Orthodox Presbyterian Church

E32661

Christian denomination Presbyterian denomination Reformed denomination

The Orthodox Presbyterian Church is a conservative Reformed denomination in the United States known for its strict adherence to historic Calvinist theology and Presbyterian church government.

Try in SPARQL Jump to: Surface forms Statements Referenced by

All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
Orthodox Presbyterian Church canonical	15

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Christian denomination ⓘ Presbyterian denomination ⓘ Reformed denomination ⓘ
abbreviation	OPC ⓘ
churchPolity	Presbyterian ⓘ
confessionalStandard	Westminster Confession of Faith ⓘ Westminster Larger Catechism ⓘ Westminster Shorter Catechism ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
dateFounded	1936-06-11 ⓘ
doctrineEmphasis	Trinitarian theology ⓘ covenant theology ⓘ five points of Calvinism ⓘ inerrancy of Scripture ⓘ justification by faith alone ⓘ regulative principle of worship ⓘ sovereignty of God ⓘ
ecumenicalRelations	member of the International Conference of Reformed Churches ⓘ member of the North American Presbyterian and Reformed Council ⓘ
educationalEmphasis	theological education for ministers ⓘ
founder	J. Gresham Machen ⓘ
governingBody	General Assembly of the Orthodox Presbyterian Church ⓘ
hasClergyRequirement	subscription to the Westminster Standards ⓘ
hasClergyTitle	minister ⓘ ruling elder ⓘ teaching elder ⓘ
hasPolityFeature	connectional government through graded courts ⓘ
hasSacraments	Holy Eucharist ⓘ surface form: Lord's Supper baptism ⓘ
localGoverningBodies	sessions ⓘ
lowerGoverningBodies	presbyteries ⓘ
missionFocus	domestic church planting ⓘ foreign missions ⓘ
officialLanguage	English ⓘ
orientation	conservative ⓘ
placeFounded	Philadelphia ⓘ surface form: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
positionOnScripture	Scripture as the only infallible rule of faith and practice ⓘ
publishingArm	Committee on Christian Education ⓘ Great Commission Publications ⓘ
reasonForSeparation	controversy over modernism in the Presbyterian Church in the USA ⓘ opposition to theological liberalism ⓘ
rejects	ecclesiastical modernism ⓘ liberal Protestant theology ⓘ ordination of women to the offices of elder and minister ⓘ
separatedFrom	Presbyterian Church in the United States of America ⓘ
theologicalTradition	Calvinism ⓘ
website	https://opc.org ⓘ
worshipStyle	Reformed ⓘ liturgical but simple ⓘ

Referenced by (15)

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

Westminster Confession of Faith → adoptedBy → Orthodox Presbyterian Church ⓘ

Presbyterian → hasMajorBranch → Orthodox Presbyterian Church ⓘ

J. Gresham Machen → helpedFound → Orthodox Presbyterian Church ⓘ

Cornelius Van Til → laterAffiliation → Orthodox Presbyterian Church ⓘ

General Assembly of the Orthodox Presbyterian Church → denomination → Orthodox Presbyterian Church ⓘ

General Assembly of the Orthodox Presbyterian Church → governs → Orthodox Presbyterian Church ⓘ

Committee on Christian Education → partOf → Orthodox Presbyterian Church ⓘ

Committee on Christian Education → religiousDenomination → Orthodox Presbyterian Church ⓘ

OPC → fullName → Orthodox Presbyterian Church ⓘ

OPC → abbreviationOf → Orthodox Presbyterian Church ⓘ

Machen → founded → Orthodox Presbyterian Church ⓘ

subject surface form: J. Gresham Machen

Independent Board for Presbyterian Foreign Missions → influencedFormationOf → Orthodox Presbyterian Church ⓘ

Richard B. Gaffin Jr. → memberOf → Orthodox Presbyterian Church ⓘ

Greg L. Bahnsen → denomination → Orthodox Presbyterian Church ⓘ

R. J. Rushdoony → clergyOf → Orthodox Presbyterian Church ⓘ