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Covenant Reformed Presbyterian Church - Orthodox, 1646 Westminster Confession, Presbyterian, Calvinist [15] Evangel Presbytery - Orthodox, Presbyterian, Calvinist; Faith Presbytery, Bible Presbyterian Church; Free Presbyterian Church - Orthodox, Presbyterian, Calvinist
Presbyterianism is a Reformed (Calvinist) Protestant tradition named for its form of church government by representative assemblies of elders. [2] Though other Reformed churches are structurally similar, the word Presbyterian is applied to churches that trace their roots to the Church of Scotland or to English Dissenter groups that formed during the English Civil War.
The family tree of American Presbyterianism, 1706–1983. Courtesy of the Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA, and updated.. Presbyterianism has had a presence in the United States since colonial times and has exerted an important influence over broader American religion and culture.
Presbyterian Church (USA) (PC-USA) is the fourth largest mainline denomination, with 1.1 million active members in 8,700 congregations (2021). [23] American Baptist Churches USA (ABC-USA) is fifth in size, with approximately 1.1 million members (2017). [24] United Church of Christ (UCC) is the sixth and has about 710,000 members in 2022. [25]
A Synopsis of the Beliefs of the Presbyterian Church in America . The Bible is the inspired and inerrant Word of God, the only infallible rule of faith and practice. There is one God, eternal and self-existing in three persons (Father, Son and Holy Spirit) who are to be equally loved, honored, and adored.
The Presbyterian Church (USA) is the largest Presbyterian denomination in the United States, [6] having 1,140,665 active members and 18,173 ordained ministers (including retired ones) [7] in 8,705 congregations at the end of 2022. [1] This number does not include members who are baptized but not confirmed, or the inactive members also affiliated.
Baptist beliefs are seen as belonging to three parties: General Baptists who uphold Arminian soteriology, Particular Baptists who uphold Calvinist soteriology, [2] and Independent Baptists, who might embrace a strict version of either Arminianism or Calvinism, but are most notable for their fundamentalist positions on Biblical hermeneutics ...
Baptist covenant theology (also known as Baptist federalism) is a Reformed Baptist conceptual overview and interpretive framework for understanding the overall structure of the Bible. It sees the theological concept of a covenant as an organizing principle for Christian theology .