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. There are more than 6 million Presbyterians in North America.

Presbyterian denominations[edit]

Historical chart of Presbyterian denominations in the United States

Larger Presbyterian denominations[edit]

Smaller Presbyterian denominations[edit]

Korean Presbyterian denominations[edit]

Scottish Presbyterian denominations[edit]

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)
APC (1979)
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)
FPBPC (2008)
ECO (2012)
VP (2020)

Congregational denominations[edit]

US Congregational Family Tree[edit]
National Council of the Congregational Churches of the United StatesChristian ConnectionEvangelical Synod of North AmericaReformed Church in the United States
Congregational Christian ChurchesEvangelical and Reformed Church
Conservative Congregational Christian ConferenceNational Association of Congregational Christian ChurchesUnited Church of ChristEvangelical Association of Reformed and Congregational Christian Churches

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

European Reformed denominations[edit]

Episcopal/Anglican Reformed denominations[edit]

Dutch Reformed denominations[edit]

German and French Reformed denominations[edit]

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

Other European Reformed denominations[edit]

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)
CRCNA (1857)
NCCCUS (1865)
NRC[22] (1870)
PRC[23] (1924)
CC[24]
CCC (1931)
ESNA[25]
E&R (1934)RCUS[26]
(1934)
CCCC[27] (1948)
CanRC[28] (1950)FRCNA[29] (1950)
OPRC (1953)
NACCC[26] (1955)
UCC (1957)
CRCNA (1961)
RCNA[30] (1967)
OCRC[27] (1979)
HRC (1993)
URCNA[31] (1996)
EARCCC[32] (2005)
URCNA (2008)
ARC[32] (2021)

Reformed Baptist[edit]

Reformed Charismatic[edit]

Uniting and United denominations[edit]

Other[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  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. ^ https://www.pcusa.org/news/2023/5/1/pcusa-church-membership-still-in-decline/
  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. ^ Affiliated with GerGem
  23. ^ Objected to common grace as defined by the CRC
  24. ^ A restorationist denomination
  25. ^ A german protestant denomination with roots in the prussian union
  26. ^ a b Objected to the merger
  27. ^ a b Objected to liberal tendencies in the denomination
  28. ^ Initially affiliated with GKV
  29. ^ Affiliated with CGKN
  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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