Reformed Churches in North America
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Presbyterian denominations in North America
- partially: United Church of CanadaUnited Church of CanadaThe United Church of Canada is a Protestant Christian denomination in Canada. It is the largest Protestant church and, after the Roman Catholic Church, the second-largest Christian church in Canada...
- around 2,800,000 members - Liberal, Presbyterian & CongregationalCongregational churchCongregational churches are Protestant Christian churches practicing Congregationalist church governance, in which each congregation independently and autonomously runs its own affairs....
& Methodist - Presbyterian Church (USA)Presbyterian Church (USA)The Presbyterian Church , or PC, is a mainline Protestant Christian denomination in the United States. Part of the Reformed tradition, it is the largest Presbyterian denomination in the U.S...
- around 2,077,000 members - Liberal, Presbyterian - Presbyterian Church in AmericaPresbyterian Church in AmericaThe Presbyterian Church in America is an evangelical Protestant Christian denomination, the second largest Presbyterian church body in the United States after the Presbyterian Church . The PCA professes a strong commitment to evangelism, missionary work, and Christian education...
- around 346,000 members - EvangelicalEvangelicalismEvangelicalism is a Protestant Christian movement which began in Great Britain in the 1730s and gained popularity in the United States during the series of Great Awakenings of the 18th and 19th century.Its key commitments are:...
, ConservativeConservative ChristianityConservative Christianity is a term applied to a number of groups or movements seen as giving priority to traditional Christian beliefs and practices...
, Presbyterian, Calvinistic - Presbyterian Church in CanadaPresbyterian Church in CanadaThe Presbyterian Church in Canada is the name of a Protestant Christian church, of presbyterian and reformed theology and polity, serving in Canada under this name since 1875, although the United Church of Canada claimed the right to the name from 1925 to 1939...
- around 225,000 members - Liberal, Presbyterian - Cumberland Presbyterian ChurchCumberland Presbyterian ChurchThe Cumberland Presbyterian Church is a Presbyterian Christian denomination spawned by the Second Great Awakening. In 2007, it had an active membership of less than 50,000 and about 800 congregations, the majority of which are concentrated in the United States...
- around 87,000 members - Liberal, Presbyterian, Arminian - Evangelical Presbyterian Church - around 115,000 members - EvangelicalEvangelicalismEvangelicalism is a Protestant Christian movement which began in Great Britain in the 1730s and gained popularity in the United States during the series of Great Awakenings of the 18th and 19th century.Its key commitments are:...
, Presbyterian - Associate Reformed Presbyterian ChurchAssociate Reformed Presbyterian ChurchThe Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church as it exists today is the remnant of a small denomination, which was formed from the Synod of the South, a division of the Associate Reformed Church...
- around 39,000 members - Orthodox, Presbyterian, Calvinistic - Korean American Presbyterian Church - around 33,000 members - Orthodox, Korean-Presbyterian, Calvinistic
- Orthodox Presbyterian ChurchOrthodox Presbyterian ChurchThe Orthodox Presbyterian Church is a conservative Presbyterian denomination located primarily in the United States. It was founded by conservative members of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America who strongly objected to the pervasive Modernist theology during the 1930s . Led...
- around 30,000 members - Orthodox, Presbyterian, Calvinistic - Korean Presbyterian Church in America - around 29,000 members - Liberal, Korean-Presbyterian
- partially: Confederation of Reformed Evangelical ChurchesConfederation of Reformed Evangelical ChurchesThe Communion of Reformed Evangelical Churches , formerly the Confederation of Reformed Evangelical Churches, was founded in 1998 as a body of churches that hold to Reformed theology. Member churches include those from Presbyterian, Reformed, and Reformed Baptist backgrounds...
- around 15,000 members - EvangelicalEvangelicalismEvangelicalism is a Protestant Christian movement which began in Great Britain in the 1730s and gained popularity in the United States during the series of Great Awakenings of the 18th and 19th century.Its key commitments are:...
/Orthodox, Dutch Reformed/Presbyterian, Calvinistic - Reformed Presbyterian Church of North AmericaReformed Presbyterian Church of North AmericaThe Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America , a Christian church, is a small Presbyterian denomination with churches throughout the United States, in southeastern Canada, and in a small part of Japan. Its beliefs place it in the conservative wing of the Reformed family of Protestant churches...
- around 7,000 members - Orthodox, covenanting Presbyterian, Calvinistic - Cumberland Presbyterian Church in AmericaCumberland Presbyterian Church in AmericaThe Cumberland Presbyterian Church in America is a primarily African-American denomination which developed from the Cumberland Presbyterian Church in 1874....
- around 6,500 members - Liberal, Presbyterian, Arminian - Bible Presbyterian ChurchBible Presbyterian ChurchThe Bible Presbyterian Church is an American Protestant denomination.-History:The Bible Presbyterian Church was formed in 1937, predominantly through the efforts of such conservative Presbyterian clergymen as Carl McIntire, J. Oliver Buswell and Allen A. MacRae. Francis Schaeffer was the first...
- around 3,500 members - Orthodox, Presbyterian, Calvinistic
Smaller Presbyterian denominations
- American Presbyterian Church - Orthodox, Presbyterian, Calvinistic
- Christian Presbyterian Church - Orthodox, Korean-Presbyterian, Calvinistic
- Covenant Reformed Presbyterian Church - Orthodox, Presbyterian, Calvinistic
- Evangelical Reformed Presbyterian ChurchEvangelical Reformed Presbyterian ChurchThe Evangelical Reformed Presbyterian Church is a Christian denomination of the Reformed tradition founded in late 2004. The first member churches were received in 2005...
- Orthodox, Presbyterian, Calvinistic - Federation of Reformed Churches - Orthodox, Presbyterian, Calvinistic, Paedocommunion
- Free Presbyterian ChurchFree 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...
- Orthodox, Presbyterian, Calvinistic - Presbyterian Reformed Church - Orthodox, Presbyterian, Calvinistic
- Reformed Presbyterian Church - Hanover PresbyteryReformed Presbyterian Church - Hanover PresbyteryThe Reformed Presbyterian Church – Hanover Presbytery is a very conservative Reformed Denomination, with 9 congregations in the United States....
- Orthodox, Presbyterian, Calvinistic - Reformed Presbyterian Church in the United StatesReformed Presbyterian Church in the United StatesThe Reformed Presbyterian Church in the United States is a small Presbyterian denomination with twelve congregations in the United States. The RPCUS was established in 1983, subscribes to the unrevised Westminster Confession and upholds biblical inerrancy...
- Orthodox, Presbyterian, Calvinistic - Reformed Presbyterian Church General AssemblyReformed Presbyterian Church General AssemblyThe Reformed Presbyterian Church General Assembly is a conservative Presbyterian denomination in the United States. It was founded in 1991 by members of the Reformed Presbyterian Church in the Americas. It admits only men into church office and holds to Young Earth creationism...
- Orthodox, Presbyterian, Calvinistic - Reformed Presbytery in North America - Orthodox, covenanting Presbyterian, Calvinistic
- Upper Cumberland Presbyterian ChurchUpper Cumberland Presbyterian ChurchThe Upper Cumberland Presbyterian Church is a Christian denomination in the United States that maintains less than 1,000 members among twelve congregations in Alabama and Tennessee.-Origins:...
- less than 1000 members - Conservative, Presbyterian, Four-Point Calvinist - Westminster Presbyterian Church in the United StatesWestminster Presbyterian Church in the United StatesThe Westminster Presbyterian Church in the United States is a small Presbyterian denomination which was constituted in January 2006 in Lansdowne, Pennsylvania...
- Orthodox, covenanting Presbyterian, Calvinistic
Congregational denominations in North America
- partially: United Church of CanadaUnited Church of CanadaThe United Church of Canada is a Protestant Christian denomination in Canada. It is the largest Protestant church and, after the Roman Catholic Church, the second-largest Christian church in Canada...
- around 2,800,000 members - Liberal, Presbyterian & CongregationalCongregational churchCongregational churches are Protestant Christian churches practicing Congregationalist church governance, in which each congregation independently and autonomously runs its own affairs....
& Methodist - partially: United Church of ChristUnited Church of ChristThe United Church of Christ is a mainline Protestant Christian denomination primarily in the Reformed tradition but also historically influenced by Lutheranism. The Evangelical and Reformed Church and the Congregational Christian Churches united in 1957 to form the UCC...
- around 1,880,000 members - Liberal, German Reformed & CongregationalCongregational churchCongregational churches are Protestant Christian churches practicing Congregationalist church governance, in which each congregation independently and autonomously runs its own affairs.... - Conservative Congregational Christian ConferenceConservative Congregational Christian ConferenceThe Conservative Congregational Christian Conference, colloquially known as the CCCC or 4C's, is a Protestant Christian denomination operating in the United States. The denomination maintains headquarters in Lake Elmo, Minnesota, a suburb of St. Paul...
- around 41,000 members - EvangelicalEvangelicalismEvangelicalism is a Protestant Christian movement which began in Great Britain in the 1730s and gained popularity in the United States during the series of Great Awakenings of the 18th and 19th century.Its key commitments are:...
, CongregationalCongregational churchCongregational churches are Protestant Christian churches practicing Congregationalist church governance, in which each congregation independently and autonomously runs its own affairs.... - Congregational Christian Churches in CanadaCongregational Christian Churches in CanadaThe Congregational Christian Churches in Canada is an evangelical, Protestant, Christian denomination, headquartered in Brantford, Ont., and a member of the World Evangelical Congregational Fellowship.-Organization and leadership:...
- around 7,000 members - EvangelicalEvangelicalismEvangelicalism is a Protestant Christian movement which began in Great Britain in the 1730s and gained popularity in the United States during the series of Great Awakenings of the 18th and 19th century.Its key commitments are:...
, CongregationalCongregational churchCongregational churches are Protestant Christian churches practicing Congregationalist church governance, in which each congregation independently and autonomously runs its own affairs....
Episcopal/Anglican Reformed denominations in North America
- Reformed Episcopal ChurchReformed Episcopal ChurchThe Reformed Episcopal Church is an Anglican church in the United States and Canada and a founding member of the Anglican Church in North America...
- around 13,000 members - Orthodox, EpiscopalEpiscopal polityEpiscopal polity is a form of church governance that is hierarchical in structure with the chief authority over a local Christian church resting in a bishop...
/Anglican, Calvinistic - Traditional Protestant Episcopal ChurchTraditional Protestant Episcopal ChurchThe Traditional Protestant Episcopal Church was a Christian body that saw itself as maintaining the original theological position of the Episcopal Church....
- Orthodox, EpiscopalEpiscopal polityEpiscopal polity is a form of church governance that is hierarchical in structure with the chief authority over a local Christian church resting in a bishop...
/Anglican
Dutch Reformed denominations in North America
- Reformed Church in AmericaReformed Church in AmericaThe Reformed Church in America is a mainline Reformed Protestant denomination in Canada and the United States. It has about 170,000 members, with the total declining in recent decades. From its beginning in 1628 until 1819, it was the North American branch of the Dutch Reformed Church. In 1819, it...
- around 313,000 members - Liberal & ConservativeConservative ChristianityConservative Christianity is a term applied to a number of groups or movements seen as giving priority to traditional Christian beliefs and practices...
, Dutch Reformed - Christian Reformed ChurchChristian Reformed ChurchesThe Christian Reformed Churches are a Protestant church in the Netherlands with about 75,000 members.The original name of the church was Christian Reformed Church in the Netherlands . The church was formed in 1869 by the merger of two churches, both separated from the Dutch Reformed Church in 1834...
- around 300,000 members - EvangelicalEvangelicalismEvangelicalism is a Protestant Christian movement which began in Great Britain in the 1730s and gained popularity in the United States during the series of Great Awakenings of the 18th and 19th century.Its key commitments are:...
, ConservativeConservative ChristianityConservative Christianity is a term applied to a number of groups or movements seen as giving priority to traditional Christian beliefs and practices...
, Dutch Reformed, Calvinistic - United Reformed Churches in North AmericaUnited Reformed Churches in North AmericaThe United Reformed Churches in North America is a theologically conservative federation of churches. The United Reformed Churches trace their roots back to the earlier Protestant movements in Europe, and to the Reformed churches in Belgium and the Netherlands...
- around 20,700 members - Orthodox, Dutch Reformed, Calvinistic - Canadian and American Reformed ChurchesCanadian and American Reformed ChurchesThe Canadian and American Reformed Churches are a federation of over fifty Protestant Christian churches in Canada and the USA, with historical roots in the Reformed Churches of the Netherlands, and doctrinal roots in the sixteenth century Protestant Reformation...
- around 16,000 members - Orthodox, Dutch Reformed, Calvinistic - partially: Confederation of Reformed Evangelical ChurchesConfederation of Reformed Evangelical ChurchesThe Communion of Reformed Evangelical Churches , formerly the Confederation of Reformed Evangelical Churches, was founded in 1998 as a body of churches that hold to Reformed theology. Member churches include those from Presbyterian, Reformed, and Reformed Baptist backgrounds...
- around 15,000 members - EvangelicalEvangelicalismEvangelicalism is a Protestant Christian movement which began in Great Britain in the 1730s and gained popularity in the United States during the series of Great Awakenings of the 18th and 19th century.Its key commitments are:...
/Orthodox, Dutch Reformed/Presbyterian, Calvinistic - Netherlands Reformed CongregationsNetherlands Reformed CongregationsThe Netherlands Reformed Congregations, is a highly conservative denomination with congregations mostly in Canada, the United States, and the Netherlands.-Baptism:...
- around 9,500 members - PuritanPuritanThe Puritans were a significant grouping of English Protestants in the 16th and 17th centuries. Puritanism in this sense was founded by some Marian exiles from the clergy shortly after the accession of Elizabeth I of England in 1558, as an activist movement within the Church of England...
, Dutch Reformed, Calvinistic - Protestant Reformed Churches in AmericaProtestant Reformed Churches in AmericaThe Protestant Reformed Churches in America ' or ' is a Protestant denomination of 29 churches and over 7,000 members.-History:...
- around 7,000 members - Orthodox, Dutch Reformed, strictly Calvinistic - Free Reformed Churches in North America - around 4,500 members - Orthodox, Dutch Reformed, Calvinistic
- Heritage Netherlands Reformed CongregationsHeritage Netherlands Reformed CongregationsThe Heritage Reformed Congregations are a conservative federation of churches with congregations in the United States and Canada.-History:Formed in 1993 due to a split in the Netherlands Reformed Congregation in Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States....
- around 2,000 members - PuritanPuritanThe Puritans were a significant grouping of English Protestants in the 16th and 17th centuries. Puritanism in this sense was founded by some Marian exiles from the clergy shortly after the accession of Elizabeth I of England in 1558, as an activist movement within the Church of England...
, Dutch Reformed, Calvinistic - Orthodox Christian Reformed ChurchOrthodox Christian Reformed ChurchThe Orthodox Christian Reformed Churches were a theologically conservative federation of churches in the Dutch Calvinist tradition. Although the federation has disbanded, most of its churches still exist. They are in the United States and Canada...
- around 1,500 members - Orthodox, Dutch Reformed, Calvinistic
German and French Reformed denominations in North America
- partially: United Church of ChristUnited Church of ChristThe United Church of Christ is a mainline Protestant Christian denomination primarily in the Reformed tradition but also historically influenced by Lutheranism. The Evangelical and Reformed Church and the Congregational Christian Churches united in 1957 to form the UCC...
- around 1,880,000 members - Liberal, German Reformed & CongregationalCongregational churchCongregational churches are Protestant Christian churches practicing Congregationalist church governance, in which each congregation independently and autonomously runs its own affairs.... - Reformed Church in the United StatesReformed Church in the United StatesThe Reformed Church in the United States is a Protestant Christian denomination in the United States. The present RCUS is a conservative, Calvinist denomination. It affirms the principles of the Reformation: Sola scriptura , Solo Christo , Sola gratia , Sola fide , and Soli Deo gloria...
- around 5,000 members - Orthodox, German Reformed, Calvinistic - Reformed Church of Quebec (Église Réformée du Québec) - around 500 members - Orthodox, French Reformed, Calvinistic
Eastern European Reformed denominations in North America
- Hungarian Reformed Church of America - around 10,500 members - Conservative, Hungarian Reformed
- Calvin Synod of the United Church of ChristUnited Church of ChristThe United Church of Christ is a mainline Protestant Christian denomination primarily in the Reformed tradition but also historically influenced by Lutheranism. The Evangelical and Reformed Church and the Congregational Christian Churches united in 1957 to form the UCC...
- around 3,500 members - Conservative, Hungarian Reformed - Lithuanian Evangelical Reformed Church - Liberal, Lithuanian Reformed
Uniting and United denominations in North America
- United Church of CanadaUnited Church of CanadaThe United Church of Canada is a Protestant Christian denomination in Canada. It is the largest Protestant church and, after the Roman Catholic Church, the second-largest Christian church in Canada...
- around 2,800,000 members - Liberal, Presbyterian & CongregationalCongregational churchCongregational churches are Protestant Christian churches practicing Congregationalist church governance, in which each congregation independently and autonomously runs its own affairs....
& Methodist - United Church of ChristUnited Church of ChristThe United Church of Christ is a mainline Protestant Christian denomination primarily in the Reformed tradition but also historically influenced by Lutheranism. The Evangelical and Reformed Church and the Congregational Christian Churches united in 1957 to form the UCC...
- around 1,880,000 members - Liberal, German Reformed & CongregationalCongregational churchCongregational churches are Protestant Christian churches practicing Congregationalist church governance, in which each congregation independently and autonomously runs its own affairs.... - Confederation of Reformed Evangelical ChurchesConfederation of Reformed Evangelical ChurchesThe Communion of Reformed Evangelical Churches , formerly the Confederation of Reformed Evangelical Churches, was founded in 1998 as a body of churches that hold to Reformed theology. Member churches include those from Presbyterian, Reformed, and Reformed Baptist backgrounds...
- around 15,000 members - EvangelicalEvangelicalismEvangelicalism is a Protestant Christian movement which began in Great Britain in the 1730s and gained popularity in the United States during the series of Great Awakenings of the 18th and 19th century.Its key commitments are:...
/Orthodox, Dutch Reformed/Presbyterian, Calvinistic
External links
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- http://reformednet.us