A British link with Israel

Some people believe that the historic British people are descended from Israelites. This has been a recurrent claim of some British rulers and people for centuries. BIBTF - the British Israel Bible Truth Fellowship – holds this view and it’s founding was heavily influenced by Charles Samuel McKelvey…

Jack’s views on Judgment Day

Jack McKelvey is the author of one of the foremost books on the eutopian fantasies and the ideas which lead people to think that there will be a cataclysmic ending to human existence and indeed the earth itself. He examines the Branch Davidians in Waco and the teachings of the Jehovah Witnesses.

Vicar Jane’s drop-in centre at Liverpool shopping precinct

The BBC reported recently that a Liverpool vicar has set up an unlikely drop-in centre at a local shopping precinct. The Reverend Jane McKelvey works from a small booth in Belle Vale Shopping Centre one day a week. She says she is there for anyone who wants to talk.

A US Civil War survivor who served in China

Joseph McKelvey was the son of Douglass McKelvey and Hannah Hamill and was born near Ligonier, Westmoreland County, September 15, 1836. He survived the civil War and served his church at great cost in China.

The church with members in two countries

The members of McKelvey's Grove Presbyterian Church live in both parts of Ireland. The church at Loughbratty in Castleblaney, Co.Monaghan spans the border.