United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.

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Christian religious organization Presbyterian denomination Protestant denomination

The United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. was a major American Protestant denomination of Presbyterian tradition that existed from 1958 until its 1983 merger into the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.).

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. canonical 3
United Presbyterian Church of North America 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian religious organization ⓘ
Presbyterian denomination ⓘ
Protestant denomination ⓘ
activeYears 1958–1983 ⓘ
allowedOrdinationOf women as elders ⓘ
women as ministers ⓘ
ChristianDenominationType mainline Protestant ⓘ
churchGovernanceUnit presbytery ⓘ
session ⓘ
synod ⓘ
churchPolity Presbyterian polity ⓘ
confessionalStandard Book of Confessions ⓘ
surface form: The Confession of 1967

Westminster Confession of Faith ⓘ
Westminster Larger Catechism ⓘ
Westminster Shorter Catechism ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
denominationalFamily Presbyterian churches in the United States ⓘ
dissolved 1983 ⓘ
foundedByMergerOf Presbyterian Church in the United States of America ⓘ
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: United Presbyterian Church of North America
governingBody General Assembly of the United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. ⓘ
hasClergyTitle minister ⓘ
teaching elder ⓘ
hasDenominationalHeadquartersIn New York City ⓘ
hasLayOffice deacon ⓘ
ruling elder ⓘ
historicalPredecessorOf Presbyterian Church (USA) ⓘ
surface form: Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)
inception 1958 ⓘ
introducedConfession The Confession of 1967 ⓘ
introducedConfessionYear 1967 ⓘ
languageOfWorship English ⓘ
memberOf National Council of Churches ⓘ
World Communion of Reformed Churches ⓘ
surface form: World Alliance of Reformed Churches

World Council of Churches ⓘ
mergedInto Presbyterian Church (USA) ⓘ
surface form: Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)
mergerPartner Presbyterian Church in the United States of America ⓘ
surface form: Presbyterian Church in the United States
orientation ecumenical ⓘ
liberal Protestant ⓘ
permittedPractice ordination of women ⓘ
primaryTerritory United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
reasonForCessation denominational merger ⓘ
religion Presbyterian ⓘ
surface form: Presbyterianism

Protestant Christianity ⓘ
surface form: Protestantism
scripture Bible ⓘ
shortName UPCUSA ⓘ
status defunct ⓘ
theology Reformed theology ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

Presbyterian Church in the United States of America → mergedWith → United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. ⓘ
Presbyterian Church (USA) → formedByMergerOf → United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. ⓘ
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. → foundedByMergerOf → United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: United Presbyterian Church of North America
Book of Confessions → firstAdoptedBy → United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. ⓘ