Presbyterian Church (USA)

Overview

The Presbyterian Church (USA) is the mainline Presbyterian body in the United States, formed in 1983 by the reunion of the United Presbyterian Church in the USA and the Presbyterian Church in the US. The PCUSA formally holds the Westminster Confession and Catechisms within its Book of Confessions, but it ordains both men and women, authorized same-sex marriage in 2015, and functions in practice as a mainline liberal Protestant body with nominal confessional subscription. AskCredo places the PCUSA in the C-tier as a formally Reformed body whose public teaching on Scripture, sexuality, and the ordained office has departed substantively from the Westminster Standards it continues to profess.

Confession / Standard

Westminster Confession (with significant modifications)

Governance

presbyterian

Soteriology

mixed

Key Beliefs

• Nominal Reformed heritage
• LGBTQ ordination affirmed (2011)
• Social justice emphasis

Distinctives

• Departed from orthodox sexuality ethics
• Biblical authority functionally undermined by revisionist hermeneutics

Background

North America · Founded 1983

Official Website

https://pcusa.org