Presbyterian Church

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1. A Protestant denomination based on the doctrines of John Calvin and governed by elders (presbyteros is the Greek word for “elder”). The Presbyterian Church was founded in Scotland, where it is the established church (see also established church), supported by the government.

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The Presbyterian Church is strong in Northern Ireland, Canada, the United States, and other places where people of Scottish descent are found.

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The Presbyterian Church of the U.S. and the Sisters of St. Joseph of Peace, a Catholic religious order, filed the respective proposals.

From Barron's ● Jun. 3, 2026

Poignantly, the theatre's home is the former Mountpottinger Non-Subscribing Presbyterian Church, which offered sanctuary to families during the Blitz.

From BBC ● Apr. 14, 2026

Rev. David Black leads the First Presbyterian Church of Chicago in Hyde Park, a congregation that describes itself as “progressive” with “traditional theology,” and also as multigenerational, multiracial, multiethnic and multicultural.

From Salon ● Apr. 6, 2026

Instead she’s gone, and this weekend her family came with moist eyes and broken hearts to her funeral at the First Presbyterian Church in her hometown of Yorktown, N.Y.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 30, 2026

There is a one-room Presbyterian Church, built of native stone, to which a preacher comes every three weeks when the road is passable.

From "Jacob Have I Loved" by Katherine Paterson