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To: Cronos

I don’t know but many of those denominations - the PCA, the OPC, the RPCA, and some of the others - share standards that mean an ordained man or a church member can move back and forth between the denominations with little fuss, based on whichever variant is close by. The differences amount to historical and geographical identities that the denominations don’t want to give up.

The only ones one the list you mentioned that I don’t think count for that is the EPC, which is newish and has some issues (I think they ordain deaconesses) and the Cumberland folk who I believe are Presbyterian in form of government but not reformed in doctrine.


6 posted on 04/23/2012 5:36:17 AM PDT by JenB
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To: JenB

I am a Cumberland Presbyterian. We have revised our Confession of Faith off the Westminster COF at least two or three times. We split off from PC church USA in early 1800’s over several issues, primarily the doctrine of predestination, minister education requirements on the frontier and salvation of infants not of accountable age. There was an attempt where the denominations merged again in the late 1800’s, but they split for good in the early 1900’s and the PCUSA church took a large swath of our churches with them, along with our namesake college, Cumberland College of Lebanon, TN. The university now supported by our denomination is Bethel University of McKenzie, TN, plus Memphis Theological Seminary.

The Upper Cumberlands were a charismatic movement that broke off from the Cumberland church. I am not certain about this, but I am thinking this happened in maybe the 1940’s or 1950’s. The reason I say that is because a beloved minister that was pastor of our church back before my day was involved to some degree in the Upper Cumberland movement. That was according to my deceased Dad, who was a Cumberland Minister for 50+ years.


8 posted on 04/23/2012 6:28:24 AM PDT by RatRipper (I'll ride a turtle to work every day before I buy anything from Government Motors.)
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To: JenB

thanks!


10 posted on 04/23/2012 7:18:35 AM PDT by Cronos (**Marriage is about commitment, cohabitation is about convenience.**)
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