United Presbyterian Church in the USA synods and presbyteries 1968

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The following is a list of synods and presbyteries that composed the former United Presbyterian Church in the United States of America on December 31, 1968. The UPCUSA was the largest body, often erroneously referred to as "Northern," of Presbyterianism in the U.S., prior to its 1983 merger with the Presbyterian Church in the United States, whose churches were located entirely within the Southern and border states.

United Presbyterian Church in the United States of America Historical Presbyterian organization

The United Presbyterian Church in the United States of America (UPCUSA) was the largest branch of Presbyterianism in the United States from May 28, 1958, to 1983. It was formed by the union of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America (PCUSA), often referred to as the "Northern" Presbyterian Church, with the United Presbyterian Church of North America (UPCNA), a smaller church of Covenanter-Seceder tradition at a conference in downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in May 1958. Vigorous ecumenical activity on the part of PCUSA leaders led to this merger, something of a reunion of two long-separated branches of the larger Presbyterian family deriving from the British Isles.

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Presbyterianism is a part of the reformed tradition within Protestantism, which traces its origins to Britain, particularly Scotland.

Presbyterian Church in the United States organization

The Presbyterian Church in the United States was a Protestant Christian denomination in the Southern and border states of the United States that existed from 1861 to 1983. That year it merged with the United Presbyterian Church in the United States of America (UPCUSA) to form the Presbyterian Church (USA).

The judicatory territories enumerated here were altered at least once during the 1970s by the UPCUSA General Assembly, which, in turn, gave way to entirely new boundaries during the formative years of the current Presbyterian Church (USA) in the mid-1980s.

Presbyterian Church (USA) Mainline Protestant denomination in the USA

The Presbyterian Church (USA) is a mainline Protestant denomination in the United States. A part of the Reformed tradition, it is the largest Presbyterian denomination in the US, and known for its relatively progressive stance on doctrine. The PC (USA) was established by the 1983 merger of the Presbyterian Church in the United States, whose churches were located in the Southern and border states, with the United Presbyterian Church in the United States of America, whose congregations could be found in every state. The similarly named Presbyterian Church in America is a separate denomination whose congregations can also trace their history to the various schisms and mergers of Presbyterian churches in the United States.

Synods are listed in bold, with their presbyteries underneath them, along with the number of congregations and total membership in the presbytery at that time. States included in territories are in parentheses, unless referred to in the synod or presbytery's name.

Synod/Presbytery churches membership
Arizona
Northern Arizona121520
Phoenix5716827
Southern Arizona159441
Catawba (North Carolina, Virginia)
Cape Fear (N.C.)342790
Catawba (N.C.)445304
Southern Virginia232525
Chesapeake (Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, Virginia)
Baltimore (Md.)7632537
New Castle (Del., Md.)5621244
Washington City (D.C., Md., Va.)7240729
Colorado
Boulder3614444
Denver5126332
Pueblo279802
Western Colorado202755
Florida
East Florida2410660
North Florida265446
South Florida3215971
West Florida2812819
Golden Gate (northern California)
Redwoods5114942
San Francisco7844191
San Jose3819319
Idaho
Boise (Id., Oregon)155110
Kendall205354
Northern Idaho223031
Illinois
Alton4214004
Bloomington3514509
Chicago14186266
Freeport4215834
Mattoon3810261
Monmouth5817622
Ottawa4216100
Peoria3512629
Southern Illinois6410644
Springfield4113523
Indiana
Crawfordsville3911409
Indianapolis5428687
Logansport5826043
New Albany416595
Vincennes4210124
Wabash River4924769
Whitewater (Ind., Ohio)266441
Iowa
Des Moines4818931
North Central Iowa6320785
Northeast Iowa5819113
Northwest Iowa6018333
Southeast Iowa6118546
Southwest Iowa5912323
Kansas
High Plains4410982
Neosho (Kan., Missouri)428197
Solomon4911950
Topeka-Highland5627838
Wichita4716643
Kentucky
Ebenezer345484
Transylvania265545
Western Kentucky (Ky., Tennessee)313771
Michigan
Detroit10281424
Grand River4119527
Lake Huron5727286
Mackinac (Mich., Wisconsin)419175
Southern Michigan5125578
Mid-South (Alabama, Arkansas, Mississippi, North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia)
Birmingham "A" (Ala.)234038
Holston (N.C., Tenn., Va.)353838
Huntsville (Ala., Tenn.)233158
Mississippi301468
Nashville (Tenn.)283093
Saint Andrew (Tenn.)303290
Union (Tenn.)437875
West Tennessee (Ark., Tenn.)252297
Minnesota
Duluth4511104
Mankato 5113758
Minneapolis3621964
Red River284544
Saint Cloud205151
Saint Paul (Minn., Wis.)2414564
Sheldon Jackson206608
Missouri
Carthage-Ozark479083
Iron Mountain (Ark., Mo.)141146
Kansas City 3613347
Kirk445028
Saint Joseph344477
Saint Louis7038633
Sedalia254015
Nebraska
Box Butte154628
Nebraska City (Kan., Neb.)3614003
Niobrara419258
Omaha3819085
Platte4112866
New England (Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont)
Boston (Mass.)255678
Connecticut Valley (Conn., Mass.)2112997
Northern New England (Me., N.H., Vt.)324940
Providence (Mass., R.I.)154341
New Jersey
Elizabeth5445221
Monmouth4622008
Newark5628671
New Brunswick4221769
Newton6629792
Palisades6130463
West Jersey7129663
New Mexico
Pecos Valley122995
Rio Grande2910548
Santa Fe203431
New York
Albany9226308
Cayuga-Syracuse5317257
Genessee Valley8039905
Geneva6821396
Hudson River (N.Y., Pennsylvania)11140268
Long Island5931309
New York City11740125
Northern New York509100
Puerto Rico527061
Susquehanna Valley6418634
Utica4713091
Western New York7643028
North Dakota
Bismarck-Minot (Montana, N.D.)225164
Fargo-Oakes254297
Pembina354931
Ohio
Cincinnati (Ky., Ohio)7436473
Cleveland7148492
Columbus7740139
Mahoning5829141
Maumee (Mich., Ohio)7225481
Miami7335996
Muskingum8317160
Scioto5610752
Steubenville5714069
Wooster5623869
Oklahoma-Arkansas
Arkansas (Ark., Mo.)445948
Cimarron (Okla.)176907
Eastern Oklahoma6722397
Washita (Okla.)5314765
Oregon
Eastern Oregon162867
Portland5725472
Southwest Oregon288242
Willamette3211117
Pennsylvania
Beaver-Butler9733950
Carlisle5522613
Donegal (Md., Penn.)6930198
Huntingdon6014174
Kiskiminetas9624409
Lackawanna8019538
Lake Erie6925442
Lehigh4216101
Northumberland4810782
Philadelphia182101844
Pittsburgh201121229
Redstone 10336557
Shenango (Ohio, Pa.)7431846
Washington 7827510
Rockies (Montana, Wyoming)
Glacier (Mont.)227044
Wyoming2810038
Yellowstone (Mont.)286774
Sierra (central California, Idaho, Nevada, Utah)
Nevada194351
Sacramento (Calif.)3718231
San Joaquin (Calif.)3915412
Stockton (Calif.)216994
Utah (Id., Utah)205930
South Carolina-Georgia
Atlantic (S.C.)285073
Fairfield-McClelland (S.C.)341931
Georgia232281
South Dakota
Black Hills254565
Dakota (Minn., Neb., Mont., S.D.)231521
Huron-Aberdeen346403
Sioux Falls337005
Southern California
Los Angeles-Southwest (Calif., Hawaii)4939268
Los Ranchos5141942
Riverside2814829
San Diego3424904
San Fernando3222848
San Gabriel4230823
Santa Barbara2914068
Texas
Alamo345457
Big Bend163835
Brazos5612906
Gulf Coast (Louisiana, Tex.)309273
Plains318550
Trinity8513816
Washington - Alaska
Alaska161887
Bellingham (Wash.)215252
Columbia River (Wash.)144714
Olympia (Wash.)3411492
Seattle (Wash.)6328378
Spokane (Wash.)2812547
Walla Walla (Wash.)218153
Wenatchee (Wash.)174571
Yukon (Ak.)163011
West Virginia
Grafton174500
Parkersburg273752
Wheeling279090
Wisconsin
Chippewa (Mich., Wis.)427776
Madison4413212
Milwaukee5724562
Winnebago4215016

Sources

Minutes of the General Assembly of the United Presbyterian Church in the United States of America, Part III: The Statistical Tables and Presbytery Rolls, January 1-December 31, 1968, Office of the General Assembly, Philadelphia, 1969.

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