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This is a list of notable Presbyterian churches in the United States, where a church is notable either as a congregation or as a building. In the United States, numerous churches are listed on the National Register of Historic Places or are noted on state or local historic registers.
Evangelical Assembly of Presbyterian Churches in America- 73 churches in the USA - formed by churches of Korean and Chinese origin. ECO (Covenant Order of Evangelical Presbyterians) - more than 129,765 members, 320 churches and 500 Pastors (2018) [ 3 ] - Evangelical , Presbyterian [ 4 ] [ 5 ]
There are 166 presbyteries in PC(USA). [5] A presbytery is a regional governing body or lower judicatories that is made up of local churches. In official communications, many of these presbyteries use "Presbytery of" in front of their names, for example, "Presbytery of The James."
In the United States, many Presbyterian churches are notable for their active and large congregations, for their age, for their size, or for the architecture of their buildings. Many are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) or on state and local historic registers.
Presbyterians trace their history to the Protestant Reformation in the 16th century. The Presbyterian heritage, and much of its theology, began with the French theologian and lawyer John Calvin (1509–64), whose writings solidified much of the Reformed thinking that came before him in the form of the sermons and writings of Huldrych Zwingli.
This is a list of churches that are U.S. National Historic Landmarks (NHLs) in the United States. This list does not include chapels that are not or have not historically been affiliated with congregations or churches.
Category: Presbyterian churches in the United States by state. ... Presbyterian churches in New York (state) (3 C, 90 P) Presbyterian churches in North Carolina (1 C ...
Following the end of the war, the Presbyterian Church in the Confederate States of America renamed itself the Presbyterian Church in the United States. In 1864, the Old School and New School Southern Presbyterians reunited, with the New School Presbyterians effectively swallowed up by the much larger Old School majority.