BIBLIOGRAPHY FOR READING IN
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH HISTORY
The following bibliography is a work in progress. It is
not at this time comprehensive. Many of the books listed in this bibliography
are housed in the reading room of the PCA Historical Center, as indicated
by "HC" in brackets at the end
of a particular entry.
As we work to complete this collection, we welcome the donation of additional
books on Presbyterian history, and if you would care to make such a donation, please contact us.
Overview:
The various denominations which make up the whole
of American Presbyterianism can be divided into two basic traditions.
The larger is that of the American tradition, which traces its origin
back to the formation of the first Presbytery on North American soil, established
in 1706. This body then develops into what becomes known as the Presbyterian
Church in the U.S.A. Other denominations listed in that tradition are
either direct or indirect splits from the PCUSA.
The other, smaller lineage is that of the Scottish dissenting churches.
Two distincts strands are brought to American soil: the Associate and
the Reformed. Subsequent mergers in this Scottish tradition produce the
Associate Reformed and the United Presbyterian Churches.
The list of churches shown below is also not intended to be exhaustive
of all the many Presbyterian denominations which have at one time or another
existed. However, most of the main bodies are included here.
Click the links below to jump to a specific
section of the bibliography:
General Background on Presbyterian
History |
History of the Conservative
Movement of the 20th Century |
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American tradition |
Scottish dissenting
tradition |
Presbyterian Church in the
U.S.A., [1706-1958]
= Old
Side/New Side split [1741-1758
= Old
School/New School split [1837-1869] |
Associate Presbytery of Pennsylvania [1751-1782] |
Reformed Presbytery [1774-1782] |
Cumberland Presbyterian Church,
1810 - [ongoing] |
Reformed Presbyterian Church, [1798-1833] |
Presbyterian Church in the U.S. (PCUS) - [1861-1983] |
Reformed Presbyterian Church, General
Synod, [1833-1965] |
Orthodox Presbyterian Church (OPC),
1936 - [ongoing] |
Reformed Presbyterian Church in North
America, 1833-ongoing |
Bible Presbyterian Church, 1937 - [ongoing] |
Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church,
1782 - [ongoing] |
Blended traditions |
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A., 1958-1983 |
Reformed Presbyterian Church, Evangelical
Synod, 1965-1982 |
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A., 1983 - [ongoing] |
Presbyterian Church in America,
1973 - [ongoing] |
Evangelical Presbyterian Church,
1982 - [ongoing] |
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"Micro-denominations" |
American Presbyterian Church (APC) |
Presbyterian Reformed Church (PRC), 1965 - [ongoing] |
Reformed Presbyterian Church in the U.S. (RPCUS) |
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General Background:
- Briggs, Charles Augustus, American Presbyterianism: its origin and early history : together with an appendix of letters
and documents, many of which have recently been discovered, (New
York: Charles Scribner, 1885), xviii, 373, cxlii p., [2] leaves of plates
(1 folded) : ill. ; 21 cm. [HC]
- Hays, George P., Presbyterians: A Popular Narrative
of their Origin, Progress, Doctrines, and Achievements, (New York:
J.A. Hill & Company, Publishers, 1892), 544pp. Focuses on the PCUSA
lineage, but has chapters on several of the other American Presbyterian
denominations. [HC]
- Kerr, Robert P., The People's History of Presbyterianism
in All Ages, (Richmond, VA: Presbyterian Committee of Publication,
1888), 284pp. A broader treatment of Presbyterianism printed by the
Southern Presbyterian Church, this work covers the development of the
Presbyterian form of church government, the establishment of Presbyterian
Churches worldwide and the history of American Presbyterianism up to
the late 1880s. Kerr does not arrive on American soil until page 180. [HC]
- Patterson, Robert Mayne, American Presbyterianism
in Its Development and Growth, (Philadelphia: Presbyterian Board
of Publication and Sabbath-School Work, 1896), 132pp. [HC]
- Plumley, G.S. [editor], The Presbyterian Church
throughout the World, from the Earliest to the Present Times, in a Series
of Biographical and Historical Sketches, (New York: De Witt C. Lent
& Company, 1874), 792pp. Touches on the foundations of Presbyterian
polity in Scripture and then quickly moves to the history of Presbyterianism
as practiced by the Waldensians, and then to the history of Presbyterian
churches in Scotland, Ireland, England, Switzerland, Germany, the Netherlands,
France, Austria and Hungary. The larger portion of the book is spent
on American Presbyterianism (pages 112ff.), with scant mention of Churches
other than the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Chapter 11, part I,
"Historical Sketches After 1837," was authored by Samuel Miller. [HC]
History of the Conservative Presbyterian
Movement in the 20th Century:
From the conservative perspective:
- Marsden, George M., "Perspective on the Division
of 1937." Pressing Toward the Mark: Essays Commemorating Fifty
Years of the Orthodox Presbyterian Church. Edited by Charles G.
Dennison & Richard C. Gamble. Philadelphia: The Committee for
the Historian of The Orthodox Presbyterian Church, 1986, pp. 295-328.
- North, Gary, Crossed Fingers: How the Liberals
Captured the Presbyterian Church, (Tyler, TX: Institute for Christian
Economics, 1996), 1096pp, indexed. North's magnum opus, exploring
the demise of conservative theology in the Presbyterian Church in
the U.S.A. and the subsequent formation of the Orthodox Presbyterian
Church and the Bible Presbyterian Church. Helpful timeline inside
the front and back covers. North offers from his unique perspective
several strategies for preventing similar future problems. [HC]
- Rian, Edwin H., The Presbyterian Conflict, (Grand
Rapids: Eerdmans, 1940), 342pp. and (Philadelphia: The Committee for
the Historian [OPC], 1992), 242pp., indexed. [HC]
- Smith, Morton H., How is the Gold Become Dim:
The Decline of the Presbyterian Church U.S., as Reflected in its Assembly
Actions. 2nd edition. (Jackson, MS: Steering Committee for the
Continuing Presbyterian Church, 1973), 448pp. [HC]
- Smith, Morton H., "Chapter 1: A Survey of Southern
Presbyterian History," "Chapter IV: The Theological Thought
of James Henley Thornwell," and "Chapter V: The Theological
Thought of Robert Lewis Dabney." in Studies in Southern Presbyterian
Theology, (Phillipsburg, NJ: Presbyterian and Reformed Publishing
Company, 1987), pp. 1-44, 121-182, 183-216. [HC]
- Wells, David F., editor, Reformed Theology in
America: A History of Its Modern Development, (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans,
1985).
From the modernist perspective:
- Coalter, Milton J., et al., The Confessional Mosaic:
Presbyterians and Twentieth Century Theology (Louisville, KY:
Westminster/John Knox Press, 1990), 333pp., indexed. Includes a chapter
on the Presbyterian Church in America by Rick Nutt (pages 236-256),
as well as chapters on pluralism, confessionalism, worship, hymnody,
devotional literature and social issues. [HC]
- Loetscher, Lefferts A., The Broadening Church:
A Study of Theological Issues in the Presbyterian Church Since 1869. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1954. [HC]
- Longfield, Bradley J., The Presbyterian Controversy:
Fundamentalists, Modernists and Moderates (New York, Oxford: Oxford
University Press, 1991). [HC]
- Weston, William, Presbyterian Pluralism: Competition
in a Protestant House, (Knoxville, TN: The University of Tennessee
Press, 1997).
History of the Presbyterian Church
in America (PCA), 1973 - [ongoing]
[Most of the books in this category can be ordered from the Christian
Education and Publications Bookstore.]
- Cannada, Robert C. and W. Jack Williamson, The Historic
Polity of the PCA, (Greenville, SC: A Press, 1997). [HC]
- Clements, Don K., Historical Roots of the Presbyterian Church in America. Narrows, VA: Metokos Press, 2006. Pb, xvi, 250 p.
- Kornegay, Jerry, editor, Living History of the Presbyterian
Church in America, (St. Louis, MO: The PCA Historical Center, 1994).
[Available from the PCA Historical
Center; price: $2.50ppd.] [HC]
- Lucas, Sean Michael, For a Continuing Church : The Roots of the Presbyterian Church in America. Phillipsburg, New Jersey : P&R Publishing, 2015. xviii, 373 p.
- Lucas, Sean Michael, On Being Presbyterian : Our Beliefs, Practices, and Stories. Phillipsburg, NJ : P&R Pub. Co., 2006.
- Richards, John Edward, The Historical Birth of the
Presbyterian Church in America. (Liberty Hill, SC: The Liberty Press,
1987), 452pp., indexed. [HC]
- Settle, Paul G., To God All Praise and Glory: 1973
to 1998 - The First 25 Years, (Atlanta, GA: PCA Administrative Committee,
1998), 94pp., indexed. [HC]
- Smartt, Kennedy, I Am Reminded: An Autobiographical
Anecdotal History of the PCA, 228pp., indexed. [HC]
- Smith, Frank Joseph, The History of the Presbyterian
Church in America: Silver Anniversary Edition.. (Lawrenceville,
GA: Presbyterian Scholars Press, 1999), 607pp, indexed. [HC]
- Denominational Web site: http://www.pcanet.org/
- Denominational Archives: PCA
Historical Center, St. Louis, MO.
American tradition:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. (PCUSA), [1706 - 1958] ; United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. [1958
- 1983]; Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. [1983 - ongoing]
- Gillett, Ezra H., History of the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A., (Philadelphia: Presbyterian Board of Publication, 1864), 2 volumes, 1206pp.
- Hodge, Charles, The Constitutional History of the
Presbyterian Church in United States of America, (Philadelphia:
Presbyterian Board of Publication, 1851), Part I, 1705-1741, 215pp.
and Part II, 1741-1788, 425pp. [HC]
- Loetscher, Lefferts A., A Brief History of the Presbyterians.
Fourth edition. With a new chapter by George Laird Hunt. Philadelphia:
The Westminster Press, 1983. [HC]
- Patton, Jacob Harris, A Popular History of the Presbyterian
Church in the United States of America (New York: R.S. Mighill and
Company, 1900), 561pp., indexed. [HC]
- Slosser, Gaius Jackson, editor. They Seek a Country:
The American Presbyterians, Some Aspects. New York: The Macmillan
Company, 1955. [HC]
- Smylie, James H., A Brief History of the Presbyterians,
(Louisville, KY: Geneva Press, 1996), 160pp., indexed. Brief overview
focusing almost entirely on the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. [HC]
- Denominational Web site: http://www.pcusa.org
- Denominational Archives: Presbyterian
Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA.
Old School - New School Split
[1837 - 1869]
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- A History of the Division of the Presbyterian
Church in the U.S.A., by a Committee of the Synod of New
York and New Jersey, (New York: M.W. Dodd, 1852), 278pp. [New
School account]
- " 'Old and New School' Theology,"
in The Presbyterian Quarterly Review, Volume VIII,
Number 31 (January 1860), pages 353-399. [The Quarterly was
a New School publication]
- Atwater, Lyman, " "Bibliotheca Sacra
and Biblical Repository for July 1863; Art. III. Doctrines
of the New-School Presbyterian Church. By Rev. George Duffield.."
in Biblical Repertory and Princeton Review, volume
39, number 4 (October 1867).
- Brown, Isaac V., A Historical Vindication
of the Abrogation of the Plan of Union by the Presbyterian
Church in the United States of America, (Philadelphia:
Wm. S. & Alfred Martien, 1855), 325pp. [Old School account]
- Cheeseman, Lewis, Differences between
Old and New School Presbyterians, (Rochester, NY: Published
by Erastus Darrow, 1848), 224pp.
- Dabney, Robert Lewis, "The Presbyterian
Reunion, North," in Southern Presbyterian Review,
volume 22, number 3 (July 1871) 379-406.
- Hodge, Charles, Act and Testmony, in Biblical
Repertory and Princeton Review, volume 6, number 4 (October
1834) 505-522 and volume 7, number 1 (January 1835) 110-134.
- __________, "General Assembly of 1837,"
in Biblical Repertory and Princeton Review, volume
9, number 3 (July 1837)
- ____________, "Presbyterian Reunion. By the
Rev. Henry B. Smith, D.D. Reprinted from the 'American Presbyterian
and Theological Review,' October 1867" in Biblical Repertory
and Princeton Review, volume 40, number 1 (January 1868).
- __________, "Principles of Church Union,
and the Reunion of the Old and New-school Presbyterians,"
in Biblical Repertory and Princeton Review, volume
37, number 2 (April 1865).
- Loetscher, Frederick William, Fifty Years:
The Reunion of the Old and New School Presbyterian Churches,
1870-1920 [fiftieth anniversary retrospective], 40pp.
- MacCormac, Earl R., "Presbyterian Schism
of 1837 and Missions, Church History, 32:32-45.
- Marsden, George M., The Evangelical Mind
and the New School Presbyterian Experience: A Case Study of
Thought and Theology in Nineteenth-Century America, (New
Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1970), 278pp.
- ________________, The New School Presbyterian
Mind: A Study of Theology in Mid-nineteenth Century America,
(New Haven, CT: Yale University, 1966), 343pp., [Ph.D. dissertation]
- Presbyterian Reunion: A Memorial Volume,
1837-1871, (New York:
- Tyler, Bennet, Letters on the Origin and
Progress of the New Haven Theology, (New York: Robert
Carter and Ezra Collier, 1837), 180pp.
- Wood, James, Old and New Theology, or,
The Doctrinal Differences which have Agitated and Divided
the Presbyterian Church, (Philadelphia: Presbyterian Board
of Publication, 2nd edition, 1855), 262pp.
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Cumberland Presbyterian Church (CPC), 1810 - [ongoing]
Presbyterian Church in the U.S. (PCUS, aka Southern Presbyterian Church) [1861 - 1983]
- Johnson, Thomas Cary, History
of the Southern Presbyterian Church, (New York: The Christian
Literature Company, 1894) 178pp. [HC]
- Lilly, David Clay, D.D., Faith of Our Fathers, (Richmond,
VA and Texarkana, Ark.-Tex.: Presbyterian Committee of Publication,
1935), 143pp. [HC]
- Long, Roswell C., The Story of Our Church, (Richmond,
VA: Whittet and Shepperson, 1932) 188pp. [HC]
- Thompson, Ernest Trice, Presbyterians in the South,
in three volumes (Richmond, VA: John Knox Press, 1963 and 1973) 629pp.,
528pp.and 636pp. respectively, all volumes indexed. The definitive history
of the Southern Presbyterian Church. [HC]
- Denominational Archives: Was the Presbyterian
Historical Society, Montreat, NC office [formerly the Presbyterian Historical Foundation]. This office is now closed as of 2008 and the collections have been relocated to either the Presbyterian Historical Society in Philadelphia, or to the Archives at the Columbia Theological Seminary in Decatur, GA.
Primarily it was the congregational records that were relocated to Decatur.
Orthodox Presbyterian Church (OPC), 1936 - [ongoing]
- Churchill, Robert King, Lest We Forget: A Personal
Reflection on the Formation of The Orthodox Presbyterian Church.
(Philadelphia: The Committee for the Historian of The Orthodox Presbyterian
Church, 1986, 3rd edition, 1997), 135pp. [HC]
- Dennison, Charles G. and Richard C. Gamble, editors, Pressing Toward the Mark: Essays Commemorating Fifty Years of the
Orthodox Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia: The Committee for the
Historian of the Orthodox Presbyterian Church, 1986), 489pp. Essays
by Charles G. Dennison, George W. Knight, III, Richard B. Gaffin, Jr.,
Peter A. Lillback, Edmund P. Clowney, Samuel T. Logan, Jr., George M.
Marsden, Mark A. Noll, D. Clair Davis, Greg L. Bahnsen, John P. Galbreath,
Leonard J. Coppes, et. al.; Bibliography of the Writings of J. Gresham
Machen.
- Dennison, Charles G., The Orthodox Presbyterian
Church: 1936 - 1986 [50th anniversary volume] (Philadelphia: The
Committee for the Historian, 1986), 357pp. Histories of OPC agencies,
presbyteries, churches and ministers. [HC]
- Hart, D.G., Between the Times: The Orthodox Presbyterian Church in Transition, 1945-1990. Willow Grove, PA: The Committee for the Historian of the Orthodox Presbyterian Church, 2011. Hb, xii, 340 p., indexed.
- Hart, D.G. and John Muether, Fighting the Good Fight:
A Brief History of the Orthodox Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia:
Committee on Christian Education and The Committee for the Historian,
1995), 217pp., indexed. [HC]
- Marsden, Robert S., The First Ten Years (Philadelphia:
The Committee on Home Missions and Church Extension, 1946) 104pp. Essays
by Robert Marsden [3-14] and John H. Skilton [14-19]; histories of churches
and ministers. [HC]
- Muether, John R. and Danny E. Olinger, Confident of Better Things: Essays Commemorating Seventy-Five Years of the Orthodox Presbyterian Church. Willow Grove, PA: The Committee for the Historian of the Orthodox Presbyterian Church, 2011. Hb, vi, 520 p., indexed.
- Denominational Web site: http://www.opc.org
- Denominational Archives were housed at the OPC denominational offices in Willow Grove, PA.
Bible Presbyterian Church, [1937
- ongoing].
The Bible Presbyterian Church begins as a small group of pastors split
from the newly formed Presbyterian Church of America (later renamed the
Orthodox Presbyterian Church) over their concern to take a stronger stand
against beverage alcohol and for the historic premillennial position.
The BPC later splits in 1956 into the Columbus Synod and the smaller Collingswood
Synod. The Columbus Synod wing of the BPC renames itself the Evangelical
Presbyterian Church in 1961 and then gives up that identity as it merges
with the Reformed Presbyterian Church, General Synod in 1965 to form the
Reformed Presbyterian Church, Evangelical Synod (RPCES). The RPCES in
1982 merged into the Presbyterian Church in America. Meanwhile, the Collingswood
Synod of the BPC, which was that portion loyal to the leadership of Dr.
Carl McIntire, experienced another split in 1984. The larger portion of
this split took the name Bible Presbyterian Church, General Synod, and
it is this latter group which is ongoing.
- Harden, Margaret G., A Brief History of the Bible
Presbyterian Church, (Collingswood, NJ: Christian Beacon Press,
1967), 157pp. [HC]
- Laman, Clarence, God calls a man: to spread abroad
the word of God and to unite the testimony of Jesus. (n.p., 1959),
47pp. A short biography of Carl McIntire. [HC]
- McIntire, Carl, The Bible Presbyterian Church: Its
Witness and Its Agencies, (Collingswood, NJ: The Twentieth Century
Reformation Hour, 1971), 16pp. [HC]
- St. John, Marshall C., A History and Analysis of
the Bible Presbyterian Church, 1936-1987, (St. Louis, MO: Covenant
Theological Seminary, 1987; D.Min dissertation), 209pp. [HC]
- Denominational Web site: http://www.bpc.org
- No known denominational archivess.
- See also:
1. Rhoads, Gladys Titzck and Nancy Titzck Anderson, McIntire: Defender of Faith and Freedom. Maitland, FL: Xulon Press, 2012. Hb, 600 p.
2. Ruotsila, Markku, Fighting Fundamentalist: Carl McIntire and the Politicization of American Fundamentalism. New York: Oxford University Press, 2016. Hb, 403 p.
American Presbyterian Church (APC), 1977 - [ongoing]
Scottish dissenting church
tradition:
Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church (ARP), 1782 - [ongoing]
- Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church, Bicentennial
Supplement: Our Dream Book, 1782 - 1982, (Greenville, SC: Associate
Reformed Presbyterian Center, 1983), 514pp. [HC]
- Galloway, J.C., et al., The Centennial History of
the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church: 1803 - 1903, (Charleston,
SC: Presses of Walker, Evans & Cogswell Co., 1905) reprinted in
1983 by the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church Bicentennial Celebration
Committee (Greenville, SC: Associate Reformed Presbyterian Center, 1983),
750pp. [HC]
- King, Ray A., A History of the Associate Reformed
Presbyterian Church, (Charlotte, NC: Associate Reformed Presbyterian
Church, 1966), 132pp. Published as part of the Covenant Life Curriculum. [HC]
- Lathan, Robert, History of the Associate Reformed
Presbyterian Synod of the South, 1782-1882, (Harrisburg, PA: Published
for the Author, 1882; reprinted in 1983 by the Associate Reformed Presbyterian
Church Bicentennial Celebration Committee (Greenville, SC: Associate
Reformed Presbyterian Center, 1983), 418pp. [HC]
- Oates, Mrs. Julia and Mrs. Alice H. Skelton, Woman's
Work in the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church, (Greenville,
SC: Associate Reformed Presbyterian Center, 1983), 362pp. [HC]
- Ruble. Randall T., editor, The Bicentennial History
of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church, 1950-2003, (Grand
Rapids, MI: McNaughton & Gunn, 2003), 696pp.
- Ware, Lowry and James W. Gettys, The Second Century:
A History of the Associate Reformed Presbyterians, 1882 - 1982, (Greenville,
SC: Associate Reformed Presbyterian Center, 1983), 555pp. [HC]
- Denominational Web site: http://www.arpsynod.org/
- Denominational Archives are maintained at the Montreat
Office of the Presbyterian Historical Center under a cooperative
arrangement.
Reformed Presbyterian Church in North
America, General Synod (RPCGS) [1833 - 1965]
- McLeod, John Niel, The
Reformed Presbyterian Church: An Historical Sketch, (Philadelphia:
Published by the Students [of the RPC Seminary], 1860), 33pp. [HC]
- Wylie, Rev. Samuel Brown, Memoir
of Alexander McLeod, D.D.[HC]
- Denominational records are housed at
the PCA Historical Center in St. Louis, MO. Finding aids for many of these records are online
at http://www.pcanet.org/history/findingaids/rpcgs/index.html.
Presbytery Minute books for several of the RPCGS presbyteries are also located at the PCA Historical
Center.
Additional materials have been located at the Mount
Allison University Archives and at the Presbyterian
Historical Society in Philadelphia, PA.
Reformed Presbyterian Church of North
America, Synod (RPCNA) 1833 - [ongoing].
Known also as the "Covenanters", though by the end of the 20th
century, the denomination has relinquished most of the historic Covenanter
doctrines other than exclusive Psalmody.
- Carson, David Melville, A History of the Reformed
Presbyterian Church in America to 1871, (Ann Arbor, MI: University
Microfilms, Inc.), 255pp., 1964 Ph.D. dissertation for the University
of Pennsylvania.
- Delivuk, John Allen, The Doctrine and History of
Worship in the Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America, (Pittsburgh,
PA: Reformed Presbyterian Theological Seminary, 1982), 185pp., S.T.M.
thesis for Concordia Theological Seminary, St. Louis, MO.
- Fox, Chester R., A Brief History of the Reformed
Presbyterian Church of North America, Revised and Reprinted, (Pittsburgh,
PA: Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America, 1964), 43pp.
- Denominational Web site: http://www.reformedpresbyterian.org/
- Denominational Archives are housed at the Reformed
Presbyterian Theological Seminary, Pittsburgh, PA.
United Presbyterian Church in North
America (UPCNA), [1858 - 1958].
The UPCNA was formed out of a merger of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian
and Reformed Presbyterian Churches. In 1958 the UPCNA went out of existence
as it merged with the PCUSA, creating a new entity known as the United
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. (UPCUSA). Then in 1983, the UPCUSA merged
with the PCUS (aka Southern Presbyterian Church). With this last merger,
the resulting Church returned to the old historic name, the Presbyterian
Church in the U.S.A.
- Jamison, Wallace N., The United Presbyterian Story:
A Centennial Study, 1858-1958, (Pittsburgh, PA: The Geneva Press,
253pp. [HC]
- McCulloch, W.E., The United Presbyterian Church
and Its Work in America, (Pittsburgh, PA: Board of Home Missions
of the United Presbyterian Church of North America, 1925), 258pp.
- Reid, William J., United Presbyterianism, (Pittsburgh,
PA: United Presbyterian Board of Publication, 1900), 192pp.
- Scouller, James Brown, A Manual of the United Presbyterian
Church of North America, 1751-1887, Second Edition, revised and
enlarged, (Pittsburgh, PA: United Presbyterian Board of Publication,
1887), 718pp. Includes brief histories of the denominations portions
of which merged to form the UPCNA: Reformed Presbyterian, Associate
Presbyterian and Associate Reformed Presbyterian Churches. [HC:
1881 edition]
- Scouller, James Brown, History of the United Presbyterian
Church of North America, pages 145-255 in Volume XI of The American
Church History Series, (New York: The Christian Literature Company,
1894).
- Williamson, C.J., March On! with the United Presbyterian
Church of North America, (Pittsburg, PA: Board of Administration
of the United Presbyterian Church, 1933), 236pp.
- Denominational Archives are housed, by virtue of the
1958 merger with the PCUSA, in Philadelphia at the Presbyterian
Historical Society.
Presbyterian Reformed Church (PRC),
1965 - [ongoing]
Blended traditions:
Reformed Presbyterian Church, Evangelical
Synod, [1965 - 1982].
The RPC,ES was formed by the union of the Reformed Presbyterian Church,
General Synod, out of the Scottish dissenting tradition, with the Colubus
Synod wing of the Bible Presbyterian Church (renamed Evangelical Presbyterian
Church), which was derived from the American tradition of the Northern
Presbyterian Church (the PCUSA).
- Clark, Nancy Elizabeth, A History of the Reformed Presbyterian
Church (Indianapolis, IN: Butler University, 1966), Master of Arts thesis,
103pp.
- Cross, Thomas G., Historical
Background and Development of the Reformed Presbyterian Church, Evangelical
Synod, (Wilmington, DE: Self-published, 1968), 26pp. Overview
of denominational history. [HC]
- Hutchinson, George P., The History Behind the Reformed
Presbyterian Church, Evangelical Synod, (Cherry Hill, NJ: Mack Publishing
Company, 1974), 448pp., indexed. Wide-ranging coverage of American Presbyterianism
and the events leading up to the formation of the RPCES, histories of
the two denominations merging to form the RPCES and a brief call to
future growth and development. Click here to view the book's table
of contents. [HC]
- Denominational Archives are housed at the PCA
Historical Center, St. Louis, MO.
History of the Presbyterian Church
in America (PCA), 1973 - [ongoing]
Books--
- Cannada, Robert C. and W. Jack Williamson, The Historic
Polity of the PCA, (Greenville, SC: A Press, 1997). [HC]
- Clements, Don K., Historical Roots of the Presbyterian Church in America. Narrows, VA: Metokos Press, 2006. Pb, xvi, 250 p.
- Kornegay, Jerry, editor, Living History of the Presbyterian
Church in America, (St. Louis, MO: The PCA Historical Center, 1994).
[Available from the PCA Historical
Center; price: $2.50ppd.] [HC]
- Lucas, Sean Michael, For a Continuing Church : The Roots of the Presbyterian Church in America. Phillipsburg, New Jersey : P&R Publishing, 2015. xviii, 373 p.
- ________________, On Being Presbyterian : Our Beliefs, Practices, and Stories. Phillisburg, NJ: P&R Publishing Co., 2006.
- Richards, John Edward, The Historical Birth of the
Presbyterian Church in America. (Liberty Hill, SC: The Liberty Press,
1987), 452pp., indexed. [HC]
- Settle, Paul G., To God All Praise and Glory: 1973
to 1998 - The First 25 Years, (Atlanta, GA: PCA Administrative Committee,
1998), 94pp., indexed. [HC]
- Smartt, Kennedy, I Am Reminded: An Autobiographical
Anecdotal History of the PCA, 228pp., indexed. [HC]
- Smith, Frank Joseph, The History of the Presbyterian
Church in America: Silver Anniversary Edition.. (Lawrenceville,
GA: Presbyterian Scholars Press, 1999), 607pp, indexed. [HC]
Articles--
The Presbyterian Guardian, 43.1 (January
1974) 2-12. The bulk of this issue focuses on
the new denomination. Articles include 1. "Why We Are Leaving,"
by Paul G. Settle, pp. 1-3; 2. "Have the separatists done
all that bad?," by G. Aiken Taylor, pg. 3; 3. "Gathered
for the Glory of God," by W. Jack Williamson; 4. A Message
to All Churches, pp. 8-9; 5. A Reborn Testimony in a Reborn
Church, by John J. Mitchell, pp. 10-11; 6. Resolution on Interchurch
Relations, pg. 12.
Articles by authors outside of the PCA:
- DeJong, Peter, "The Presbyterian Church in America," in The Outlook [Grand Rapids, MI], 28.5 (May 1978): 14-16.
- Nutt, Rick, "The Tie that No Longer Binds: The
Origins of the Presbyterian Church in America," in The Confessional
Mosaic: Presbyterians and Twentieth-Century Theology, edited by
Milton J. Coalter, John M. Mulder and Louis B. Weeks, (Louisville,
KY: Westminster/John Knox Press, 1990), pages 236-256. [HC]
- Winter, R. Milton and William H.
Berger, "Duck Hill's Church of the Pilgrim: St. Andrew Presbytery's
"Non-Geographic Parish" During Mississippi's PCA Realignment
(1974-1982), Journal of Presbyterian History, 81.1 (Spring
2003) 55-58. [HC]
Other resources--
Evangelical Presbyterian Church (EPC), 1982 - [ongoing] No published histories of this denomination are
noted at this point. A brief history of the denomination can be found
on the denominational website, at http://www.epc.org/
- No known denominational archives.
Missouri:
Hall, Joseph H., Presbyterian Conflict and Resolution on the Missouri
Frontier, (Lewiston, NY & Queenston, Ontario: The Edward Mellen Press,
1987). Volume 26 of the Studies in American Religion series.213pp., indexed.
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