Presbyterian Church of Wales
| Presbyterian Church of Wales | |
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| File:Presbyterian Church of Wales logo.JPG Modern logo of the Presbyterian Church of Wales | |
| Classification | Protestant |
| Orientation | Calvinist |
| Polity | Presbyterian |
| Moderator | The current Moderator is Revd Iain Hodgins, Cardiff. The General Secretary is Revd W. Bryn Williams. |
| Associations | Cytûn, Churches Together in Britain and Ireland, Conference of European Churches, World Alliance of Reformed Churches, World Council of Churches |
| Region | Wales |
| Origin | Formally separated from the Church of England in 1811 during the Welsh Methodist revival; Presbyterian Church of Wales formally established as an independent church in 1823. |
| Separated from | Church of England |
| Congregations | 680 |
| Members | 29,000 |
The Presbyterian Church of Wales (Welsh: Eglwys Bresbyteraidd Cymru), also known as The Calvinistic Methodist Church ([Yr Eglwys Fethodistaidd Galfinaidd] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help)), is a denomination of Protestant Christianity. It was born out of the Welsh Methodist revival and the preaching of Howell Harris in the 18th century and seceded from the Church of England in 1811. It formally formed itself into a separate body in 1823 with the drawing up of its Confession of faith and produced its own monthly periodical Y Cenhadwr. It is distinguished from the Methodism of John Wesley by the Calvinistic nature of its theology. For the history of the church, see Calvinistic Methodists.
At present, the Presbyterian Church of Wales has around 30,000 members who worship in around 700 churches. Most of these churches are in Wales, but due to strong historical links between the Welsh and certain English cities, there are Welsh churches in London, Manchester, Birmingham, and Liverpool.[1]
The Church offices are located at the Tabernacle Church, Merthyr Road, Whitchurch, Cardiff.
The current Moderator is Revd Iain Hodgins. The Moderator elect is Revd R.O. Roberts.
Bodies to which PCW is affiliated
- Cytûn - Churches Together in Wales
- Churches Together in Britain and Ireland
- Conference of European Churches
- World Alliance of Reformed Churches
- World Council of Churches
See also
External links
- Presbyterian church of Wales website.
- Calvinistic Methodist confession of faith, 1823, Creeds of Christendom website.
References
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