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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.
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.
The new church was named the United Presbyterian Church in the United States of America. It was a predecessor to the contemporary Presbyterian Church (USA) . The denomination originated in colonial times when members of the Church of Scotland and Presbyterians from Ireland first immigrated to America.
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 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 ...
Cumberland Presbyterian Church in America: 153: WCRC: Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America: 100: NAPARC: ICRC: 7,076 Evangelical Assembly of Presbyterian Churches in America: 73: Bible Presbyterian Church: 33: 3,500 Free Presbyterian Church of North America: 24: Christian Presbyterian Church: 20: 6,000 Covenant Presbyterian Church: 13
The Presbyterian Church in America, an influential evangelical Christian denomination, gathers for its 50th General Assembly on June 14, 2023, at the Renasant Convention Center in Downtown Memphis.
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.