Presbyterian Church in colonial America

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Presbyterian_Church_in_colonial_America
GPTKB entity
Statements (48)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Christian_denomination
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:Presbyterian_Historical_Society
gptkbp:confession gptkb:Westminster_Confession_of_Faith
gptkbp:contributedTo gptkb:First_Great_Awakening
gptkbp:educationFounded College of New Jersey (Princeton)
gptkbp:educationFoundedDate 1746
gptkbp:established Congregations
Synods
Presbyteries
gptkbp:firstPresbyteryFounded 1706
gptkbp:firstPresbyteryLocation gptkb:Philadelphia
gptkbp:governingBody Presbyterian polity
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Presbyterian Church in colonial America
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:American_Revolution
gptkb:Princeton_University
American education
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Church_of_Scotland
gptkb:Puritanism
Ulster Scots traditions
gptkbp:introduced gptkb:Scottish_immigrants
Irish immigrants
gptkbp:languageOfWorship gptkb:Scots_Gaelic
English
Scots-Irish dialect
gptkbp:membership tens of thousands by 1776
gptkbp:mergedInto gptkb:Presbyterian_Church_in_the_United_States_of_America
gptkbp:missionaryWork gptkb:Native_Americans
gptkbp:notableEvent 1717
1745
1758
Reunion of Old Side and New Side
Synod of New York formation
Synod of Philadelphia formation
gptkbp:notableLeader gptkb:John_Witherspoon
gptkb:Samuel_Davies
gptkb:Francis_Makemie
gptkbp:OldSideNewSideControversyDate 1741–1758
gptkbp:originatedIn gptkb:Scotland
gptkbp:region gptkb:Carolinas
gptkb:Virginia
gptkb:Middle_Colonies
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Protestantism
gptkbp:role gptkb:American_independence_movement
gptkbp:splitDuring gptkb:Old_Side–New_Side_Controversy
gptkbp:supports religious education
gptkbp:theology Reformed theology
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Adopting_Act_of_1729
gptkbp:bfsLayer 8