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The Presbyterian Church of Australia (PCA), founded in 1901, is the largest Presbyterian denomination in Australia. The PCA is the largest conservative, evangelical and complementarian Christian denomination in Australia. The Presbyterian Church of Australia is Reformed in theology and Presbyterian in government.
Two churches created from Scottish preachers. Presbyterian Church of Australia: 546 : 1901: Formed in 1901 by a union of state Presbyterian churches. In 1977, two-thirds of the PCA amalgamated with other denominations to form the Uniting Church in Australia. Presbyterian Church of Eastern Australia: 14 : Exclusive psalmody : 1843
James Forbes – minister of the Free Presbyterian Church of Victoria and founder of the Melbourne Academy, a college for boys (later Scotch College). Friedrich Hagenauer – Presbyterian minister; founder of Ramahyuck Mission to house the members of the Ganai tribe who survived attacks in west and central Gippsland
From 1901 to 1977, the PCV was the largest of the state Presbyterian churches. [3] In 1977, the majority of congregations left to join the Uniting Church in Australia. The Presbyterian Church of Victoria accepts the Westminster Confession of Faith as its subordinate standard, read in the light of a Declaratory Statement of 1901.
The list includes the Catholic Church (including Eastern Catholic Churches), Protestant denominations with at least 0.2 million members, the Eastern Orthodox Church (and its offshoots), Oriental Orthodox Churches (and their offshoots), Nontrinitarian Restorationism, independent Catholic denominations, Nestorianism and all the other Christian ...
4.1 Australia. 4.2 New Zealand. 5 South America. Toggle South America subsection. 5.1 Brazil. ... Presbyterian church that joined the United Reformed Church in 1972.
In August 1894 Ferguson was inducted to St Stephen's, Phillip Street, Sydney, the largest Presbyterian congregation in Australia. His ministry in Sydney was very successful. [1] Ferguson took full part in Australian religious and public life, becoming moderator-general in 1909.
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