/index.php?id=8. Retrieved 2008-10-14.
- ^ http://www.tenth.org/index.php?id=news
[edit] External links
- Tenth Presbyterian Church – Official website
- Tenth Presbyterian Church at Philadelphia Architects and Buildings
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| Preceded by Park Street Church |
Tallest building in the United States outside of New York City 1856–1863 76 m |
Succeeded by United States Capitol |
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