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Top: Society: Religion_and_Spirituality: Christianity: Denominations: Presbyterian
Rooted in the Church of Scotland, "Presbyterian" describes Christian churches that conform to a governmental structure involving "presbyters," or elders. These elders are a part of a structure that involves regional gatherings of churches, known as "presbyteries," and often regional gatherings of presbyteries, known as "synods." Each denomination known as "Presbyterian" varies somewhat in its particular governmental structure, but "Presbyterian" describes this congregational connection to a larger body as the primary feature of church government rather than a particular set of beliefs.Beliefs vary widely among Presbyterian denominations. See their individual categories for more information on beliefs, specific church structure, and individual congregations.
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Please submit only sites relating to the American Presbyterian Church, its organization, doctrine, history and congregations. |
The American Presbyterian Church was formed in 1979 by a group of five ministers, all of whom had formerly ministered in the Bible Presbyterian Church. The founding ministers of the American Presbyterian Church were part of a group that sought during the 1970s to influence the church in the direction of its Presbyterian heritage.
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Please to this category only sites which relate to the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church as a denomination, including its agencies, boards, committees, history, ministries and theology. Please submit sites of congregations affiliated with the ARPC in the appropriate regional category under Churches. |
The Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church had its beginnings in the preaching of John Knox in Scotland. The Scottish Church became the official church of that nation in 1560. In 1688, King William III reorganized the Church of Scotland into the Established Presbyterian Church of Scotland. In reaction to conflicts with the crown, a pastor by the name of Ebenezer Erskine led a group of Christians in forming a separate Associate Presbytery in 1733 (from thence comes the first part of our name). Ten years later, another group of Christians who for years had suffered problems with the established church organized themselves into the Reformed Presbytery (from thence comes the second part of our name).Both churches spread to Northern Ireland as the Scots were forced to emigrate and both came to America with those "Scots-Irish" folks. The immigrants came to the Pennsylvania area at first, and it was there that both the Associate and the Reformed Presbyteries of Pennsylvania were organized in the 1750-1770 time period. Formal union talks between the "Associates" and the "Reformed" began in 1777 and by 1782 the Associate Reformed Synod came to be in Philadelphia. This Synod, even though all "Associates" and "Reformeds" did not join, included churches in Pennsylvania, New York, Ohio, North and South Carolina and Georgia.
Eight years later, the Associate Reformed Presbytery of the Carolinas and Georgia was formed in Abbeville County, South Carolina, followed some twenty years later (1803) by the division of the entire church into four Synods and one General Synod. The Synods were those of the Carolinas, Pennsylvania, New York and Scioto with the headquarters of the church in Philadelphia. In 1822 the Synod of the Carolinas was granted separate status as the Associate Reformed Synod of the South, and by the end of the century was the sole remaining body of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church as several mergers over the years had absorbed the rest of the denomination into the old United Presbyterian Church.
Over the years the Associate Reformed Synod of the South changed its name, becoming in succession the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Synod of the South (1891), the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Synod (1913), and the General Synod of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church, which it remains to this day.
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The Church of Scotland, a living community of people throughout Scotland and beyond, claims 600,000 adult members and thousands more children, young people, and adherents. The Church has over 1,400 ministers in service around the world and 2,000 professional and administrative support staff.
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This category contains @links to categories containing churches in each of the Presbyterian denominations in the directory. No church sites will be listed directly in this category.
The Cumberland Presbyterian Church category in the Open Directory contains sites related to two sister denominations:
Though these denominations are separate today, they share common roots, a joint confession of faith, and many common ministries.
For web pages listing churches by location.
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Sites for schools belonging to a specific Presbyterian denomination should be submitted to the category for that specific branch of the Presbyterian church. |
This is a category for sites about Presbyterian educational institutions including home schooling.It does not include Sunday Schools or other youth ministries of the church.
For sites about the Evangelical Presbyterian Church.
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Please only offer sites here relating to The Free Presbyterian Church of Scotland.
Offering a site to the wrong category only delays it being reviewed by an editor for possible inclusion in the directory. We reserve the right not to list a site in the directory. Thank you. |
The Free Presbyterian Church of Scotland is an evangelical, Calvinistic denomination, reformed in doctrine, worship and practice. It was formed in 1893 and is a mainline descendant of the historic Church of Scotland of the Reformation.
Grace Presbyterian Church of New Zealand is a denomination that is Presbyterian in government, Reformed in theology, and Evangelical in spirit.
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The Korean American Presbyterian Church officially began in 1978 and now has over 400 churches under its care in North and South America, as well as in Hawaii and Europe.
This category is for sites about the Orthodox Presbyterian Church.
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The Presbyterian Church (USA) is the largest Presbyterian denomination in the United States with over 2.5 million members across the country.Formed in 1983 with the merger of the United Presbyterian Church in the United States of America ("northern church") and the Presbyterian Church in the United States ("southern church"), the PC(USA) maintains its national offices in Louisville, Kentucky.
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The Presbyterian Church in America (PCA) is one of the fastest-growing denominations in the United States. Since its founding in 1973 with 240 congregations and just 40,000 members, it has grown to include 1,400 congregations and 300,000 members. Two-thirds of the churches of the PCA are located in the southeastern United States, and the denominational offices are in Atlanta, Georgia.
This category is for sites about the Presbyterian Church in Ireland.
Orgaizations, institutions and congrations of the PCT.
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Agencies, institutions and congregations of the Reformed Presbyterian Church General Assembly.
Organizations, institutions and congregations of the Siloam Biblical Christian Church of Pakistan, which was formerly known as the "United Presbyterian Church of Pakistan."
There is no such thing as a standard Presbyterian theology. Different denominations claiming the name Presbyterian have answered theological questions in different ways in different time periods. This category attempts to compile some of these different understandings in addition to cataloging some areas where many Presbyterians agree.
So much as is possible, this category should be inclusive of a number of different Presbyterian viewpoints on theological issues, though all ranges of the theological spectrum may not be covered due to lack of available content on the Web.
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