News & Updates
ULSTER BULWARK
The Oct-Dec 2025 edition of the Ulster Bulwark is available now. Email epsbulwark@yahoo.com for your free copy.
TRAGEDY FOR THE MALCOLMSON FAMILY
We were shocked and deeply saddened to learn of the tragic death of Mr Peter Malcolmson, son of our EPS President, Rev Bill Malcolmson. Peter was killed in a road traffic accident in Belfast on [...]
Rev Martin Smyth
We were very saddened to learn of the passing of Rev Martin Smyth, former Presbyterian minister, Orangeman and Unionist politician. He was aged 94. Mr Smyth served as minister of Raffrey Presbyterian Church in Co [...]
New Ulster Bulwark
Ulster Bulwark July-Sept 2025 edition available free of charge. Contact us on epsbulwark@yahoo.com
EPS CHAIRMAN CELEBRATES MILESTONE BIRTHDAY
Best wishes to our esteemed EPS Chairman, Mr Vincent Shortt, who recently celebrated his 95th birthday. Vincent is a truly amazing man and an inspiration to us all.
ARE YOU READY FOR THE NEW YEAR?
By J.C. Ryle Reader, I ask you a plain question at the beginning of a New Year. Are you ready? It is a solemn thing to part company with the old year. It is [...]
ORANGE HALL RENAMED IN MEMORY OF HM THE QUEEN
West Belfast Orange Hall on Shankill Road has been renamed West Belfast Queen Elizabeth II Memorial Orange Hall. EPS President, Rev William Malcolmson, has had a long association with the hall and is the Chairman [...]
A WOKE REMEMBRANCE SERVICE
For many of us, the annual festival of remembrance broadcast from the Royal Albert Hall by BBC1 has been very much a traditional part of the calendar. While it has adapted over the years in [...]
EPS PODCAST
EVANGELICAL PROTESTANTISM Bob McEvoy in conversation with Wallace Thompson As part of his Semper Reformata Podcasts series, Bob McEvoy chats with Studio guest, Wallace Thompson of the Evangelical Protestant Society, about issues such as the [...]
MILESTONE BIRTHDAY FOR EPS PRESIDENT
Our President, Rev Dr William J Malcolmson, celebrated his 90th birthday at the end of May. At our Council meeting on 11 June, we presented Bill with a home-made cake and a biography of J [...]
“‘ROARING’ REV HUGH HANNA”
This important book on the life and times of Rev Hugh Hanna of Belfast, published by EPS, casts much light on social, political and religious issues in Ulster in the second half of the 19th [...]
BILL OF RIGHTS
A Bill of Rights for Northern Ireland has been mooted for many years, and following the “New Decade, New Approach” document which restored devolved government, an Ad Hoc Committee was established by the NI Assembly [...]