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About Presbyterian Church in America Churches
The Presbyterian Church in America (PCA) was founded in 1973 by congregations that separated from the Southern Presbyterian stream over concerns about theological liberalism — specifically challenges to biblical inerrancy and departures from the Westminster Confession of Faith. The founding assembly convened in Birmingham, Alabama, and the new denomination committed itself to being 'True to the Faith.'
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The PCA holds the Westminster Confession of Faith and Westminster Catechisms as its subordinate standards. Its theology is unapologetically Reformed: a high view of Scripture's inerrancy, covenant theology, infant baptism, and Calvinist soteriology. The PCA ordains men only to the offices of ruling elder, teaching elder, and deacon — a position held on biblical-theological grounds since founding.
Governance follows Westminster polity: local sessions, regional presbyteries, and a General Assembly meeting annually. The PCA has two official mission agencies: Mission to North America (church planting) and Mission to the World (global missions), alongside Covenant Theological Seminary in St. Louis.
From its 1973 founding the PCA has grown to approximately 370,000–380,000 communicant members in roughly 1,900 congregations, driven significantly by urban and suburban church planting in cities like New York, Boston, Washington D.C., San Francisco, and Chicago.
A visitor encounters expository preaching through books of the Bible (35–50 minutes is standard), a range of worship styles from traditional psalm-singing to contemporary, and a warm, intellectually engaged culture. Community groups during the week are the primary discipleship context. The PCA's growth among younger adults and graduate students reflects a hunger for confessional depth paired with relational accessibility — a combination the denomination has cultivated deliberately since its founding.
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14 churches found
Christ Presbyterian Church Madison is a Presbyterian or Reformed church in Madison.
944 E Gorham St, Madison
Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church is a Presbyterian or Reformed church in Fort Lauderdale.
5555 N Federal Hwy, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33308, USA, Fort Lauderdale
Covenant Presbyterian Church is a Presbyterian or Reformed church in Albuquerque.
9001 Paseo del Norte NE, Albuquerque
Covenant Presbyterian Church (PCA) is a Presbyterian or Reformed church in Cherry Hill.
520 Kings Highway South, Cherry Hill
Elmwood Avenue Presbyterian Church (PCA) is a Presbyterian or Reformed church in Buffalo.
1022 Elmwood Ave, Buffalo
Grace Fellowship Church (PCA) is a Presbyterian or Reformed church in Colonie.
3 Consaul Rd, Colonie
Hope Presbyterian Church (PCA) is a Presbyterian or Reformed church in Trenton.
140 Denow Rd, Trenton
Ithaca Reformed Presbyterian Church (PCA) is a Presbyterian or Reformed church in Ithaca.
116 N Cayuga St, Ithaca
Redeemer Presbyterian Church is a Presbyterian or Reformed church in Des Moines.
5001 Hickman Rd, Des Moines
Redeemer Presbyterian Church (PCA) is a Presbyterian or Reformed church in Syracuse.
900 Comstock Ave, Syracuse
Redeemer Presbyterian Church Indianapolis is a Presbyterian or Reformed church in Indianapolis.
6101 N Keystone Ave, Indianapolis
Redemption Church Riverside is a Presbyterian or Reformed church in Riverside.
7153 Indiana Ave, Riverside
Second Presbyterian Church is a Presbyterian or Reformed church in Indianapolis.
7700 N Meridian St, Indianapolis
Trinity Church Albuquerque is a Presbyterian or Reformed church in Albuquerque.
3400 Palomas Dr NE, Albuquerque
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Common Questions About Presbyterian Church in America Churches
- What makes the PCA different from other Presbyterian churches?
- The PCA is the more confessionally conservative of the two major Presbyterian denominations, holding to the Westminster Confession of Faith and Westminster Catechisms without the revisions introduced in the mainline PCUSA over the past several decades. Practically, this means the PCA holds male-only ordination to the offices of elder and deacon, upholds traditional marriage, and emphasizes biblical inerrancy. It has grown fastest in urban areas through deliberate church planting efforts — cities like New York, Boston, Washington D.C., and Chicago all have multiple PCA congregations.
- What is 'covenant theology' in a PCA church?
- Covenant theology is the interpretive framework by which PCA and most other Reformed churches read Scripture as one unified story of God's covenant relationship with humanity — creation, fall, redemption, and new creation — unfolding through successive covenants (Adamic, Noahic, Abrahamic, Mosaic, Davidic, and New). It shapes how PCA churches understand baptism (as the sign of covenant membership, thus including infants of believing parents), the Lord's Supper (as a covenant meal), and the continuity between Old and New Testaments. It stands in contrast to dispensationalism, which divides redemptive history into separate dispensations with distinct rules for each.
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