Wikipedia's article on the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Reliable for the denomination's formation on 10 June 1983 through the merger of the Presbyterian Church in the United States and the United Presbyterian Church in the United States of America, two bodies divided since 1861 when Southern Presbyterians organized the Presbyterian Church in the Confederate States of America amid the Civil War; for the combined membership of just over three million at the time of the merger; and for the new denomination's 1988 national headquarters in Louisville, Kentucky, replacing the separate New York and Atlanta offices the two predecessor churches had kept. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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AuthorWikipedia contributors
PublisherWikipedia
Publication Year2026
URLhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presbyterian_Church_(U.S.A.)
Source Typereference
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Reliability Tier3
Community-edited reference page, tier 3, on a well-documented twentieth-century denominational merger with a specific date, location and named predecessor bodies that agree with the denomination's own account below. NotesUsed for the 1861 split background, the 1983 merger date and predecessor churches, and the 1988 Louisville headquarters.
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This source names Kentucky directly: "national headquarters in Louisville, Kentucky, replacing the separate New York and Atlanta offices the two predecessor churches had kept."
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This source names New York directly: "Kentucky, replacing the separate New York and Atlanta offices the two predecessor churches had kept."
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