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List of Presbyterian and Reformed denominations in North America

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This is a list of Presbyterian and Reformed denominations in North America.

Presbyterian denominations

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Historical chart of Presbyterian denominations in the United States

Larger Presbyterian denominations

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Smaller Presbyterian denominations

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Korean Presbyterian denominations

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Scottish Presbyterian denominations

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Chart of splits and mergers of North American Presbyterian churches[16]

Splits and mergers of North American Presbyterian churches
Irish PresbyteriansScottish PresbyteriansEnglish Presbyterians
Presbyterian independent congregations (1700s)
Presbytery of Philadelphia (1706)
Synod of Philadelphia (1717)
The Old Side–New Side controversyConjunct Presbyteries[17]
(1741)
First Great Awakening
Presbytery of New York
(1745)
Synod of New York
(1745)
Reformed Presbytery (1752)
Associate Presbytery in America (1753)
Synod of N.Y. & Phila.
(1758)
Associate Reformed Synod (1782)Associate Synod of North America (1782)
PC-USA (1789)Left Presbyterianism and founded the Restoration movement
RPCNA (1798)Second Great AwakeningSpringfield Presbytery (1803)
Southern Synod (1931)Northern Synod (1831)CPC (1810)
The Old School–New School controversy
RPC-GS (1833)
PC-USA
(Old School)
(1837)
New School (1837)
UPCNA (1858)United Synod (South) (1858)
North-South dividePC-CSA (1861)
PCUS (1864)
1/10 of the RPCNA mergedPC-USA (1869)2/3 of the CPC reunitedCPCA (1869)
UPCNA (1891)PC-USA (1906)Fundamentalist–modernist controversy
OPC (1936)
BPC (1937)
EPC (1956)
UPCUSA (1958)
RPCES (1965)
PCA (1973)
EPC (1981)
PCA (1982)
PC(USA) (1983)RPCUSA (1983)
RPC-HP (1991)RPC-GA (1991)
ARPC (1994)
PCA (1997)
RPC-HP (2006)CPC (2006)
ECO (2012)
VP (2020)

Congregational denominations

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US Congregational Family Tree

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National Council of the Congregational Churches of the United States
1865
Christian Connection
1810
Evangelical Synod of North America
1872
Reformed Church in the United States
1725 (Eureka Synod excepted from merger)
Congregational Christian Churches
1931
Evangelical and Reformed Church
1934
Conservative Congregational Christian Conference
1948
National Association of Congregational Christian Churches
1955
United Church of Christ
1957
Evangelical Association of Reformed and Congregational Christian Churches
1998

Note that ESNA, RCUS and E&R churches held to presbyterian polity.


European Reformed denominations

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Episcopal/Anglican Reformed denominations

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Dutch Reformed denominations

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German and French Reformed denominations

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Franklin Square burial ground plaque for the German Reformed Church of the United Church of Christ

Other European Reformed denominations

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Chart of splits and mergers of North American Continental Reformed and Congregationalist churches

Splits and mergers of North American Continental Reformed and Congregationalist churches
English Independent Puritans
Pilgrims (1610s)
Congregationalist churches (1620s)
Some congregations became unitarianDutch Reformed Church in America (1628)
RCUS[19] (1793)
RCA (1819)
AUA (1825)
German pietist protestant churches (1830s)
CRC[20](1857)
NCCCUS (1865)
ESNA (1872)
CRC[21]
(1882)
NRC[22] (1907)
PRC[23] (1924)
CC[24]
CCC (1931)
E&R (1934)Eureka Classis[25]
(1934)
CCCC[26] (1948)
CanRC[27] (1950)FRCNA[28] (1950)
OPRC[29] (1953)
NACCC[25] (1955)
UCC (1957)
CRCNA (1961)
RCNA[30] (1967)
OCRC[26] (1979)
RCUS (1985)
HRC (1993)
URCNA[31] (1996)
EARCCC[32] (2005)
URCNA (2008)
ARC[32] (2021)

Reformed Baptist

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Reformed Charismatic

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Uniting and United denominations

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Other

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Minutes of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church (USA) 2020 Synod" (PDF). Retrieved July 23, 2021.
  2. ^ "2020 Cumberland Presbyterian Church Statistics, page 29" (PDF). 2020. Retrieved July 19, 2022.
  3. ^ Allin, Dana (September 30, 2019). "One Measure of a Flourishing Church: Our Mutual Spurring". Archived from the original on September 24, 2020. Retrieved October 8, 2020.
  4. ^ Lee, James (16 October 2017). "Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) - PC(USA) leaders report on talks with ECO".
  5. ^ Lee, James. "Membership".
  6. ^ "Minute of 41ª General Assembly of Evangelical Presbyterian Church" (PDF). Retrieved 2021-07-27.
  7. ^ ABOUT THE EPC Evangelical Presbyterian Church
  8. ^ http://www.executivaipb.com.br/Atas_CE_SC/SC/SC%202010/doc31_320.pdf [bare URL PDF]
  9. ^ "2020 Orthodox Presbyterian Church General Assembly Report" (PDF). December 31, 2019. p. 284. Retrieved June 1, 2021.
  10. ^ "PCA Statistics Five Year Summary".
  11. ^ Lee, James. "PCA Statistics".
  12. ^ "Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) - PC(USA) church membership still in decline". May 2023.
  13. ^ "Iglesia Presbiteriana Reformada de México : Presbiterios". Archived from the original on 2013-06-27. Retrieved 2013-04-13.
  14. ^ United Church Statistics United Church of Canada
  15. ^ "Covenant Reformed Presbyterian Church". www.covref.org. Retrieved 2020-12-01.
  16. ^ Much of this is based on Presbyterian Family Connections. Deviations are footnoted.
  17. ^ The "New Side"
  18. ^ "SUMMARY STATISTICS 1955 - 2022" (PDF). United Church of Christ. Retrieved 22 November 2023.
  19. ^ The german congregations separated from the dutch oversight and adopted their own constitution
  20. ^ Newly founded immigrant congregations were displeased with RCA practices (open communion, use of hymns as well as not supporting the 1834 secession)
  21. ^ Some congregations left RCA after the denomination decided to allow members to join the Freemasons
  22. ^ Affiliated with GerGem
  23. ^ Objected to common grace as defined by the CRC
  24. ^ A restorationist denomination
  25. ^ a b Objected to the merger
  26. ^ a b Objected to liberal tendencies in the denomination
  27. ^ Initially affiliated with GKV
  28. ^ Affiliated with CGKN
  29. ^ Another split over the issue of common grace
  30. ^ Affiliated with GGiN
  31. ^ Objected to women ordination
  32. ^ a b Objected to same-sex marriage
  33. ^ "A statistical profile 2020:Research from the ucc center for analytics, research and data (CARD) – United Church of Christ" (PDF). Retrieved January 28, 2022.
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