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Christian denominations in the United States
American interchurch National Association of Evangelicals National Council of Churches Churches Uniting in Christ
Anabaptist Church of the Brethren Mennonite Church USA Amish
Anglican Anglican Church in North America Episcopal Church
Baptist Alliance of Baptists American Baptist Association American Baptist Churches Baptist Bible Fellowship International Baptist Missionary Association of America Conservative Baptist Association of America Converge General Association of Regular Baptist Churches National Association of Free Will Baptists National Primitive Baptist Convention of the U.S.A. North American Baptist Conference Southern Baptist Convention Holiness Baptist Churches Independent Baptist Churches African-American Baptist National Baptist Convention of America National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc. National Missionary Baptist Convention of America Progressive National Baptist Convention
Catholic Catholic Church in the United States
Eastern Christian Eastern Orthodox Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America Orthodox Church in America Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia Serbian Orthodox Church in USA American-Canadian Macedonian Orthodox Diocese Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA Oriental Orthodox Armenian Apostolic Church in USA Coptic Orthodox Church in USA Syriac Orthodox Church Orthodox Tewahedo (Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church, Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church) Eastern Protestant P'ent'ay Evangelical Orthodox Church Assyrian Evangelical Church Assyrian Pentecostal Church Mar Thoma Syrian Church Armenian Evangelical Church Eastern Catholic
Lutheran Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod North American Lutheran Church Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod
Methodist and Holiness African Methodist Episcopal Church African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church Christian Methodist Episcopal Church Christian and Missionary Alliance Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) Church of the Nazarene Free Methodist Church Global Methodist Church The Salvation Army United Methodist Church Wesleyan Church
Pentecostal Holiness Pentecostal Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) Church of God in Christ Church of God of Prophecy International Pentecostal Holiness Church Finished Work Pentecostal Assemblies of God Church on the Rock International Full Gospel Fellowship International Church of the Foursquare Gospel Pentecostal Church of God Oneness Pentecostal Pentecostal Assemblies of the World United Pentecostal Church Intl.
Presbyterian and Reformed Christian Reformed Church in North America Conservative Congregational Christian Conference Cumberland Presbyterian Church ECO: A Covenant Order of Evangelical Presbyterians Evangelical Presbyterian Church Korean Presbyterian Church in America International Council of Community Churches National Association of Congregational Christian Churches Presbyterian Church (USA) Presbyterian Church in America Reformed Church in America United Church of Christ
Radical Pietist Evangelical Covenant Church Evangelical Free Church of America Converge
Stone-Campbell Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Christian churches and churches of Christ Churches of Christ International Churches of Christ
Other LDS Church The Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) Community of Christ Grace Gospel Fellowship IFCA International Jehovah's Witnesses Messianic Jewish Alliance of America Plymouth Brethren Seventh-day Adventist Church Unitarian Universalist Christian Fellowship Vineyard USA
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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

Episcopal/Anglican Reformed denominations

Reformed Episcopal Church - around 13,000 members - Orthodox, Episcopal/Anglican, Calvinistic
Traditional Protestant Episcopal Church - Orthodox, Episcopal/Anglican
Anglican Mission in the Americas
Anglican Church in North America
Reformed Anglican Church
United Episcopal Church of North America

Dutch Reformed denominations

Alliance of Reformed Churches - 125 churches - Evangelical, Conservative, Dutch Reformed, Calvinistic
Christian Reformed Church in North America - around 245,217 members - Evangelical, Conservative, Dutch Reformed, Calvinistic, Egalitarian (women can assume any church office)
Evangelical Reformed Church in America - Conservative, Evangelical, Calvinist, Orthodox, Dutch Reformed
Kingdom Network - 5 churches - Evangelical, Conservative, Dutch Reformed, Calvinistic
Reformed Church in America - around 240,000 members - Liberal & Conservative, Dutch Reformed
United Reformed Churches in North America - around 23,302 members - Orthodox, Dutch Reformed, Calvinistic
Canadian and American Reformed Churches - around 17,729 members - Orthodox, Dutch Reformed, Calvinistic
partially: Communion of Reformed Evangelical Churches - around 15,000 members - Evangelical/Orthodox, Dutch Reformed/Presbyterian, Calvinistic
Netherlands Reformed Congregations - around 10,790 members - Puritan, Dutch Reformed, Calvinistic
Reformed Congregations in North America
Protestant Reformed Churches in America - around 8,055 members - Orthodox, Dutch Reformed, strictly Calvinistic
Free Reformed Churches in North America - around 4,689 members - Orthodox, Dutch Reformed, Calvinistic
Heritage Reformed Congregations - around 2,000 members - Puritan, Dutch Reformed, Calvinistic
Orthodox Christian Reformed Church - around 1,500 members - Orthodox, Dutch Reformed, Calvinistic

German and French Reformed denominations

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

partially: United Church of Christ - around 712,000 members - Liberal, German Reformed & Congregational
French Protestant (Huguenot) Church, Charleston, SC——The only French Calvinist or Huguenot congregation still existing in the United States.
Reformed Church in the United States - around 5,000 members - Orthodox, German Reformed, Calvinistic
L'Église réformée du Québec (Reformed Church of Quebec) - around 500 members - Orthodox, French Reformed, Calvinistic

Other European Reformed denominations

Hungarian Reformed Church of America - around 10,500 members - Conservative, Hungarian Reformed
Calvin Synod - United Church of Christ - around 3,500 members - Conservative, Hungarian Reformed
Lithuanian Evangelical Reformed Church - Liberal, Lithuanian Reformed

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

See also

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.

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Presbyterian Church in the United States of America

History

New School Presbyterians (1838)
Evangelical Presbyterian Church (1981)
ECO: A Covenant Order of Evangelical Presbyterians (2012)

Springfield Presbytery (1803)	Christians (1804) Christian Connection (1810) Restoration Movement (1832) Disciples of Christ (1849) American Christian Missionary Society (1849) Churches of Christ (1906) Christian Churches and Churches of Christ (1927–1971)
Cumberland Presbyterian Church (1810)	Cumberland Presbyterian Church in America (1874) Upper Cumberland Presbyterian Church (1955)
Presbyterian Church in the United States (1861)	Presbyterian Church in America (1973) Reformed Presbyterian Church in the United States (1983) Reformed Presbyterian Church – Hanover Presbytery (1991) Reformed Presbyterian Church General Assembly (1991) Covenant Presbyterian Church (2006) Vanguard Presbyterian Church (2020)
Orthodox Presbyterian Church (1936)	Bible Presbyterian Church (1937) Evangelical Presbyterian Church (1956) American Presbyterian Church (1979) Faith Presbytery, Bible Presbyterian Church (2008)

Presbyterian and Reformed denominations in the United States

United Church of Christ^[a]

Continental
Reformed

Dutch^[b]	Alliance of Reformed Churches Canadian and American Reformed Churches^[c] Christian Reformed Church in North America Free Reformed Churches of North America^[c] Heritage Reformed Congregations^[c] Netherlands Reformed Congregations Protestant Reformed Churches in America Reformed Church in America Reformed Congregations in North America United Reformed Churches in North America^[c]
German^[b]	Reformed Church in the United States^[c]
French^[b]	Huguenot Church
Hungarian^[b]	Calvin Synod (United Church of Christ)^[d] Hungarian Reformed Church in America

Presbyterian
(Main article)

Fundamentalist^[e]	Bible Presbyterian Church Orthodox Presbyterian Church^[c]
Black	Cumberland Presbyterian Church in America
Scottish^[f]	Free Church of Scotland Free Church of Scotland (Continuing) Free Presbyterian Church of North America Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America^[c]
Korean^[b]	Evangelical Assembly of Presbyterian Churches in America Korean American Presbyterian Church^[c] Korean Evangelical Presbyterian Church in America Korean Presbyterian Church Abroad Korean Presbyterian Church in America (Kosin)^[c] Presbyterian Church in Korea (Koshin)

Congregationalist
(Main article)

Reformed Anglican Church

Other

Any of the above^[g]

Communion of Reformed Evangelical Churches

All Reformed denominations

^ This denomination is the result of a merger between Lutheran, German Reformed, Congregational and Restorationist churches and is such considered by some to no longer be a "Reformed denomination".
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e This refers to the denomination's heritage and not necessarily to the language in which the services are conducted in.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k Member of the NAPARC.
^ This is a reformed synod within the United Church of Christ that is distinct in heritage, doctrine and practice from the rest of the denomination.
^ Those are denominations spawned by the Fundamentalist–modernist controversy of the 1920s.
^ Although Presbyterianism itself originated in Scotland, those denominations stand out as having a more prominent Scottish heritage and/or connection with Scottish Presbyterian denominations.
^ Those denominations allow member churches to be more diverse as regards the reformed tradition that they adhere to.

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