Presbyterians
Elder-led Protestant Christians
Presbyterians are members of Protestant Christian churches governed by elected elders (presbyters) rather than bishops.
The tradition traces to John Calvin and John Knox, emphasizing scripture, predestination, and representative church governance.
Presbyterian denominations are prominent in Scotland, the United States, and Korea: The Presbyterians built a new church on Main Street.
She was raised Presbyterian but converted to Catholicism.
Predestinarian Protestant theology
- ScotlandNorthern British nation
- Westminster ConfessionSeventeenth-century Reformed statement
- ProtestantismReformation-era Christian movement
- KirkScottish masculine name
Church of Scotland · General Assembly · Huguenots · PCA · Geneva · Cumberland
Clergy's worship address
- hymnsReligious songs of worship
- communionProfound shared closeness
- Lord's SupperSacrament commemorating Christ's final meal
- liturgyFormal worship structure
sanctuary · pulpit · psalmody · sacraments · baptism · Lord's Day · preaching · lectionary
Scheduled time for activity
- synodChurch governing assembly
- eldersSenior community members
- moderatorOne who presates proceedings
- General AssemblyMain UN body
clerk · deacons · ordination · polity · representative · judicatory · committee · quorum
Divinely predetermined fate
- electionOrganized public voting
- covenantBinding formal pledge
- graceEffortless beauty of motion
- Westminster ConfessionSeventeenth-century Reformed statement
TULIP · Calvinism · total depravity · perseverance · sovereignty · providence · justification · sanctification
Religious movement splitting Christianity
- KnoxKentucky military installation
- DivinesNamed group of deities
- Great AwakeningColonial American spiritual movement
- PrincetonIvy League university
reunion · schism · Ulster · Scots-Irish · missionaries · revivals · disestablishment · Witherspoon
Calvinism
Predestinarian Protestant theology
- ScotlandNorthern British nation
- Westminster ConfessionSeventeenth-century Reformed statement
- ProtestantismReformation-era Christian movement
Kirk · Church of Scotland · General Assembly · Huguenots · PCA · Geneva · Cumberland
sermon
Clergy's worship address
- hymnsReligious songs of worship
- communionProfound shared closeness
- Lord's SupperSacrament commemorating Christ's final meal
liturgy · sanctuary · pulpit · psalmody · sacraments · baptism · Lord's Day · preaching · lectionary · doxology
session
Scheduled time for activity
General Assembly · clerk · deacons · ordination · polity · representative · judicatory · committee · quorum · parity
predestination
Divinely predetermined fate
Westminster Confession · TULIP · Calvinism · total depravity · perseverance · sovereignty · providence · justification · sanctification · atonement
Reformation
Religious movement splitting Christianity
- KnoxKentucky military installation
- DivinesNamed group of deities
- Great AwakeningColonial American spiritual movement
Princeton · reunion · schism · Ulster · Scots-Irish · missionaries · revivals · disestablishment · Witherspoon
- ChristiansCatholics, Catholic, Protestants, Protestant, Baptist
- FaithsChristians, Catholics, Buddhists, Hindus, Jews
- religionsChristianity, Islam, Judaism, Hinduism, Buddhism
- American ChristianityBaptists, Methodists, Lutherans, Episcopalians, Catholics
- church historychurch history, apostles, Protestant Reformation, Christian history, baptism
- ProtestantismLutheran, Protestantism, Baptist, Methodist, Lutheranism
PresbyteriansEpiscopalians
U.S. Anglican church members
Anglicans · Roman Catholics · Catholics · Eastern Orthodox · Methodists
PresbyteriansWesleyans
Methodist movement adherents
Methodists · Catholics · Pentecostals · Unitarians · liberals
Presbyteriansatheists
Those without religious faith
secularists · agnostics · humanists · non-believers · irreligious
- Presbyterian ChurchProtestant denomination with elder governance