Presbyterian Church in America
Conservative Reformed Christian denomination in the United States and Canada / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For other entities with similar names, see American Presbyterian Church.
The Presbyterian Church in America (PCA) is the second-largest Presbyterian church body, behind the Presbyterian Church (USA), and the largest conservative Calvinist denomination in the United States. The PCA is Reformed in theology and presbyterian in government.
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Presbyterian Church in America | |
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Abbreviation | PCA |
Classification | Evangelical Protestant |
Orientation | Calvinist |
Theology | Conservative and Confessional |
Governance | Presbyterian |
Moderator | Fred Greco[1] |
Stated clerk | Bryan Chapell[2] |
Associations | North American Presbyterian and Reformed Council World Reformed Fellowship |
Region | United States and Canada
Presbytery in Chile Forming provisional presbytery in Paraguay, and churches in various cities in Germany, Japan, South Korea, Grand Cayman Island and the Czech Republic |
Headquarters | Lawrenceville, Georgia |
Origin | December 1973 Birmingham, Alabama |
Separated from | Presbyterian Church in the United States |
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Congregations | 1,934 (end of 2023)[4] |
Members | 393,528 (end of 2023)[4] |
Ministers | 5,285 (end of 2023)[4] |
Official website | www |
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