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April 25 Today in OPC History

Richard Barker

 

On April 25, 1966, at the Thirty-Third General Assembly meeting in Oostburg, Wisconsin, Richard Barker became the second ruling elder elected to serve as moderator. A member of Grace OPC, Westfield, New Jersey, Barker served as stated clerk of the General Assembly from 1971 to 1983 and from 1989 to 1991. He also served as clerk of the Westfield session and the Presbytery of New Jersey for over forty years.

The Rev. Alan Strange, writing in New Horizons, said of Barker following Barker's death on March 1, 2012: He taught many of us what it meant to be men of courage and patience. He viewed no service in the church as beneath him, and he delighted in washing the feet of the saints. He was unflagging in his devotion to the church and is a model for us all of dedication to Christ and his people.

Picture: Richard and Dorthy Barker in 1992.

 

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