Presbyterian Church in the United States - Definition and Overview

The Presbyterian Church in the United States was the Southern branch of Presbyterianism in America. This group split from the Northern body of Presbyterianism largely over the issue of slavery in the mid-nineteenth century and was known during the American Civil War as the Presbyterian Church in the Confederate States. This church merged with the United Presbyterian Church in the United States of America (UPCUSA) in 1983 to form the Presbyterian Church USA.

The Presbyterian Church in America, a separate Presbyterian denomination, was formed in 1973 by congregations which had left the PCUS, criticising it for "[a] long-developing theological liberalism which denied the deity of Jesus Christ and the inerrancy and authority of Scripture."

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