Free Presbyterian Church
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Free Presbyterian Church may mean:
- Free Presbyterian Church of ScotlandFree Presbyterian Church of ScotlandThe Free Presbyterian Church of Scotland was formed in 1893 and claims to be the spiritual descendant of the Scottish Reformation...
, a breakaway from the Free Church of Scotland - Free Presbyterian Church of UlsterFree Presbyterian Church of UlsterThe Free Presbyterian Church is a Presbyterian denomination founded by the Rev. Ian Paisley in 1951. Most of its members live in Northern Ireland...
, sometimes known simply as Free Presbyterian Church, founded by Ian PaisleyIan PaisleyIan Richard Kyle Paisley, Baron Bannside, PC is a politician and church minister in Northern Ireland. As the leader of the Democratic Unionist Party , he and Sinn Féin's Martin McGuinness were elected First Minister and deputy First Minister respectively on 8 May 2007.In addition to co-founding...
in 1951. - Free Presbyterian Church of North AmericaFree Presbyterian Church of North AmericaThe Free Presbyterian Church of North America or FPCNA is a Presbyterian denomination in the United States and Canada with mission works in Liberia, Jamaica, and Kenya...
, formerly part of the Free Presbyterian Church of Ulster, became self-sufficient in 2005. - Free Presbyterian Church (Australia)Free Presbyterian Church (Australia)The Free Presbyterian Church Of Australia is a denomination which currently consists of four congregations in fellowship with the Free Presbyterian Church of Ulster. There are congregations in Port Lincoln, Perth, Lock and Tasmania.-History:...
- Free Presbyterian Church of VictoriaFree Presbyterian Church of VictoriaThe Free Presbyterian Church of Victoria, also known as the Free Church of Australia Felix, was an Australian Presbyterian denomination founded in Melbourne, Victoria in 1846 as a result of the Disruption of 1843 in the Church of Scotland....
, formerly Free Presbyterian Church of Australia Felix - Presbyterian Church of Eastern AustraliaPresbyterian Church of Eastern AustraliaThe Presbyterian Church of Eastern Australia is a Presbyterian denomination which was formed in Sydney on 10 October 1846 by three ministers and a ruling elder...
popularly known as the Free Presbyterian Church