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Tenth Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)

{{Infobox church

| image = File:Tenth Presbyterian Church.jpg

| church_location = [[wikipedia:Philadelphia|Philadelphia]], [[wikipedia:Pennsylvania|Pennsylvania]]

| theological_tradition = [[Presbyterian]]

| date_founded = 1829

| affiliations = [[Presbyterian Church in America]]

| notable_figures =

| elders = unknown

| deacons = unknown

| membership = 1,600

|attendance = 1,000

| website = [https://tenth.org tenth.org]

}}

'''Tenth Presbyterian Church''' is a congregation of approximately 800 members{{citation needed|date=December 2012}} located in Center City, [[Philadelphia]], [[Pennsylvania]], [[United States]]. Tenth is a part of the [[Presbyterian Church in America]] (PCA), a denomination in the [[Reformed church|Reformed]] (Calvinist) tradition.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tenth.org/index.php?id=8 |title=About Tenth |accessdate=2008-10-14 |date=2007-02-02 |work=tenth.org |publisher=Tenth Presbyterian Church }}</ref> It is located at the southwest corner of 17th & Spruce Streets in Philadelphia's [[Rittenhouse Square]] neighborhood, in the southwestern quadrant of [[Center City Philadelphia|Center City]].

==History==

[[File:West Spruce Street Presbyterian Church. South-west corner of Spruce and Seventeenth Street, Philadelphia, by McAllister & Brother.png|thumb|left|200px|Tenth Presbyterian Church, interior prior to 1893 remodeling.]]

The original Tenth Presbyterian Church, founded in 1829 as a congregation part of the [[Presbyterian Church in the United States of America]], was located on the northeast corner of 12th & Walnut Streets. It established a daughter church in 1855–1856 called the West Spruce Street Presbyterian Church on the southwest corner of 17th & 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 17th & Spruce Streets location, taking the name of the older church (Tenth Presbyterian Church).

West Spruce Street/Tenth Church was designed by architect [[John McArthur Jr.]], who was a member of the congregation. Its {{convert|250|ft|m|adj=on}} tower-and-spire was the tallest structure in Philadelphia from 1856 to the erection of the tower of [[Philadelphia City Hall]] in 1894, also designed by McArthur. In 1893, architect [[Frank Miles Day]] was hired to perform major alterations to the church's exterior and interior decoration. The church's steeple with its 150-foot wooden spire was weakened due to structural decay of the timber frame, and was removed in 1912 due to fears that it would collapse.

The Philadelphia Presbytery (PC-USA) was a conservative bastion during the [[fundamentalist-modernist controversy]] of the 1920s and 1930s, and Tenth Presbyterian was no exception. Under the influence of longtime pastor [[Donald Barnhouse]] (1927–1960), the congregation became the conservative Presbyterian church in Center City, and it has remained a conservative and evangelical congregation until this day. Under [[James Montgomery Boice]] (1968–2000), the congregation continued to be a center of conservative Reformed theology. Tenth membership continued to grow after World War II, and ministry efforts to college students gave the congregation a metropolitan focus.<ref name="rca.org">{{cite web|url=http://www.rca.org/page.aspx?pid=6132|title=The Reformed Church in America|publisher=|accessdate=14 April 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tenth.org/ministries/connecting/medical-campus-outreach|title=Medical Campus Outreach - Tenth Presbyterian Church|publisher=|accessdate=14 April 2017}}</ref>

[[File:Tenth pres 17-spruce.jpg|thumb|left|180px|Tenth Church before the removal of the spires in 1912]]

Under Boice's pastorate, Tenth grew from 350 members to a congregation over 1,200.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://articles.philly.com/2000-06-17/news/25601114_1_historic-downtown-church-philadelphia-presbytery-congregation|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222083927/http://articles.philly.com/2000-06-17/news/25601114_1_historic-downtown-church-philadelphia-presbytery-congregation|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 22, 2015|title=Archives - Philly.com|publisher=|accessdate=14 April 2017}}</ref>

In 1979, following a denominational ruling by the [[United Presbyterian Church in the United States of America]] requiring congregations to elect both men and women as ruling elder, Tenth Presbyterian left the UPCUSA in 1980, joining the more conservative [[Reformed Presbyterian Church, Evangelical Synod]].<ref>D.G. Hart and John Muether ''Seeking a Better Country: Three Hundred Years of American Presbyterianism ''(P&R Publishing, 2007) pgs. 239 & 240</ref> Three years afterward, Tenth followed the RPCES into the [[Presbyterian Church in America]], a church of Southern origin.

After a lengthy property battle, the congregation was allowed to leave the UPCUSA while keeping its Byzantine-style property. Tenth Presbyterian is considered the "big-steeple" PCA congregation in the northeastern United States. The church sponsors an extensive global missions program, and an outreach to the neighborhood includes a strong connection to the rising generation of doctors, interns, and residents attending the medical schools in the neighborhood.<ref name="rca.org"/>

In December 1, 2023, Tenth Presbyterian senior pastor Rev. Dr. William "Liam" Goligher resigned, nine years after pleading guilty to "personal conduct" charges in a park in [[Lancaster, Pennsylvania]], charges disclosed by church watchdog group Anglican Watch.<ref>{{cite web|author=Rabey, Steve|url=https://ministrywatch.com/philadelphias-tenth-presbyterian-church-ousts-pastor/|title=Pastor of Philadelphia’s Historic Tenth Presbyterian Church Resigns|website=MinistryWatch|date=2023-12-07|accessdate=2024-07-27}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://religionnews.com/2023/12/12/liam-goligher-influential-pca-pastor-resigns-after-past-arrest-made-public/|title=Liam Goligher, influential PCA pastor, resigns after past arrest made public|first=Bob|last=Smietana|date=December 12, 2023|website=Religion News Service}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.christianpost.com/news/influential-pca-pastor-resigns-after-2014-arrest-is-made-public.html|title=Influential Presbyterian Church in America pastor resigns years after ‘personal conduct’ arrest|first=Michael|last=Gryboski|website=Christian Post|date=December 13, 2023|accessdate=August 16, 2024}}</ref> On May 20, 2024 the Philadelphia Presbytery Presbyterian Church in America suspended Liam Goligher indefinitely for contumacy - defined by the Presbyterian Church in America as refusing to cooperate in church disciplinary proceedings.<ref name="Goligher-Suspension">{{cite web | last=Webb | first=Katelyn | title=Former Tenth Presbyterian pastor deposed, suspended from Lord's Supper following sexual abuse investigation | website=The Christian Post| date=February 5, 2025 | url=https://www.christianpost.com/news/liam-goligher-officially-deposed-suspended-from-lords-supper.html | access-date=December 30, 2025}}</ref>

On November 16, 2025, the congregation voted to call Dr. Jonathan Gibson as the church's new Senior Minister. Pending transfer exams and his reception into Philadelphia Presbytery of the Presbyterian Church in America, Dr. Gibson is expected to take on full time duties in June 1, 2026 and be installed as Senior Minister in September 2026. <ref>https://byfaithonline.com/tenth-presbyterian-announces-senior-pastor-nominee/</ref>

==Publications==

===Tenth Presbyterian Church===

*''Tenth Presbyterian Church of Philadelphia: 175 Years of Thinking and Acting Biblically'' edited by Philip G. Ryken with contributors Allen C. Guelzo, William S. Barker and Paul S. Jones in celebration of the 175th anniversary of the church. Published in 2004.

==Burials==

===Tenth Presbyterian Church===

The Tenth Presbyterian Church grew out of the Sixth Presbyterian Church, being organized in its session room in March, 1829. It was located on the northeast corner of Twelfth and Walnut Streets and there remained until merged (retaining its name) with its daughter, the West Spruce Street Church, at the corner of Seventeenth and Spruce in 1895. The church's burial ground at 17th and Cherry Streets had been established by what became the Seventh Presbyterian Church in 1808, and was sold to the Tenth Presbyterian Church in 1832. The bodies in this cemetery were removed in May, 1849 to the [[Woodlands Cemetery]], Section C, Lots 498-500. The former burial ground was subsequently sold for redevelopment 1851.

===Current===

Currently, there is no traditional burial grounds maintained by Tenth Presbyterian Church.

==Senior Ministers==

[[File:Henry Augustus Boardman 2.jpg|thumb|left|180px|Henry Augustus Boardman]]

[[File:James Montgomery Boice Plaque Tenth Presbyterian Church.jpg|thumb|left|180px|James Montgomery Boice Plaque]]

[[File:Philip Ryken01.png|thumb|left|180px|Philip G. Ryken, in front of the pulpit, June 27, 2010]]

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 Ryken|Philip G. Ryken]], DPhil. Senior Minister. 1995–2010, now president of [[Wheaton College (Illinois)|Wheaton College]]

*William "Liam" W. Goligher, D.Min. Senior Minister. May 22, 2011 – December 1, 2023, born in Glasgow, Scotland. <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tenth.org/index.php?id=news|title=Tenth Presbyterian Church|publisher=|accessdate=14 April 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tenth.org/statement |title=Statement Regarding Our Senior Minister |author= |website=Tenth Presbyterian Church |publisher= |access-date=14 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231214232542/https://www.tenth.org/statement/ |archive-date=14 December 2023}}</ref>

*Jonathan "Jonny" Gibson, PhD. Stated Supply <ref>https://www.pcahistory.org/bco/fog/22/05.html</ref> Senior Minister. October 6, 2024 - present, born in Northern Ireland, con-currently serving as Associate Professor of Old Testament at Westminster Theological Seminary. Elected to become full time senior minister starting June 1, 2026. <ref>https://byfaithonline.com/tenth-presbyterian-announces-senior-pastor-nominee/</ref>

=== Notable members ===

Some notable members have included:

*[[C. Everett Koop]], MD [[Surgeon General of the United States]] served during the [[presidency of Ronald Reagan]] and provided guidance during the onset of the global [[HIV/AIDS]] pandemic. He first gained national attention as the head of pediatrics at the [[University of Pennsylvania]] and [[Children's Hospital of Philadelphia]]. A plaque in the sanctuary notes his membership and service to the country.

*[[Robert Elmore]], who served as music director from 1969 until his death in 1985.

[[File:C Everett Koop.jpg|thumb|right|180px|C. Everett Koop, MD]]

*[[John McArthur Jr.]] (1823–1890) was a prominent American architect who designed [[Philadelphia City Hall]] and Tenth Presbyterian Church, among other buildings in Philadelphia.

==Ministries==

*Four Sunday services with approximately 550 people in weekly attendance

*ACTS Ministries: mercy ministries to the poor and homeless near Tenth Church

*Tenth College Fellowship (TCF) is a group for college students.

*Tenth City Network (TCN) is a group for young adults.

*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.

*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

==Gallery==

File:Steeple of Tenth Presbyterian Church.jpg|Steeple of church and north side exterior

File:Pulpit, platform at Tenth Presbyterian Church.jpg|[[Pulpit]], platform by architect [[Frank Miles Day]] in [[Neo-Byzantine architecture|Neo-Byzantine]] style

File:Ceiling of sanctuary at Tenth Presbyterian Church.jpg|Apse and rear of sanctuary in Neo-Byzantine style with organ in the back

File:Stained glass window of angel at Tenth Presbyterian Church.jpg|Stained glass window of angel on east side of sanctuary with folded glass

File:Scottish Presbyterian, French Huguenot Stain glassed window at Tenth Presbyterian Church.jpg|[[Scottish Presbyterian]], [[French Huguenot]] stain glassed window

File:Benson Memorial Plaque Tenth Presbyterian Church.jpg|Memorial plaque in sanctuary

File:Patterson Memorial plaque at Tenth Presbyterian Church.jpg|Memorial plaque in sanctuary by [[Theophilus P. Chandler Jr.]]

File:North side Doors at Tenth Prssbyterian church.jpg|Arched [[Lombard Romanesque]] doors with [[Pilaster|pilasters]] and Church's logo on top

File:North Entrance at Tenth Presbyterian Church.jpg|Main entrance on north side of church in [[Lombard Romanesque]] style

</gallery>

==External links==

*[http://www.tenth.org Official website]

*[http://www.philadelphiabuildings.org/pab/app/pj_display.cfm/17178 Tenth Presbyterian Church]{{spaced ndash}} at Philadelphia Architects and Buildings

==References==

[[Category:Churches in Philadelphia]]

[[Category:Presbyterian Church in America churches in Pennsylvania]]

[[Category:19th-century Presbyterian church buildings in the United States]]

[[Category:Religious organizations established in 1829]]

[[Category:Churches completed in 1856]]

[[Category:1829 establishments in Pennsylvania]]

[[Category:Rittenhouse Square, Philadelphia]]

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-Tenth Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
+{{Infobox church
+| image = File:Tenth Presbyterian Church.jpg
+| church_location = [[wikipedia:Philadelphia|Philadelphia]], [[wikipedia:Pennsylvania|Pennsylvania]]
+| theological_tradition = [[Presbyterian]]
+| date_founded = 1829
+| affiliations = [[Presbyterian Church in America]]
+| notable_figures =
+| elders = unknown
+| deacons = unknown
+| membership = 1,600
+|attendance = 1,000
+| website = [https://tenth.org tenth.org]
+}}
+'''Tenth Presbyterian Church''' is a congregation of approximately 800 members{{citation needed|date=December 2012}} located in Center City, [[Philadelphia]], [[Pennsylvania]], [[United States]]. Tenth is a part of the [[Presbyterian Church in America]] (PCA), a denomination in the [[Reformed church|Reformed]] (Calvinist) tradition.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tenth.org/index.php?id=8 |title=About Tenth |accessdate=2008-10-14 |date=2007-02-02 |work=tenth.org |publisher=Tenth Presbyterian Church }}</ref> It is located at the southwest corner of 17th & Spruce Streets in Philadelphia's [[Rittenhouse Square]] neighborhood, in the southwestern quadrant of [[Center City Philadelphia|Center City]].
+==History==
+[[File:West Spruce Street Presbyterian Church. South-west corner of Spruce and Seventeenth Street, Philadelphia, by McAllister & Brother.png|thumb|left|200px|Tenth Presbyterian Church, interior prior to 1893 remodeling.]]
+The original Tenth Presbyterian Church, founded in 1829 as a congregation part of the [[Presbyterian Church in the United States of America]], was located on the northeast corner of 12th & Walnut Streets. It established a daughter church in 1855–1856 called the West Spruce Street Presbyterian Church on the southwest corner of 17th & 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 17th & Spruce Streets location, taking the name of the older church (Tenth Presbyterian Church).
+West Spruce Street/Tenth Church was designed by architect [[John McArthur Jr.]], who was a member of the congregation. Its {{convert|250|ft|m|adj=on}} tower-and-spire was the tallest structure in Philadelphia from 1856 to the erection of the tower of [[Philadelphia City Hall]] in 1894, also designed by McArthur. In 1893, architect [[Frank Miles Day]] was hired to perform major alterations to the church's exterior and interior decoration.  The church's steeple with its 150-foot wooden spire was weakened due to structural decay of the timber frame, and was removed in 1912 due to fears that it would collapse.
+The Philadelphia Presbytery (PC-USA) was a conservative bastion during the [[fundamentalist-modernist controversy]] of the 1920s and 1930s, and Tenth Presbyterian was no exception. Under the influence of longtime pastor [[Donald Barnhouse]] (1927–1960), the congregation became the conservative Presbyterian church in Center City, and it has remained a conservative and evangelical congregation until this day. Under [[James Montgomery Boice]] (1968–2000), the congregation continued to be a center of conservative Reformed theology. Tenth membership continued to grow after World War II, and ministry efforts to college students gave the congregation a metropolitan focus.<ref name="rca.org">{{cite web|url=http://www.rca.org/page.aspx?pid=6132|title=The Reformed Church in America|publisher=|accessdate=14 April 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tenth.org/ministries/connecting/medical-campus-outreach|title=Medical Campus Outreach           - Tenth Presbyterian Church|publisher=|accessdate=14 April 2017}}</ref>
+[[File:Tenth pres 17-spruce.jpg|thumb|left|180px|Tenth Church before the removal of the spires in 1912]]
+Under Boice's pastorate, Tenth grew from 350 members to a congregation over 1,200.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://articles.philly.com/2000-06-17/news/25601114_1_historic-downtown-church-philadelphia-presbytery-congregation|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222083927/http://articles.philly.com/2000-06-17/news/25601114_1_historic-downtown-church-philadelphia-presbytery-congregation|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 22, 2015|title=Archives - Philly.com|publisher=|accessdate=14 April 2017}}</ref>
+In 1979, following a denominational ruling by the [[United Presbyterian Church in the United States of America]] requiring congregations to elect both men and women as ruling elder, Tenth Presbyterian left the UPCUSA in 1980, joining the more conservative [[Reformed Presbyterian Church, Evangelical Synod]].<ref>D.G. Hart and John Muether ''Seeking a Better Country: Three Hundred Years of American Presbyterianism ''(P&R Publishing, 2007) pgs. 239 & 240</ref> Three years afterward, Tenth followed the RPCES into the [[Presbyterian Church in America]], a church of Southern origin.
+After a lengthy property battle, the congregation was allowed to leave the UPCUSA while keeping its Byzantine-style property. Tenth Presbyterian is considered the "big-steeple" PCA congregation in the northeastern United States. The church sponsors an extensive global missions program, and an outreach to the neighborhood includes a strong connection to the rising generation of doctors, interns, and residents attending the medical schools in the neighborhood.<ref name="rca.org"/>
+In December 1, 2023, Tenth Presbyterian senior pastor Rev. Dr. William "Liam" Goligher resigned, nine years after pleading guilty to "personal conduct" charges in a park in [[Lancaster, Pennsylvania]], charges disclosed by church watchdog group Anglican Watch.<ref>{{cite web|author=Rabey, Steve|url=https://ministrywatch.com/philadelphias-tenth-presbyterian-church-ousts-pastor/|title=Pastor of Philadelphia’s Historic Tenth Presbyterian Church Resigns|website=MinistryWatch|date=2023-12-07|accessdate=2024-07-27}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://religionnews.com/2023/12/12/liam-goligher-influential-pca-pastor-resigns-after-past-arrest-made-public/|title=Liam Goligher, influential PCA pastor, resigns after past arrest made public|first=Bob|last=Smietana|date=December 12, 2023|website=Religion News Service}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.christianpost.com/news/influential-pca-pastor-resigns-after-2014-arrest-is-made-public.html|title=Influential Presbyterian Church in America pastor resigns years after ‘personal conduct’ arrest|first=Michael|last=Gryboski|website=Christian Post|date=December 13, 2023|accessdate=August 16, 2024}}</ref> On May 20, 2024 the Philadelphia Presbytery Presbyterian Church in America suspended Liam Goligher indefinitely for contumacy - defined by the Presbyterian Church in America as refusing to cooperate in church disciplinary proceedings.<ref name="Goligher-Suspension">{{cite web | last=Webb | first=Katelyn | title=Former Tenth Presbyterian pastor deposed, suspended from Lord's Supper following sexual abuse investigation | website=The Christian Post| date=February 5, 2025 | url=https://www.christianpost.com/news/liam-goligher-officially-deposed-suspended-from-lords-supper.html | access-date=December 30, 2025}}</ref>
+On November 16, 2025, the congregation voted to call Dr. Jonathan Gibson as the church's new Senior Minister. Pending transfer exams and his reception into Philadelphia Presbytery of the Presbyterian Church in America, Dr. Gibson is expected to take on full time duties in June 1, 2026 and be installed as Senior Minister in September 2026. <ref>https://byfaithonline.com/tenth-presbyterian-announces-senior-pastor-nominee/</ref>
+==Publications==
+===Tenth Presbyterian Church===
+*''Tenth Presbyterian Church of Philadelphia: 175 Years of Thinking and Acting Biblically'' edited by Philip G. Ryken with contributors Allen C. Guelzo, William S. Barker and Paul S. Jones in celebration of the 175th anniversary of the church. Published in 2004.
+==Burials==
+===Tenth Presbyterian Church===
+The Tenth Presbyterian Church grew out of the Sixth Presbyterian Church, being organized in its session room in March, 1829. It was located on the northeast corner of Twelfth and Walnut Streets and there remained until merged (retaining its name) with its daughter, the West Spruce Street Church, at the corner of Seventeenth and Spruce in 1895. The church's burial ground at 17th and Cherry Streets had been established by what became the Seventh Presbyterian Church in 1808, and was sold to the Tenth Presbyterian Church in 1832. The bodies in this cemetery were removed in May, 1849 to the [[Woodlands Cemetery]], Section C, Lots 498-500. The former burial ground was subsequently sold for redevelopment 1851.
+===Current===
+Currently, there is no traditional burial grounds maintained by Tenth Presbyterian Church.
+==Senior Ministers==
+[[File:Henry Augustus Boardman 2.jpg|thumb|left|180px|Henry Augustus Boardman]]
+[[File:James Montgomery Boice Plaque Tenth Presbyterian Church.jpg|thumb|left|180px|James Montgomery Boice Plaque]]
+[[File:Philip Ryken01.png|thumb|left|180px|Philip G. Ryken, in front of the pulpit, June 27, 2010]]
+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 Ryken|Philip G. Ryken]], DPhil. Senior Minister. 1995–2010, now president of [[Wheaton College (Illinois)|Wheaton College]]
+*William "Liam" W. Goligher, D.Min. Senior Minister. May 22, 2011 – December 1, 2023, born in Glasgow, Scotland. <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tenth.org/index.php?id=news|title=Tenth Presbyterian Church|publisher=|accessdate=14 April 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tenth.org/statement |title=Statement Regarding Our Senior Minister |author=<!--Not stated--> |website=Tenth Presbyterian Church |publisher= |access-date=14 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231214232542/https://www.tenth.org/statement/ |archive-date=14 December 2023}}</ref>
+*Jonathan "Jonny" Gibson, PhD. Stated Supply <ref>https://www.pcahistory.org/bco/fog/22/05.html</ref> Senior Minister. October 6, 2024 - present, born in Northern Ireland, con-currently serving as Associate Professor of Old Testament at Westminster Theological Seminary.  Elected to become full time senior minister starting June 1, 2026. <ref>https://byfaithonline.com/tenth-presbyterian-announces-senior-pastor-nominee/</ref>
+=== Notable members ===
+Some notable members have included:
+*[[C. Everett Koop]], MD [[Surgeon General of the United States]] served during the [[presidency of Ronald Reagan]] and provided guidance during the onset of the global [[HIV/AIDS]] pandemic.  He first gained national attention as the head of pediatrics at the [[University of Pennsylvania]] and [[Children's Hospital of Philadelphia]]. A plaque in the sanctuary notes his membership and service to the country.
+*[[Robert Elmore]], who served as music director from 1969 until his death in 1985.
+[[File:C Everett Koop.jpg|thumb|right|180px|C. Everett Koop, MD]]
+*[[John McArthur Jr.]] (1823–1890) was a prominent American architect who designed [[Philadelphia City Hall]] and Tenth Presbyterian Church, among other buildings in Philadelphia.
+==Ministries==
+*Four Sunday services with approximately 550 people in weekly attendance
+*ACTS Ministries: mercy ministries to the poor and homeless near Tenth Church
+*Tenth College Fellowship (TCF) is a group for college students.
+*Tenth City Network (TCN) is a group for young adults.
+*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.
+*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
+==Gallery==
+<gallery class="center" classes="center" mode="nolines" caption="Tenth Presbyterian Church Architecture">
+File:Steeple of Tenth Presbyterian Church.jpg|Steeple of church and north side exterior
+File:Pulpit, platform at Tenth Presbyterian Church.jpg|[[Pulpit]], platform by architect [[Frank Miles Day]] in [[Neo-Byzantine architecture|Neo-Byzantine]] style
+File:Ceiling of sanctuary at Tenth Presbyterian Church.jpg|Apse and rear of sanctuary in Neo-Byzantine style with organ in the back
+File:Stained glass window of angel at Tenth Presbyterian Church.jpg|Stained glass window of angel on east side of sanctuary with folded glass
+File:Scottish Presbyterian, French Huguenot Stain glassed window at Tenth Presbyterian Church.jpg|[[Scottish Presbyterian]], [[French Huguenot]] stain glassed window
+File:Benson Memorial Plaque Tenth Presbyterian Church.jpg|Memorial plaque in sanctuary
+File:Patterson Memorial plaque at Tenth Presbyterian Church.jpg|Memorial plaque in sanctuary by [[Theophilus P. Chandler Jr.]]
+File:North side Doors at Tenth Prssbyterian church.jpg|Arched [[Lombard Romanesque]] doors with [[Pilaster|pilasters]] and Church's logo on top
+File:North Entrance at Tenth Presbyterian Church.jpg|Main entrance on north side of church in [[Lombard Romanesque]] style
+</gallery>
+==External links==
+*[http://www.tenth.org Official website]
+*[http://www.philadelphiabuildings.org/pab/app/pj_display.cfm/17178 Tenth Presbyterian Church]{{spaced ndash}} at Philadelphia Architects and Buildings
+==References==
+[[Category:Churches in Philadelphia]]
+[[Category:Presbyterian Church in America churches in Pennsylvania]]
+[[Category:19th-century Presbyterian church buildings in the United States]]
+[[Category:Religious organizations established in 1829]]
+[[Category:Churches completed in 1856]]
+[[Category:1829 establishments in Pennsylvania]]
+[[Category:Rittenhouse Square, Philadelphia]]