Tenth Presbyterian Church

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Tenth Presbyterian Church is a member church of the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA) in the heart of Philadelphia, PA. It has about 2,000 members and hosts about 1,400 people each week at its three Sunday services. Dr. Philip Ryken has served as Senior Minister since 2000, and has been on the church's staff since 1995.

1 History
2 Former pastors
3 Ministries
4 Links

[edit] History

Tenth Presbyterian Church dates back to the early nineteenth century when Philadelphia was the second largest city in the country. The original Tenth 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. Due to 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., the architect who later had the distinction of being chosen to design City Hall. In 1893, the notable Frank Miles Day was hired to perform major alterations in the structure and the interior decoration.

[edit] Former pastors

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Thomas McAuley, D.D., LL.D. Senior Pastor. 1829-1833
Henry Augustus Boardman, D.D. Senior Pastor. 1833-1876
William Pratt Breed, D.D. Senior Pastor. 1856-1889
John De Witt, D.D. Associate Pastor. 1876-1883
William Brenton Greene, Jr., D.D. Associate Pastor. 1883-1892
James D. Paxton, D.D. Senior Pastor. 1891-1896
Marcus A. Brownson, D.D. Senior Pastor. 1897-1924
John D. McNeil, D.D. Senior Pastor. 1924-1926
Donald Grey Barnhouse, D.D., Th.D. Senior Pastor. 1927-1960
Carl E. Anderson. Assistant to the Pastor. 1941-1943
W. Henry Webb. Assistant to the Pastor. 1943-1947
Walter T. Riemann. Assistant Pastor. 1947-1952
Dwight Hervey Small. Co-Pastor. 1953
C. Edwin Houk. Co-Pastor. 1955-1960
Robert F. Scott. Assistant Pastor. 1960-1962
Mariano Di Gangi, D.D. Senior Pastor. 1961-1967
William L. Hogan. Assistant Pastor. 1962-1965
James Montgomery Boice, D.Theol. Senior Minister. 1968-2000
Robert B. Ives. Assistant Minister. 1969-1970
Norman A. Koop. Student Assistant. 1972-1973
A. Clark Wiser. Assistant Minister. 1972-1973
Stuart D. Sacks. Assistant to the Minister. 1975-1978
Bradford E. Allison. Assistant Minister. 1982-1984
Linward A. Crowe. Assistant Minister. 1982-1988
Glenn N. McDowell. Assistant Minister. 1982-1992
Richard M. Wolfe. Assistant Minister. 1987-1989
Bruce A. McDowell, D. Min. Associate Minister (Missions). 1988-present
Jeffrey O. White. Assistant Minister. 1990
D. Marion Clark. Associate Minister (Executive Minister). 1992-1999; 2005-present
Carroll L. G. Wynne. Associate Minister (Youth and Family). 1993-present
Philip G. Ryken, D. Phil. Senior Minister. 1995-present
Adam L. Brice. Assistant Minister (Church Planting). 1999-2000
Richard D. Phillips. Associate Minister (Preaching). 1999-2002
Jerry McFarland. Assistant Minister (Pastoral Care). 2001-present
Aaron D. Messner. Associate Minister (Preaching). 2003-present
John Canales. Associate Minister (Executive Minister). 2003-2004
Paul Tripp. Associate Minister (Urban). 2007-present

[edit] Ministries

Tenth runs many Ministries Other than its weekly church services to promote the Gospel.

Medical Campus Outreach-Medical Campus Outreach (MCO) is a ministry to medical and other health professional students on medical campuses in and around Philadelphia
MereBreath-MereBreath is a drama team that presents perspectives of the gospel through original productions. New productions begin each spring. The team performs both within and outside of Tenth.
Small Group Bible Studies-Tenth offers fellowship and ministry through small group Bible studies, discipleship groups, support groups, and prayer groups.
Tenth College Union-Tenth College Union (TCU) is a fellowship group for college students, helping them to be connected in the church and to grow spiritually during their college years.