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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.
Presbyterian Cemetery, Allentown, New Jersey at Find a Grave U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Allentown Presbyterian Cemetery 40°10′27″N 74°35′10″W / 40.1741528°N 74.5862043°W / 40.1741528; -74.5862043
Today most mainline Presbyterian churches administer Communion by either passing the elements or by intinction. Over subsequent centuries, many Presbyterian churches modified these prescriptions by introducing hymnody, instrumental accompaniment, and ceremonial vestments into worship. However, there is not one fixed "Presbyterian" worship style.
Allentown is a borough located in western Monmouth County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, bordering adjacent Mercer County.As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 1,734, [8] a decrease of 94 (−5.1%) from the 2010 census count of 1,828, [17] [18] which in turn reflected a decline of 54 (−2.9%) from the 1,882 counted in the 2000 census. [19]
The holding of church services pertains to the observance of the Lord's Day in Christianity. [2] The Bible has a precedent for a pattern of morning and evening worship that has given rise to Sunday morning and Sunday evening services of worship held in the churches of many Christian denominations today, a "structure to help families sanctify the Lord's Day."
[36] [37] [38] Several PC(USA) breakaway groups like New Covenant Presbyterian Church in McComb, MS which broke from J.J. White Memorial Presbyterian Church in 2007, [39] [40] [41] and First Scot's Presbyterian Church, PCA in Beaufort, South Carolina (formerly First Scots Independent Presbyterian Church) voted to affiliate with the PCA.
Presbyterian Church (USA), founded 1983, the largest contemporary national Presbyterian denomination; Presbyterian Church in America, founded 1973, the second-largest contemporary national Presbyterian denomination; Presbyterian Church in the United States (1861–1983), a denomination that was mainly active in the Southern and border states ...
The First Presbyterian Church of Newton (or Newton Presbyterian Church) is a Christian house of worship affiliated with the Presbyterian Church (USA) located in the Town of Newton in Sussex County, New Jersey. This congregation, established in the 1780s, is overseen by the Highlands Presbytery.