Korean Presbyterian Church in America (Kosin)

Last updated
Korean Presbyterian Church in America (Kosin)
Classification Protestant
Orientation Reformed
Theology Calvinist
Polity Presbyterian
Associations North American Presbyterian and Reformed Council [1]
Origin1992
Branched from Kosin Presbyterian Church in Korea
Congregations135 (2015) [2]
Members10,300 (2015) [3]
Official website kosinusa.org

The Korean Presbyterian Church in America (Kosin) (KPCA) is a Presbyterian denomination founded in United States in 1992 by missionaries from Kosin Presbyterian Church in Korea. [3] [2]

Contents

History

Due to the migration of Koreans to the United States, the Kosin Presbyterian Church in Korea started church planting in United States in 1984. In 1992 the Korean Presbyterian Church in America (Kosin). [3] [2] [4]

Since then, the denomination has grown to 135 churches, 185 ordained pastors, 126 ruling elders, and approximately 10,300 members in 8 presbyteries in 2015. [3]

Doctrine

The church subscribes to the Westminster Confession of Faith, Westminster Larger Catechism and Westminster Shorter Catechism. Also, it does not allow women's ordination. [2]

Interecclesiastical Relations

KPCA is a member of the North American Presbyterian and Reformed Council. [1]

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Presbyterian Church in America</span> Conservative Reformed Christian denomination in the United States and Canada

The Presbyterian Church in America (PCA) is the second-largest Presbyterian church body, behind the Presbyterian Church (USA), and the largest conservative Calvinist denomination in the United States. The PCA is Reformed in theology and presbyterian in government.

The Westminster Presbyterian Church in the United States (WPCUS) was a Presbyterian denomination, founded in United States in 2006, by Rev. Brian Schwertley, formerly affiliated with Covenant Reformed Presbyterian Church and other pastors formerly affiliated with other Presbyterian denominations. The founders were particularly concerned with the perceived spread of liberal teaching within Presbyterianism in the United States and in particular with Federal Vision theology, which they believe supplies a different understanding of doctrines such as justification and the perseverance of the saints.

The North American Presbyterian and Reformed Council (NAPARC) is an association of several Presbyterian and Reformed churches in the United States and Canada. The Council meets annually.

The Reformed Presbyterian Church - Hanover Presbytery is a very conservative Protestant, Presbyterian denomination, founded in 1991, with congregations in United States and also in Brazil.

The Korean Presbyterian Church in America now Korean Presbyterian Church Abroad is an independent Presbyterian denomination in the United States. It was founded in 1976 as a union of 3 Korean language Presbyteries. The mother church was the Presbyterian Church in Korea (TongHap). The church has close relationship with the PC(USA) and the Korean Christian Church in Japan. In 2004 it had 29,000 members and 263 congregations. According to the recent statistics it has 55,000 members and 302 congregations. Official languages are English and Korean. The church uses the Westminster Confession and the Apostles Creed. Since 2010 it formed an English speaking presbytery. KPCA is a member of the World Communion of Reformed Churches. It is also a member of the National Council of Churches of Christ in the United States of America and the Christian Churches Together in the USA (CCT-USA).

The Covenant Presbyterian Church (CPC) is a Protestant, Reformed denomination, founded in United States in 2006 by a group of churches that split from the Reformed Presbyterian Church General Assembly for supporting paedocommunion.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Evangelical Assembly of Presbyterian Churches in America</span> Religious organization in the United States

The Evangelical Assembly of Presbyterian Churches in America (AEIPA) is a Presbyterian denomination, formed in 2004 in the United States, by churches of Korean and Chinese origin.

Korean American Presbyterian Church is a conservative Presbyterian denomination in the United States and Canada.

The Presbyterian Church of Korea (TongHap) is a mainline Protestant denomination based in South Korea; it currently has the second largest membership of any Presbyterian denomination in the world. It is affiliated with its daughter denomination, the Korean Presbyterian Church in America (KPCA) in the United States, which adopted the "Korean Presbyterian Church Abroad" as its new name in 2009.

The Reformed Evangelical Presbyterian Church of Colombia, also known as Reformed Church of Latin America, is a Protestant Reformed denomination, founded in Colombia in 1992, by missionaries from the Presbyterian Church in America.

The American Presbyterian Church is a Presbyterian denomination formed in 1979 by churches that separated from the Bible Presbyterian Church (BPC) for defending Exclusive Psalmody, alcohol abstinence, and a premillennialist.

The Reformed Presbyterian Church in North East India (RPCNEI) is a Christian church based in Manipur. It was established in 1835 by American missionaries including Rev. James R. Campbell who started the work in Saharanpur.

The Covenanting Association of Reformed and Presbyterian Churches (CARPC) is a Reformed Presbyterian denomination founded in 2002 in California, in United States. It was formed in 2002 with 3 congregations in California and Washington.

The Kosin Presbyterian Church in Korea, also called Korea-pa, is an Evangelical Reformed and Presbyterian denomination in the Republic of South Korea. Although, congregations have spread all over North America and in many other countries.

The Evangelical Reformed Presbyterian Church (ERPC) was a denomination Presbyterian, formed in 2006, by churches that separate of Presbyterian Church in America and Orthodox Presbyterian Church, on the charge that both denominations would be tolerant of the Federal Vision of Covenant Theology.

The Faith Presbytery, Bible Presbyterian Church (FPBPC) is a Reformed Christian denomination formed in 2008 by conservative Presbyterian clergy and churches who disassociated from the Bible Presbyterian Synod Synod. Faith Presbytery continues in the same spirit and stand taken by the Bible Presbyterian Church since its founding in 1937.

The Covenant Reformed Presbyterian Church (CRPC) - is a Presbyterian denomination, formed in 1997, by churches that separated from the Presbyterian Church in America, for defending the theonomy.

The Presbyterian Church of Sierra Leone (PCSL) is a Reformed Presbyterian denomination in Sierra Leone. It was formed in 1988 by Korean missionaries, sent by Kosin Presbyterian Church in Korea.

References

  1. 1 2 "Members of the North American Presbyterian and Reformed Council". Archived from the original on May 28, 2018. Retrieved June 27, 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Report on Presbyterian Denominations in the United States". February 15, 2014. Archived from the original on November 11, 2014. Retrieved January 21, 2022.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Report of Interchurch Relations of the Canadian and American Reformed Churches:Presbyterian Church in America (Kosin)". p. 45. Retrieved January 21, 2022.
  4. "History of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in America (Kosin)" . Retrieved January 21, 2022.