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Pages in category "Presbyterian schools in the United States" The following 28 pages are in this category, out of 28 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Burney Institute, near Lebanon, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory, open 1854–87, when name changed to Chickasaw Orphan Home and Manual Labor School; it was operated by the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. [14] Cameron Institute, Cameron, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory open 1893–early 20th century, was operated by the Presbyterian Church [15]
The Woman's Auxiliary of the Presbyterian Church, U.S. was established in 1912, uniting various PCUS women's groups into one organization. [14] A point of contention were talks of merger between the mainline "Northern Presbyterians", the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. and its successor denomination, the United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.
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]
The Association of Presbyterian Colleges and Universities is a private, not-for-profit organization of colleges and universities associated with the Presbyterian Church (USA), a Mainline Protestant Christian religious denomination.
The Presbyterian Historical Society (PHS) is the oldest continuous denominational historical society in the United States. [1] Its mission is to collect, preserve and share the history of the American Presbyterian and Reformed tradition with the church and broader community.
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Another important distinction to consider is the historical background of the seminary. Before the reunion of the two branches of the PCUSA in 1983, seminaries were affiliated with either the "Northern" United Presbyterian Church or the "Southern" Presbyterian Church in the United States. Princeton, Pittsburgh, Dubuque, San Francisco, McCormick ...