Wikipedia's article on the Presbytery of Philadelphia, community-edited. Reliable for seven ministers, Irish-born and Scottish-educated missionary Francis Makemie among them, organizing the first presbytery in what would become the United States in Philadelphia in spring 1706, with Makemie chosen as moderator; for the presbytery conducting the first Presbyterian ordination in America; and for growth to seventeen Presbyterian ministers by 1716, the same year the original presbytery split into four and a General Synod was created. 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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Publication Year2026
URLhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presbytery_of_Philadelphia
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Community-edited reference page, tier 3, on a specific, well documented institutional founding. Used only for the March 1706 organizing date and Makemie's role as moderator, both stated plainly in the article's own text. NotesUsed for Presbyterianism's 1706 arrival as an organized body in the American colonies.
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