congregations of the Presbyterian Church (USA)

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Congregations of the Presbyterian Church (USA) are local Christian communities that worship, govern, and carry out ministry within the Reformed tradition as part of the mainline Protestant denomination known as the PC(USA).

All labels observed (3)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian congregation
local church
religious organization
affiliatedWith Presbyterian Men groups (PCUSA)
Presbyterian Women (PCUSA)
Presbyterian Youth organizations (PCUSA)
denomination Presbyterian Church (USA)
elects deacons
ruling elders
engagesIn ecumenical relations
local community service
social justice ministries
fundingSource designated gifts
pledges
tithes and offerings
geographicScope Puerto Rico
U.S. territories
United States
governedAccordingTo Book of Order (PCUSA)
governedBy ruling elders
session of elders
teaching elders (ministers)
languageOfWorship English
Korean
Spanish
membershipType affiliate members
baptized members
professing members
ordains teaching elders (ministers of Word and Sacrament)
partOf presbytery of the Presbyterian Church (USA)
synod of the Presbyterian Church (USA)
polity Presbyterian polity
primaryFunction Christian education
Christian worship
mission and outreach
pastoral care
sacramental ministry
religion Christianity
religiousBranch Protestantism
mainline Protestantism
religiousTradition Reformed tradition
sacramentPracticed Baptism
Lord's Supper
linked to: Eucharist
theologyOrientation Reformed theology
Trinitarian Christianity
ultimateGoverningBody General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (USA)
usesConfessionalStandards Book of Confessions (PCUSA)
worshipDay Sunday
worshipStyle Reformed liturgical worship

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Book of Order bindingOn congregations of the Presbyterian Church (USA)
South Salem Presbyterian Church isPartOf Presbyterian churches in New York (state)
linked to: congregations of the Presbyterian Church (USA)
congregations of the Presbyterian Church (USA) affiliatedWith Presbyterian Men groups (PCUSA)
linked to: congregations of the Presbyterian Church (USA)