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American Church History: Reformed, Presbyterian, and Congregationalist Denominations

This research guide provides resources pretraining to American church history and includes books, ebooks, open access resources, and websites.

Reformed, Presbyterian, and Congregationalist Churches

Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church: Founded in 1782, membership is estimated to be 29,317 in 281 congregations (2016). 

Christian Reformed Church in North America: Founded in 1857, membership is estimated to be around 150,00 across 792 congregations (2020).

Conservative Congressional Christian Conference: Founded in 1948, membership is around 51,112 in 312 congregations (2020).

Cumberland Presbyterian Church: Founded in 1810, membership is around 64,901 in 608 congregations (2020).

Cumberland Presbyterian Church in America: Founded in 1874, membership is estimated to be around 14,473 in 111 congregations (2020).

ECO: A Covenant Order of Evangelical Presbyterians: Founded in 2012, membership is estimated to be around 130,000 in 383 congregations (2024). 

Evangelical Association of Reformed and Congregational Churches: Founded in 1998, membership is amount is unknown but has 260 congregations (2024). 

Evangelical Presbyterian Church: Founded in 1981, membership is estimated to be around 122,000 across 625 congregations (2020).

Korean American Presbyterian Church: Founded in 1976, memberships is estimated to be around 55,000 in about 300 churches (2010).

National Association of Congressional Christian Churches: Founded in 1955, membership is estimated to be around 41,582 in 322 congregations (2020)

Netherlands Reformed Congregations in North America: Founded in 1907, membership is estimated to be around 10,146 in 27 congregations (2012).

Orthodox Presbyterian Church: Founded in 1936, membership is estimated to be around 31,200 across 278 congregations (2015). 

Presbyterian Church in America: Founded in 1973, membership is estimated to be around 372,696 across 1,873 congregations (2020).

Presbyterian Church (USA): Founded in 1983, membership is estimated to be 1,491,775 across 8,851 congregations (2020).

Protestant Reformed Churches in America: Founded in 1926, membership is estimated to be 8,411 across 30 churches (2020).

Reformed Church in America: Founded in 1792, membership is estimated to be around 235,195 across 912 congregations (2020). 

Reformed Church in the United States: Founded in 1986, membership is estimated to be 3,550 across 47 congregations (2020).

Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America: Founded in 1809, membership is estimated to be around 7,035 across 88 congregations (2020).

United Church of Christ: Founded in 1957, membership is estimated to be 924,744 across 4,793 (2020). congregations (2020).

United Reformed Churches in North America: Founded in 1996, membership is estimated to be 15,541 across 88 congregations (2020).

Holy Bible

There is no official bible for these denominations, but different churches may prefer one translation over another.