List of Presbyterian and Reformed denominations in North America

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
Presbytery of Philadelphia (1706)
Synod of Phila. (1717)
Conjunct Presbyteries[17] (1741)
Reformed Presbytery (1752)[18]
Associate Presbytery in America (1753)
Synod of N.Y. & Phila.
(1758)
Associate Synod of North America (1782)Associate Reformed Synod (1782)
PC-USA (1789)
RPCNA (1798)[19]
North
South (1803)
CPC (1810)
RPCNA (New Light) (1833)
New School (1837)PC-USA
(Old School)
(1837)
UPCNA (1858)United Synod (South) (1858)
PCUS (1861)
PCUS (1864)
PC-USA (1869)CPCA (1869)
PC-USA (1906)
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)
CRPC (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
Pilgrims (1610s)
Congregationalist churches (1620s)
Dutch Reformed Church in America (1628)
Congregations became unitarian and separatedRCUS[21] (1793)
RCA (1819)
AUA (1825)
CRC[22](1857)
NCCCUS (1865)
CRC[23]
(1882)
NRC[24] (1907)
PRC[25] (1924)
CC[26]
CCC (1931)
ESNA[27]
E&R (1934)Eureka Classis[28]
(1934)
CCCC[29] (1948)
CanRC[30] (1950)FRCNA[31] (1950)
OPRC[32] (1953)
NACCC[28] (1955)
UCC (1957)
CRCNA (1961)
RCNA[33] (1967)
OCRC[29] (1979)
RCUS (1985)
HRC (1993)
URCNA[34] (1996)
EARCCC[35] (2005)
URCNA (2008)
ARC[35] (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," (the Synod of Philadelphia was known as the "Old Side." Became the Synod of New York in 1746 when the Presbytery of New York left the Synod of Philadelphia to join the New Side.
  18. ^ Reformed Online
  19. ^ Reformed Online
  20. ^ "SUMMARY STATISTICS 1955 - 2022" (PDF). United Church of Christ. Retrieved 22 November 2023.
  21. ^ The german congregations separated from the dutch oversight and adopted their own constitution
  22. ^ Newly founded immigrant congregations were displeased with RCA practices (open communion, use of hymns as well as not supporting the 1834 secession)
  23. ^ Some congregations left RCA after the denomination decided to allow members to join the Freemasons
  24. ^ Affiliated with GerGem
  25. ^ Objected to common grace as defined by the CRC
  26. ^ A restorationist denomination
  27. ^ A german protestant denomination with roots in the prussian union
  28. ^ a b Objected to the merger
  29. ^ a b Objected to liberal tendencies in the denomination
  30. ^ Initially affiliated with GKV
  31. ^ Affiliated with CGKN
  32. ^ Another split over the issue of common grace
  33. ^ Affiliated with GGiN
  34. ^ Objected to women ordination
  35. ^ a b Objected to same-sex marriage
  36. ^ "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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