Emmanuel Presbyterian, Whippany, New Jersey
Tuesday, March 21, 2023
L. William (Bill) Stephens
Monday, August 8, 2022
A Little History / Families that established the Presbyterian church in Whippany/Hanover?
In 1695, settlers started living in the Whippany-Hanover area. In 1710 a few families of New England ancestry (Puritans that left New England, seeking more God in government) living in the Newark and Elizabeth area moved to the Whippany-Hanover area and settled on the eastern side of the Passaic River. Indians still lived in this region, and bears, wolves and panthers roamed the woods. The first iron forge, known today as the Old Iron Works, is established by these early inhabitants on the Whippanong (Whippany) River near the present intersection of Whippany Road and the State Highway No. 10. This is the beginning of the iron industry in Morris County which, together with faming, forms it's economic base. In 1718, a School Master John Richards (a Puritan dissident from Hartford, CT) donates 3-1/2 acres of land for "public use, improvement and benefit for a meeting house, burying yard and training field and such like uses, and no other." The newly formed Presbyterian church drew it's congregation from a wide area, including Chatham, Madison, Parsippany and the western part of Hanover (Now called Morristown).
Friday, July 31, 2020
My Wedding at Emmanual
But recently I was asked if I had any pictures of Pastor Ivan Davis. Pastor Davis was the minister of Emmanuel when we arrived at the church in 1991. I was really hoping that we found our first home church, and we wanted it to be our final church. Pastor Davis had an amazing presence, which was very Spurgeon like (a well liked English Pastor which attracted many Christians because of his preaching). My wife and I were sad at his departure, because of his ability to connect with people. The last I heard of him he was a professor at Greenville Presbyterian Theological Seminary, where I took a year of classes. Here are a few pictures from our wedding … (Ivan Davis is in the black robe)
Saturday, March 30, 2019
A Prayer for a New Work
Father, we know that a church where there is faithful preaching is the most effective means of reaching people with the Gospel. Enable us this week to make progress on planting a church in the Whippany/Morristown area. Please help us to remember it is only by thy power that your church is built - whereby we beseech thee that in this area they glory would shine.
Lord, what the enemy means for evil against this effort, we believe You can use for good. Remind our hearts of this. When we are being attacked and crushed from all sides, remind us of Your faithfulness to use everything for Your good and Your glory.
We pray all this in the name of the One who asks for the voiceless, who seeks out the lost, who stands at the door and knocks. Lord Jesus. Amen.
Saturday, December 8, 2018
Rev. Lawrence Blair Gilmore, Th. D (First Pastor)
Sunday, September 3, 2017
Evelyn Adair Busch
While I was in Emmanuel Presbyterian Church in Whippany I remember an elderly women named Evelyn Busch. Mrs. Busch was very warm and godly women - and would often welcoming me and my wife with a smile and talk to me about her husband the former Pastor at Emmanuel (The Late Calvin A. Busch). Here is an short article on her:
http://www.opc.org/today.html?history_id=1156