List of Presbyterian and Reformed denominations in North America

This is a list of Presbyterian and Reformed denominations in North America. There are more than 3.1 million Presbyterians 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 67,074 members (2016)^[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
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
Korean Presbyterian Church Abroad - around 55,000 members - Progressive Evangelical, Korean-Presbyterian
Orthodox Presbyterian Church - around 31,472 members (2019)^[8]- Orthodox, Presbyterian, Calvinist
Presbyterian Church in America - around 383,338 members (2020)^[9] - Evangelical, Presbyterian, Calvinist^[10]
Presbyterian Church in Canada - around 225,000 members - Presbyterian
Presbyterian Church (USA) - around 1,245,354 members - Liberal, Presbyterian^[11]^[12]
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^[13]
- 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^[14]
Covenanting Association of Reformed and Presbyterian Churches
Evangel Presbytery - Orthodox, Presbyterian, Calvinist
Faith Presbytery, Bible Presbyterian Church
Federation of Reformed Churches - Orthodox, Presbyterian, Calvinist, Paedocommunion
Free Presbyterian Church - Orthodox, Presbyterian, Calvinist
Presbyterian Reformed Church - 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[]

Korean-American Presbyterian Church
Korean Presbyterian Church in America (Kosin)
Korean Presbyterian Church Abroad
Korean Evangelical Presbyterian Church in America

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^[15]

Splits and mergers of North American Presbyterian churches

Presbytery of Philadelphia (1706)

Synod of Phila. (1717)

Conjunct Presbyteries^[16] (1741)

Reformed Presbytery (1752)^[17]

(1753)

Synod of N.Y. & Phila.
(1758)

(1782)

PC-USA (1789)

RPCNA (1798)^[18]

CPC (1810)

ARPC (1822)

RPCNA (Old Light) (1833)

RPCNA (New Light) (1833)

New School (1837)

UPCNA (1858)

(1858)

PCUS (1861)

PCUS (1864)

PC-USA (1869)

CPCA (1869)

PC-USA (1906)

OPC (1936)

BPC (1937)

UPCUSA (1958)

EPC (1961)

RPCES (1965)

PCA (1973)

APC (1979)

EPC (1981)

PCA (1982)

PC(USA) (1983)

ECO (2012)

Congregational denominations[]

partially: United Church of Canada - around 2,800,000 members - Liberal, Presbyterian & Congregational & Methodist
partially: United Church of Christ - around 802,356 members - Liberal, German Reformed & Congregational^[19]
National Association of Congregational Christian Churches - 70,000 members and 400 churches
Conservative Congregational Christian Conference - around 41,000 members - Evangelical, Congregational
Congregational Christian Churches in Canada - around 7,000 members - Evangelical, Congregational
Evangelical Association of Reformed and Congregational Christian Churches

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 1,100,000 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

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 802,356 members - Liberal, German Reformed & Congregational^[19]
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.
^ "2018 Cumberland Presbyterian Church Statistics, page 29" (PDF). 2018. Retrieved April 24, 2021.
^ Allin, Dana (September 30, 2019). "One Measure of a Flourishing Church: Our Mutual Spurring". 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
^ "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".
^ PC(USA) statistics show a leveling off in membership decline PC (USA)
^ Statistics PCUSA
^ United Church Statistics United Church of Canada
^ "Covenant Reformed Presbyterian Church". www.covref.org. Retrieved 2020-12-01.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
^ 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
^ ^a ^b "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] "2018 Cumberland Presbyterian Church Statistics, page 29" (PDF). 2018. Retrieved April 24, 2021.

[ECOSTAT-3] Allin, Dana (September 30, 2019). "One Measure of a Flourishing Church: Our Mutual Spurring". 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

[8] "2020 Orthodox Presbyterian Church General Assembly Report" (PDF). December 31, 2019. p. 284. Retrieved June 1, 2021.

[PCA_Statistics_Five_Year_Summary-9] "PCA Statistics Five Year Summary".

[10] Lee, James. "PCA Statistics".

[11] PC(USA) statistics show a leveling off in membership decline PC (USA)

[12] Statistics PCUSA

[13] United Church Statistics United Church of Canada

[14] "Covenant Reformed Presbyterian Church". www.covref.org. Retrieved 2020-12-01.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[15] Much of this is based on Presbyterian Family Connections. Deviations are footnoted.

[16] 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.

[17] Reformed Online

[18] Reformed Online

[UCC-19] "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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