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[6] [8] In keeping with their view of the regulative principle, Reformed Presbyterian churches only sing Psalms during service (a practice known as exclusive psalmody), unaccompanied by instruments and to the exclusion of hymns, as they believe this is the only form of congregational singing evidenced in and therefore permitted by the Bible.
Having been initiated in 2004 by theologian D. A. Carson and pastor Tim Keller, [4] [5] TGC describe their mission as being “deeply committed to renewing our faith in the gospel of Christ and to reforming our ministry practices to conform fully to the Scriptures.” [6] The Gospel Coalition, Carson wrote in 2018, is "not a monolith; we are a coalition.
The Reformed Presbyterian Theological Seminary in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The Reformed Presbyterian Church has held to the Westminster Confession of Faith and Catechisms since the 17th century. Instead of adopting revised versions of the Confession, as most other Westminsterian Presbyterian churches in North America have done, the RPCNA ...
In 1990, the Reformed Presbyterian Church divided into four presbyteries and changed its name to the Reformed Presbyterian Church in the Americas. The following year three of the four presbyteries chose to depart, citing the Reformed Presbyterian Church in America's failure to establish and maintain a system of church discipline and inability ...
Presbyterian Reformed Church of Mexico - 26,000 members [13] - Orthodox, Presbyterian, Calvinist; Reformed Church in America - around 190,000 members -Liberal, Presbyterian, formerly Dutch Reformed Church; Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America - around 7,800 members - Orthodox, Exclusive Psalmody, A cappella, Covenanter, Presbyterian ...
The Communion of Reformed Evangelical Churches holds to Reformed theology as set forth in the Westminster Standards, Three Forms of Unity, and 1689 Baptist Confession of Faith. On some doctrines, such as the Federal Vision, paedocommunion, and paedobaptism, the CREC allows each church to determine its own position.
[2]: 83 Indeed, the Synod had rejected a plan of union with the United Presbyterian Church of North America in 1859. [2]: 82 Debates on issues such as exclusive psalmody, [2]: 85 the use of instruments in worship, [2]: 92 and union with the UPCNA [2]: 89 led to even further dissension and division in the church. [3]
In 2006 four churches and nine elders left the RPCGA to form the Covenant Presbyterian Church (CPC). Among the main causes for the formation of the denomination was a desire for presbyterian polity and to allow liberty for local Sessions to practice paedo-communion. [5] [2] [3] [4] The CPC has grown, currently counting 12 member churches. [1]