The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) or PC (USA) is a mainline Protestant Christian denomination in the United States. Part of the Reformed family of Protestantism, it is the largest Presbyterian denomination in the U.S. and was established by the 1983 merger of the former Presbyterian Church in the United States, whose churches were located in the Southern and border states, and the United Presbyterian Church in the United States of America, whose c...
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The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) or PC (USA) is a mainline Protestant Christian denomination in the United States. Part of the Reformed family of Protestantism, it is the largest Presbyterian denomination in the U.S. and was established by the 1983 merger of the former Presbyterian Church in the United States, whose churches were located in the Southern and border states, and the United Presbyterian Church in the United States of America, whose congregations could be found in every state.
The reunited denomination is the most visible and influential Presbyterian denomination in North America and currently has 2,140,165 members and 13,462 ordained ministers in 10,751 congregations as of 2008. Denominational offices are located in Louisville, Kentucky. It is a member of the National Council of Churches, the World Alliance of Reformed Churches, the World Council of Churches, and Christian Churches Together.
Presbyterians trace their history to the sixteenth century and the Protestant...
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