Jack Speaks at Friendship Night” at First OPC
Location: San Francisco
Presbyterian Guardian:17:9:May 25, 1948:page 139
OPC statistics had total counted total membership of 8006 of which 5922 were communicants.
At the time there was 72 OPC churches. Only 1 church had over 500 members, and 3 others over 400. An increase of 434 over the previous year.
In June 1951, a great need of ministers was publicized. There were at that time 80 out of 400 vacant pulpits in CRC and 9 out of 75 in the OPC. 13 men graduated from WTS that year.
Morning attendance at the church was about 75. Edward E. Elliot succeeded Carl Ahlfeldt. Ahlfeldt came to First OPC In 1943 following Atwell who planted the church in 1940. Elliot came around 1950. Presbyterian Guardian:20:April 16, 1951. Page 74.
Attendance grew to around 100 by December 1951 somewhat as a result of a weekend conference at Mt Hermon which included two weeks of early morning prayer. Presbyterian Guardian: 20:Dec 1951:229.
Picture taken from San Francisco Library dated: http:// sflib1.sfpl.org:82/record=b1006625
Location: First OPC On Turk Street