List of Presbyterian and Reformed denominations in North America

This is a list of Presbyterian and Reformed denominations in North America.

Presbyterian denominations

Historical chart of Presbyterian denominations in the United States

Larger Presbyterian denominations

Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church - around 22,459 members (2018)^[1] - Orthodox, Presbyterian, Calvinist, Covenanter & Seceder
Bible Presbyterian Church - around 3,500 members - Orthodox, Presbyterian, Calvinist
partially: Communion of Reformed Evangelical Churches - around 15,000 members - Evangelical/Orthodox, Dutch Reformed/Presbyterian, Calvinist
Cumberland Presbyterian Church - around 65,087 members (2019)^[2] - Liberal, Presbyterian, Arminian
Cumberland Presbyterian Church in America - around 6,500 members - Liberal, Presbyterian, Arminian
Evangelical Assembly of Presbyterian Churches in America- 73 churches in the USA - formed by churches of Korean and Chinese origin.
ECO (Covenant Order of Evangelical Presbyterians) - more than 129,765 members, 320 churches and 500 Pastors (2018)^[3] - Evangelical, Presbyterian^[4]^[5]
Evangelical Presbyterian Church - around 122,216 members (2018)^[6] - Evangelical, Presbyterian, Charismatic^[7]
Korean-American Presbyterian Church - around 53,000 members - Conservative Evangelical, Korean-Presbyterian, Calvinist
National Presbyterian Church in Mexico - around 2,800,000 members ^[8] - Conservative Calvinist
Korean Presbyterian Church Abroad - around 55,000 members - Progressive Evangelical, Korean-Presbyterian
Orthodox Presbyterian Church - around 31,472 members (2019)^[9]- Orthodox, Presbyterian, Calvinist
Presbyterian Church in America - around 383,338 members (2020)^[10] - Evangelical, Presbyterian, Calvinist^[11]
Presbyterian Church in Canada - around 225,000 members - Presbyterian
Presbyterian Church (USA) - around 1,140,665 members (2022) - Liberal, Presbyterian^[12]
Presbyterian Reformed Church of Mexico - 26,000 members^[13] - Orthodox, Presbyterian, Calvinist
Reformed Church in America - around 190,000 members -Liberal, Presbyterian, formerly Dutch Reformed Church
Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America - around 7,800 members - Orthodox, Exclusive Psalmody, A cappella, Covenanter, Presbyterian, Calvinist
partially: United Church of Canada - around 388,000 members (as of 12/31/2018) - Liberal, Presbyterian & Congregational & Methodist^[14]
World Korean Presbyterian Church - around 300 churches - Conservative Fundamentalist, Korean-Presbyterian, Calvinist

Smaller Presbyterian denominations

American Presbyterian Church - Orthodox, Presbyterian, Calvinist
Covenant Presbyterian Church - Orthodox, Presbyterian, Calvinist
Covenant Reformed Presbyterian Church - Orthodox, 1646 Westminster Confession, Presbyterian, Calvinist^[15]
Evangel Presbytery - Orthodox, Presbyterian, Calvinist
Faith Presbytery, Bible Presbyterian Church
Free Presbyterian Church - Orthodox, Presbyterian, Calvinist
Independent Presbyterian Church in Mexico - 2,500 members and 35 congregations - Orthodox, Presbyterian, Calvinist
National Conservative Presbyterian Church in Mexico - Orthodox, Presbyterian, Calvinist
Puritan Reformed Church
Reformed Presbyterian Church - Hanover Presbytery - Orthodox, Presbyterian, Calvinist
Reformed Presbyterian Church General Assembly - Orthodox, Presbyterian, Calvinist
Reformed Presbytery in North America - Orthodox, Covenanter Presbyterian, Calvinist
Upper Cumberland Presbyterian Church - less than 1000 members - Conservative, Presbyterian, Four-Point Calvinist
Vanguard Presbytery - Orthodox, Presbyterian, Calvinist

Korean Presbyterian denominations

Scottish Presbyterian denominations

Free Church of Scotland - has 9 congregations in North America
Free Church of Scotland (Continuing) - has 8 congregations in the USA
Associated Presbyterian Churches - has 1 congregation in Vancouver
Free Presbyterian Church of Scotland - has 3 congregations in the US and Canada

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

partially: United Church of Canada - ~2,800,000 members - Liberal, Presbyterian & Congregational & Methodist
partially: United Church of Christ - 712,296 members and 4,603 churches - Liberal, German Reformed & Congregational^[20]
National Association of Congregational Christian Churches - ~35,000 members and 300 churches
Conservative Congregational Christian Conference - ~41,000 members and 300 churches- Evangelical, Congregational
Congregational Christian Churches in Canada - ~7,000 members - Evangelical, Congregational
Evangelical Association of Reformed and Congregational Christian Churches

US Congregational Family Tree

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

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 separated

RCUS^[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

Reformed Charismatic

Sovereign Grace Churches
Newfrontiers in the United States

Uniting and United denominations

United Church of Canada - around 2,800,000 members - Liberal, Presbyterian & Congregational & Methodist
United Church of Christ - around 712,000 members - Liberal, German Reformed & Congregational^[36]
Communion of Reformed Evangelical Churches - around 15,000 members - Evangelical/Orthodox, Dutch Reformed/Presbyterian, Calvinistic

Other

New Calvinism

References

^ "Minutes of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church (USA) 2020 Synod" (PDF). Retrieved July 23, 2021.
^ "2020 Cumberland Presbyterian Church Statistics, page 29" (PDF). 2020. Retrieved July 19, 2022.
^ 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.
^ Lee, James (16 October 2017). "Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) - PC(USA) leaders report on talks with ECO".
^ Lee, James. "Membership".
^ "Minute of 41ª General Assembly of Evangelical Presbyterian Church" (PDF). Retrieved 2021-07-27.
^ ABOUT THE EPC Evangelical Presbyterian Church
^ http://www.executivaipb.com.br/Atas_CE_SC/SC/SC%202010/doc31_320.pdf ^{[bare URL PDF]}
^ "2020 Orthodox Presbyterian Church General Assembly Report" (PDF). December 31, 2019. p. 284. Retrieved June 1, 2021.
^ "PCA Statistics Five Year Summary".
^ Lee, James. "PCA Statistics".
^ "Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) - PC(USA) church membership still in decline". May 2023.
^ "Iglesia Presbiteriana Reformada de México : Presbiterios". Archived from the original on 2013-06-27. Retrieved 2013-04-13.
^ United Church Statistics United Church of Canada
^ "Covenant Reformed Presbyterian Church". www.covref.org. Retrieved 2020-12-01.
^ Much of this is based on Presbyterian Family Connections. Deviations are footnoted.
^ 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.
^ Reformed Online
^ Reformed Online
^ "SUMMARY STATISTICS 1955 - 2022" (PDF). United Church of Christ. Retrieved 22 November 2023.
^ The german congregations separated from the dutch oversight and adopted their own constitution
^ Newly founded immigrant congregations were displeased with RCA practices (open communion, use of hymns as well as not supporting the 1834 secession)
^ Some congregations left RCA after the denomination decided to allow members to join the Freemasons
^ Affiliated with GerGem
^ Objected to common grace as defined by the CRC
^ A restorationist denomination
^ A german protestant denomination with roots in the prussian union
^ ^a ^b Objected to the merger
^ ^a ^b Objected to liberal tendencies in the denomination
^ Initially affiliated with GKV
^ Affiliated with CGKN
^ Another split over the issue of common grace
^ Affiliated with GGiN
^ Objected to women ordination
^ ^a ^b Objected to same-sex marriage
^ "A statistical profile 2020:Research from the ucc center for analytics, research and data (CARD) – United Church of Christ" (PDF). Retrieved January 28, 2022.

External links

[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.

[ECOSTAT-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

[executivaipb.com.br-8] ttp://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.

[PCA_Statistics_Five_Year_Summary-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

[merger-28] Objected to the merger

[liberalism-29] 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

[same_sex-35] Objected to same-sex marriage

[UCC-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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