United Presbyterian Church
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United Presbyterian Church was the name of multiple Christian denomination
s in the world, among which are the following:
Christian denomination
A Christian denomination is an identifiable religious body under a common name, structure, and doctrine within Christianity. In the Orthodox tradition, Churches are divided often along ethnic and linguistic lines, into separate churches and traditions. Technically, divisions between one group and...
s in the world, among which are the following:
- The United Presbyterian Church of ScotlandUnited Presbyterian Church of ScotlandThe United Presbyterian Church of Scotland was a Scottish Presbyterian denomination. It was formed in 1847 by the union of the United Secession Church and the Relief Church, and in 1900 merged with the Free Church of Scotland to form the United Free Church of Scotland, which in turn united with...
(1847-1900), a union of the United Secession ChurchUnited Secession ChurchThe United Secession Church was a Scottish Presbyterian denomination. It was founded in 1820 by a union of various churches which had seceded from the established Church of Scotland and existed until 1847....
and the Relief Church which joined the Free Church of ScotlandFree Church of Scotland (1843-1900)The Free Church of Scotland is a Scottish denomination which was formed in 1843 by a large withdrawal from the established Church of Scotland in a schism known as the "Disruption of 1843"...
to form the United Free Church of ScotlandUnited Free Church of ScotlandThe United Free Church of Scotland is a Scottish Presbyterian denomination formed in 1900 by the union of the United Presbyterian Church of Scotland and the Free Church of Scotland... - The United Presbyterian Church of North AmericaUnited Presbyterian Church of North AmericaThe United Presbyterian Church of North America was an American Presbyterian denomination that existed for exactly one hundred years. It was formed on May 26, 1858 by the union of the Northern branch of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church with the Associate Presbyterian Church at a...
(1858-1958), a union of the Associate Presbyterian Church with the northern part of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian ChurchAssociate Reformed Presbyterian ChurchThe Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church as it exists today is the remnant of a small denomination, which was formed from the Synod of the South, a division of the Associate Reformed Church...
and which itself was absorbed by the Presbyterian Church in the USA to form the - United Presbyterian Church in the USA (1958-83), which joined with the Presbyterian Church in the United StatesPresbyterian Church in the United StatesThe Presbyterian Church in the United States was a Protestant Christian denomination in the Southern and border states of the United States that existed from 1861 to 1983...
to form the Presbyterian Church USA.