Christian Presbyterian Church
{{Infobox Christian denomination
|name = Christian Presbyterian Church
|abbreviation=
|main_classification = Protestant
|theology = Calvinist Evangelical
|orientation = Reformed
|polity = Presbyterian
|founder =
|founded_date = 1991
|founded_place =
|parent =
|separated_from = Christian Reformed Church in North America
|merger =
| merged_into = Presbyterian Church in America{{cite web|url=https://theaquilareport.com/dr-john-e-kim-korean-american-reformed-theologian-and-pastor-passes-from-history-to-heaven-in-south-korea/ | title = Dr. John E. Kim, Korean-American Reformed Theologian and Pastor, Goes From History to Heaven in South Korea|author=Don K. Clements|date=May 20, 2010|accessdate = January 21, 2022 }}
|associations =
|absorbed=
|area = United States
|separations = 1997: Korean Evangelical Presbyterian Church in America
|congregations = 20 (1993){{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-10-23-me-48990-story.html| title = New Korean Church|author=John Dart|date=October 22, 1993|accessdate = January 21, 2022 }}
|members = 6,000 members (1993){{cite web|url=https://christian.net/pub/resources/text/reformed/archive94/nr94-044.txt | title = History of the Christian Presbyterian Church|date=September 3, 1994|accessdate = January 21, 2022 }}
| ministers =
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The Christian Presbyterian Church (CPC) was a Presbyterian denomination formed in 1991 under the leadership of Rev. Dr. John E. Kim, by churches that separated from the Christian Reformed Church in North America (CRC) when it started to allow women's ordination.{{cite web|url =http://www.reformiert-online.net/adressen/detail.php?id=112195&lg=eng| title=Christian Presbyterian Church|website=Reformiert Online|date = March 5, 2004|accessdate = January 21, 2022 }}{{cite web|url=https://www.yumpu.com/en/document/read/47770908/toward-a-classification-system-of-religious-groups-proladescom| title = Toward a Classification System of Religion Groups in The Americas by Major Traditions and Family Tipes|author=Clifton L. Holland|page=35|date=December 26, 2007|accessdate = January 21, 2022 }}
In 1995, the founding pastor returned to South Korea, the denomination ceased to exist, and most of its churches merged into the Presbyterian Church in America.
Meanwhile, part of their churches formed the Korean Evangelical Presbyterian Church in America in 1997.
History
In the 1990s, the Christian Reformed Church in North America (CRC) began to allow women's ordination. Such doctrinal change led to the formation of dissenting denominations. In 1991, a group of churches whose members were mostly of Korean ethnicity, under the leadership of Rev. Dr. John E. Kim, split off from CRC and formed the Christian Presbyterian Church.{{cite web|url=http://www.swierenga.com/BurnWoodenShoesOrigPaper.html#_edn3 | title = Burn the wooden shoes:Modernity and Division in the Christian Reformed Church in North America|author=Robert P. Swierenga|date=January 1, 2001|accessdate = January 21, 2022 }} In 1993, the first synod was held of the denomination, which at the time consisted of 20 churches and 6,000 members.{{cite web|url=https://www.tampabay.com/archive/1993/08/14/many-koreans-leave-christian-reformed-form-new-church/| title = Many Koreans leave Reformed Christians and form new church|author=Gustav Spohn|date=August 14, 1993|accessdate = January 21, 2022 }}
In 1995, the founding pastor returned to South Korea, and the denomination ceased to exist. Consequently, most of their churches were absorbed into the Southwest Korean Presbytery of the Presbyterian Church in America. Other churches formed the Korean Evangelical Presbyterian Church in America in 1997.{{cite web|url=https://www.kepca.org/|title=History of the Korean Evangelical Presbyterian Church in America|accessdate=January 21, 2022|archive-date=January 27, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220127221750/https://www.kepca.org/|url-status=dead}}
Interchurch Relations
In 2005, the Christian Reformed Church in North America welcomed Rev. Joseph Kyung Kim from the IPC as pastor of one of their churches.{{cite web|url=https://www.crcna.org/sites/default/files/2005_acts_0.pdf | title = Minutes of the Synod of the Christian Reformed Church in North America|page=794|date=June 11, 2005|accessdate = January 21, 2022 }}
References
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{{Presbyterian and Reformed denominations in the United States|state=collapsed}}