Main article: Presbyterianism in the United States Origins Average denominational worship attendance dropped to 431,379 in 2022 from 748,774 in 2013. Its membership has been steadily declining over the past several decades the trend has significantly accelerated in recent years, partly due to breakaway congregations. For example, in 2005, the Presbyterian Church (USA) claimed 318,291 baptized but not confirmed members and nearly 500,000 inactive members in addition to active members. This number does not include members who are baptized but not confirmed, or the inactive members also affiliated.
The Presbyterian Church (USA) is the largest Presbyterian denomination in the United States, having 1,140,665 active members and 18,173 ordained ministers (including retired ones) in 8,705 congregations at the end of 2022. It also welcomes practicing gay and lesbian persons to serve in leadership positions as ministers, deacons, elders, and trustees. Unlike the more conservative Presbyterian Church in America (PCA), the Presbyterian Church (USA) supports the ordination of women and affirms same-sex marriages. The similarly named Presbyterian Church in America is a separate denomination whose congregations can also trace their history to the various schisms and mergers of Presbyterian churches in the United States. The Presbyterian Church (USA) was established with the 1983 merger of the Presbyterian Church in the United States, whose churches were located in the Southern and border states, with the United Presbyterian Church in the United States of America, whose congregations could be found in every state. It is the largest Presbyterian denomination in the country, known for its liberal stance on doctrine and its ordaining of women and members of the LGBT community as elders and ministers.
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The Presbyterian Church (USA), abbreviated PC (USA), is a mainline Protestant denomination in the United States. ^ This denomination separated from UPCUSA before the merger. ^ This denomination separated from PCUS before the merger.ī. ECO: A Covenant Order of Evangelical Presbyterians (2012)Ī.Evangelical Presbyterian Church (EPC) (1981).Presbyterian Church in America (PCA) (1973).
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