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Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church
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ARPC
1 Cleveland St, Suite 110
Greenville, S.C. 29601-3696
South Carolina
United States of America (North America)
Telephone: +1 864 232 8297
Fax: +1 864 271 3729
Email: solagr@aol.com
Address-No.: 112188 / 3222
Information in the internet:
URL: http://www.arpsynod.org/
Languages of the website: English
 The Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church stems from the 1782 merger in America of the Associate Presb and the Ref Presb. The Associate Synod had been formed by Scottish “Seceders” from the Church of Scotland in 1733, and the Ref Presbytery, the “Covenanters,” organized in Scotland in 1743. A southern synod broke away in 1822, first calling itself the ARPC “of the South.” This was later dropped when the northern church merged to become the UnitedPresbyterian Church of North America in 1858. The ARPC has had strong missions in Pakistan and Mexico, whose churches relate closely to this American-based denomination. Originally, like the Covenanters, the ARPC sang no hymns, but hymns became optional in 1946. The church still has most of its members in the Southeast, but it has congregations scattered across the country and a few in Canada.
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School:
Erskine College
Publication:
The Associate Reformed Presbyterian
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Statistic data of church
Members |
total: 39000 |
Parishes |
(conventionally): 225 |
house fellowships |
(Number of growing parishes): 15 |
Ordained clergy |
total: 220 |
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no women´s ordination
Women may be ordained as deacons, but not as pastors. since mid 1970\'s |
Elders/Presbyters |
total: 0 |
Deacons |
total: 0 |
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no information about deacons |
Missionaries |
total: 0 |
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missionaries working abroad |
Baptismal practise |
infant and believer´s baptism
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Godparents |
No information about godparents
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Lord's Supper |
Frequency per annum: 4
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Newspapers/ Periodicals |
Publication of magazines |
Theological training facilities |
Number: 1 |
Schools providing general education |
other schools |
Founded in |
1782 |
Organizational structures |
Presbyterian (Elders, Presbytery, General Synod [North America]) |
Traditional type |
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Official languages |
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Confessions |
- Westminster Confession (1646/47)
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Association |
International assiciations
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last update: 16.10.2003
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