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The United Presbyterian Church in the United States of America (UPCUSA) was the largest branch of Presbyterianism in the United States from May 28, 1958, to 1983. It was formed by the union of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America (PCUSA), often referred to as the "Northern" Presbyterian Church, with the United Presbyterian Church of North America (UPCNA), a smaller church of ...
Presbyterian Church in America churches in Illinois (2 P) Pages in category "Presbyterian churches in Illinois" The following 15 pages are in this category, out of 15 total.
Grace Presbyterian Church, Peoria, IL. Initially called the Fourth Ward Mission School, Grace Presbyterian was founded in 1862 as a Sunday School for area youth. It was associated with the Old School Presbyterian Church, [2] which identified with Calvinist Orthodoxy and emphasized education over revivalism. The school was sponsored by the ...
The Presbyterian Church (USA), abbreviated PCUSA, is a mainline Protestant denomination in the United States.It is the largest Presbyterian denomination in the country, known for its liberal stance on doctrine and its ordaining of women and members of the LGBT community as elders and ministers.
On Easter, 2013, he became Senior Pastor of the historic Grace Presbyterian Church (PCA) in Peoria, Illinois and ministered in that capacity until 2020, when he was made Pastor Emeritus. In 2020, Chapell was appointed Stated Clerk Pro Tempore of the PCA and in 2021 was elected as the Stated Clerk (i.e., Chief Administrative Officer), a position ...
The Presbyterian Church in the CSA absorbed the smaller United Synod in 1864. After the Confederacy's defeat in 1865, it was renamed the Presbyterian Church in the United States (PCUS) and was commonly nicknamed the "Southern Presbyterian Church" throughout its history, while the PCUSA was known as the "Northern Presbyterian Church". [55]
R. Kent Hughes (born March 1, 1942) [1] is the former senior pastor of College Church in Wheaton, Illinois, United States.Hughes is the author of numerous books, including the best-selling Disciplines of a Godly Man. [2]
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.