Is this ALL Presbyterians or is this a splinter group of sorts? Sorry, but it is an honest question.
This is one denomination, the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. I believe it has the most members of the Presbyterian denominations.
Other Presbyterian denominations in this area include the Presbyterian Church in America, the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church, the Evangelical Presbyterian Church, and the Orthodox Presbyterian Church.
We have a large, old PCUSA church in the county, as well as two newer, smaller ones. I hear the larger church’s sermons on the radio occasionally; they are conservative and have been fighting the gay agenda for many years. The current ministers are wonderful. They feel led to remain in the denomination, trying to change minds from within.
PCUSA and its predecessors (there was some sort of merger two or three decades ago) have been “mainstream” since shortly after WWII. The National Council of Churches and all that garbage.
I grew up Presbyterian and would love to join the larger county church, but they are required to provide the denomination’s medical package to their employees ... and it includes abortion. So I don’t join and I don’t donate.
Wikipedia has a chart with many more denominations:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Connection2_900.jpg
