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Korean Presbyterian Church in America
Classification
Protestant
Orientation
liberal Calvinist
Theology
Reformed
Polity
Presbyterian
Associations
World Communion of Reformed Churches
Region
United States, Canada
Origin
1976 United States
Congregations
302
Members
55,000
The Korean Presbyterian Church in America now Korean Presbyterian Church Abroad (changed name in 2012) 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.[1] Official languages are English and Korean. The church uses the Westminster Confession[2] and the Apostles Creed.[3][4] Since 2010 it formed an English speaking presbytery.[5] KPCA is a member of the World Communion of Reformed Churches.[6] It is also a member of the National Council of Churches of Christ in the United States of America (NCCC in USA) and the Christian Churches Together in the USA (CCT-USA).[7]
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