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- ↑ "Beechmont Presbyterian Church welcomes the Presbyterian Mission Agency Board". Pcusa.org. April 20, 2023. Retrieved April 22, 2023.
- ↑ "Links of Interest to Presbyterians". www.pcusa.org. Archived from the original on 2001-10-06.
- ↑ "PHS - Historical Sites Registry - by Synod". www.history.pcusa.org. Archived from the original on 2002-04-27.
- ↑ "2021 Comparative Summaries of Statistics" (PDF). Retrieved 2022-05-07.