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The Covenant Presbyterian Church (CPC) is a Protestant, Reformed denomination, founded in the United States in 2006 by a group of churches that split from the Reformed Presbyterian Church General Assembly. [2] [3] [4] [5]
Free Church of Scotland - has 9 congregations in North America; Free Church of Scotland (Continuing) - has 8 congregations in the USA; Associated Presbyterian Churches - has 1 congregation in Vancouver; Free Presbyterian Church of Scotland - has 3 congregations in the US and Canada; Chart of splits and mergers of North American Presbyterian ...
Download as PDF; Printable version; ... A Covenant Order of Evangelical Presbyterians" ... First Presbyterian Church (Mount Holly, New Jersey) ...
Download as PDF; Printable version; ... This article lists the names of the 16 synods and 166 presbyteries in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). ... Synod of the Covenant
Presbyterianism is a Reformed (Calvinist) Protestant tradition named for its form of church government by representative assemblies of elders. [2] Though other Reformed churches are structurally similar, the word Presbyterian is applied to churches that trace their roots to the Church of Scotland or to English Dissenter groups that formed during the English Civil War.
A Christian denomination is a distinct religious body within Christianity, identified by traits such as a name, organization and doctrine.Individual bodies, however, may use alternative terms to describe themselves, such as church, convention, communion, assembly, house, union, network, or sometimes fellowship.
The acronym "ECO" came from its original denominational name, which was the Evangelical Covenant Order of Presbyterians. [10] Because the nickname stuck, the denomination kept it and repurposed it to represent ECO's three-fold commitment to make disciples of Jesus Christ (Evangelical), connect leaders through accountable relationships and encourage collaboration (Covenant), and commit to a ...
The majority of the original Reformed Church in the United States, which was founded in 1725, merged with Evangelical Synod of North America (a mix of German Reformed & Lutheran theologies) to form the Evangelical and Reformed Church in 1940 (which would merge with the Congregational Christian Churches in 1957 to form the United Church of ...