United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.

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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.).

All labels observed (3)

How this entity was disambiguated

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 The Confession of 1967 ⓘ
linked to: Book of Confessions

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 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 (U.S.A.) ⓘ
inception 1958 ⓘ
introducedConfession The Confession of 1967 ⓘ
introducedConfessionYear 1967 ⓘ
languageOfWorship English ⓘ
memberOf National Council of Churches ⓘ
World Alliance of Reformed Churches ⓘ
World Council of Churches ⓘ
mergedInto Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) ⓘ
mergerPartner Presbyterian Church in the United States ⓘ
orientation ecumenical ⓘ
liberal Protestant ⓘ
permittedPractice ordination of women ⓘ
primaryTerritory United States ⓘ
reasonForCessation denominational merger ⓘ
religion Presbyterianism ⓘ
linked to: Presbyterian

Protestantism ⓘ
scripture Bible ⓘ
shortName UPCUSA ⓘ
status defunct ⓘ
theology Reformed theology ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (11)

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 of North America ⓘ
linked to: United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.
Book of Confessions → firstAdoptedBy → United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. ⓘ
The Confession of 1967 → denomination → United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. ⓘ
The Confession of 1967 → adoptedBy → United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. ⓘ
General Assembly of the United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. → denomination → United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. ⓘ
UPCUSA → alsoKnownAs → United Presbyterian Church in the United States of America ⓘ
linked to: United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.
UPCUSA → formedByMergerOf → United Presbyterian Church of North America ⓘ
linked to: United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.
UPCUSA → predecessor → United Presbyterian Church of North America ⓘ
linked to: United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.