The Effects of County Population Diversity on Contributions, Membership, and Adherents in the Presbyterian Religion and on Adherence in Mainline Protestant Religions

In this research we use data from the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), 2005-2007 to study the effects of race and ethnic diversity in the county on religious membership and religious giving in Presbyterian congregations. We also use data from the Religious Congregations Membership Study 2000 to study the effects of race and ethnic diversity in the county on religious adherence in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) and in other mainline Protestant denominations. We have found that the percent of the county population non white is positively and significantly related to contributions per member by Presbyterians and to membership in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) at the congregation level and at the county level in multivariate statistical models. We have also found these results to hold at the county level for religious adherence in mainline Protestant denominations. These results are at odds with the view that increases in population diversity at the county level may lead to a decline in religious participation.religious membership, religious giving, population diversity, social capital

Setting the Record Straight

The Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America has existed since the 18th century, and the actions of its governing Synod are published in annual minutes, but the actions have never been recorded in a single catalogue. An organizational schema is proposed, improving on the schemata of similar catalogues for other Presbyterian denominations: actions are listed chronologically and assigned subject headings to facilitate the creation of a thesaurus. Inclusion criteria are specified, and the catalogue is described in a manner approachable without specialized training

Downpatrick Cookery Recipes

Sixth edition published by the Downpatrick Presbyterian Church, foreward by J.C. Pedlow and A. Lusk. Second edition published 1961 so possible mid 1960s. 106p., 22cm., paperback (MIssing back cover)https://arrow.tudublin.ie/irckbooks/1007/thumbnail.jp

The Social Uplifters: Presbyterian Progressives and the Social Gospel in Canada, 1875-1915

Reviewed Book: Fraser, Brian J. The Social Uplifters: Presbyterian Progressives and the Social Gospel in Canada, 1875-1915. Waterloo, Ont: Wilfrid Laurier Univ Press, 1988

The Doctrine and History of Worship in the Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America

As the smaller, conservative Presbyterian churches have moved towards merger, one doctrinal problem has emerged. It is the position of the Reformed Presbyterian (Covenanter) Church of North America (RPC) on worship. The Reformed Presbyterian Church holds to the traditional Reformed positions of a capella singing and the exclusive use of the Psalms for singing in worship. This thesis was written to explain Reformed Presbyterian worship. The questions that it attempts to answer are: What is the historical basis for Reformed Presbyterian worship? What is the doctrinal basis for Reformed Presbyterian worship? What, if any, have been the changes in Reformed Presbyterian worship? What kind of changes were made? What explanations are there for the refusal of the Reformed Presbyterian Church to depart from traditional Reformed worship

A catalogue study of business offerings in the colleges of the Presbyterian church, U.S.

This study is a catalogue study of the business offerings and graduation requirements of the colleges of the Presbyterian Church, U. S. For clarification of the scope involved, a brief explanation is here presented to make clear the distinction between the Presbyterian Church, U. S. and the Presbyterian Church, U. S. A. In 1801, the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America united with the Congregational Church. In 1837 there was a severance of this relation resulting in two branches known as the "Old School" section and the "New School" section. It was from the "Old School" body that the synods of the South withdrew in the opening year of the Civil War, becoming known as "The Presbyterian Church in the Confederate States of America." At the close of the Civil War the title was changed to "The Presbyterian Church in the United States" or "The Presbyterian Church, U. S." Although it is popularly called "The Southern Presbyterian Church," its official name is "The Presbyterian Church, U. S." The "Old School" is now called "The Presbyterian Church in the United States of America." In the South it is called "The Northern Presbyterian Church.

SOUTHERN PRESBYTERIAN CONSERVATIVES AND ECCLESIASTICAL DIVISION: THE FORMATION OF THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN AMERICA, 1926-1973

Beginning with the fundamentalist controversy of the 1920’s, the Southern Presbyterian Church (PCUS) was consistently divided by numerous disagreements over reunion with the Northern Presbyterian Church, racial policies, changing theological views, and resolutions on current social controversies. Led by groups such as the Southern Presbyterian Journal, Concerned Presbyterians, Presbyterian Evangelistic Fellowship, and Presbyterian Churchmen United, conservatives attempted to redirect the direction of the PCUS; however, their efforts failed. Disgruntled by a liberal-moderate coalition that held power, many conservatives withdrew and created the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA) in 1973, the first major division of a Southern denomination. The PCA was not solely founded because of racial disagreements or any single cultural debate; rather decades’ long theological disagreements regarding the church’s role in society fueled separation along with several sharp social controversies. This departure also expedited reunion (1983) between the Northern and Southern Presbyterian denominations that formed the present Presbyterian Church in the United States of America (PC(USA)). Like many other historic Protestant denominations, the PC(USA) has seen a decline in membership, but the PCA and other small Presbyterian denominations have been growing numerically thereby guaranteeing the continued presence of Presbyterianism in America

Dedicatory Exercises: Tuesday, September 9th, 1902

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1809-1909 Centennial Souvenir

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Presbyterian Church of Pittsburg, Collection, 1879-2003

A collection of minutes, registries, historical notes, and photographs of the First Presbyterian and the United Presbyterian Churches of Pittsburg, Kansas. In the early days of Pittsburg, Kansas, there were two Presbyterian Churches. While both were technically First United Presbyterian Churches, one was locally called the First Church and the other was called the United Presbyterian (UP) Church. The two churches, despite being the same denomination, were different in organization, style, and heritage. The First United Presbyterian Church was started on March 12, 1879. The first full-time minister was Reverend Francis Symmes who served from 1883 to 1885. The church had several more ministers before Rev. Gerritt Snyder. It was during his time that a new church was built in 1907. The United Presbyterian Church was started on April 29, 1880 with Rev. Gibson of the Beulah, Kansas church serving as minister. In 1891, the United Presbyterian Church purchased the Tabernacle Methodist Church, which is now the Memorial Auditorium. In 1915, construction began for a new church, which was dedicated in 1916. Both congregations moved or built new churches several more times before the two churches merged on January 1, 1986, becoming the Presbyterian Church of Pittsburg, Kansas.https://digitalcommons.pittstate.edu/fa/1264/thumbnail.jp