Presbyterian Church in the United States
1861–1983 Christian denomination / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For other entities with similar names, see American Presbyterian Church.
The Presbyterian Church in the United States (PCUS, originally Presbyterian Church in the Confederate States of America) was a Protestant denomination in the Southern and border states of the United States that existed from 1861 to 1983. That year, it merged with the United Presbyterian Church in the United States of America (UPCUSA) to form the Presbyterian Church (USA).
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Presbyterian Church in the United States | |
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Classification | Protestant |
Orientation | Calvinist |
Polity | Presbyterian polity |
Origin | 1861 |
Separated from | Presbyterian Church in the United States of America (1861) |
Absorbed | Independent Presbyterian Church (1863); United Synod of the South (1864); parts of the Associate Reformed Church (1867,1870) |
Separations | Presbyterian Church in America (1973) |
Merged into | Presbyterian Church (USA), 1983 |
Congregations | 4,250 in 1982 |
Members | 814,931 in 1982 |
Ministers | 6,077 in 1982[1] |
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