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United Presbyterian Church of North America
No description available. Most Recent Membership Data:
Year 1957 - Clergy: 996
- Churches: 839
- Members: 257,513
Associate Presbyterian Church
No description available. Most Recent Membership Data:
Year 1965 - Clergy: 3
- Churches: 4
- Members: 650
Cumberland Presbyterian Church
The Cumberland Presbyterian Church began on the Western frontier in the early 19th century. In 1906 the main body of the church reunited with the Presbyterian Church in the USA, now an integral part of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Those that did not participate in the merger reorganized themselves as the continuing Cumberland Presbyterian Church. Most Recent Membership Data:
Year 2005 - Clergy: 858
- Churches: 759
- Members: 81,464
Cumberland Presbyterian Church in America
On May 14, 1874, Black members of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church met at Murfreesboro, Tennessee, and organized what was for many years called the Second Cumberland Presbyterian Church. Most Recent Membership Data:
Year 1996 - Clergy: 156
- Churches: 152
- Members: 15,142
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)
The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), the largest of several Presbyterian churches in America, was founded in 1983 as a merger of the United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. and the Presbyterian Church in the United States. Most Recent Membership Data:
Year 2004 - Clergy: 21,287
- Churches: 11,019
- Members: 3,189,573
United Presbyterian Church, USA
The United Presbyterian Church of North America and Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. merged in 1958 to form the United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Most Recent Membership Data:
Year 1982 - Clergy: 15,093
- Churches: 8,909
- Members: 2,342,441
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.
The Presbyterian Church in the United States of America inherited the tradition of early Presbyterianism in the colonies and is in direct continuity with the first synod organized in 1706. It merged with the United Presbyterian Church of North America in 1958 to form the United Presbyterian Church in the USA, now a constituent part of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Most Recent Membership Data:
Year 1957 - Clergy: 3,454
- Churches: 8,351
- Members: 2,775,464
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.
The Presbyterian Church in the United States arose out of the same controversies which had split the Methodists and Baptists in the years prior to the Civil War. It was started by Southern presbyteries that withdrew from the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the U.S. to form the Presbyterian Church in the Confederate States (later changed to Presbyterian Church in the U.S.). Most Recent Membership Data:
Year 1982 - Clergy: 6,077
- Churches: 4,250
- Members: 814,931
Presbyterian Church in America
The Presbyterian Church in America was founded in 1974 by conservative members of the Presbyterian Church in the United States who rejected that church's merger with the United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Most Recent Membership Data:
Year 2003 - Clergy: 3,310
- Churches: 1,546
- Members: 315,981
Bible Presbyterian Church
The Bible Presbyterian Church is a fundamentalist church founded in 1938 by the Rev. Carl McIntire, formerly a minister in the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Most Recent Membership Data:
Year 1977 - Clergy: 1959
- Churches: 164
- Members: 5,956
Bible Presbyterian Church
The Bible Presbyterian Church is a fundamentalist church founded in 1938 by the Rev. Carl McIntire, formerly a minister in the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Most Recent Membership Data:
Year 1959 - Clergy: 164
- Churches: 69
- Members: 5,956
Orthodox Presbyterian Church
The Orthodox Presbyterian Church was founded in 1936 by J. Gresham Machen, previously an outstanding theologian of the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. The church is a member of the International Conference of Reformed Churches. Most Recent Membership Data:
Year 2005 - Clergy: 449
- Churches: 255
- Members: 27,540
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