Presbyterianism

context: Presbyterianism is a part of the Reformed tradition within Protestantism which traces its origins to the British Isles. Presbyterian churches derive their name from the presbyterian form of church government, which is governed by representative assemblies of elders. Many Reformed churches are organized this way, but the word "Presbyterian," when capitalized, is often applied uniquely to the churches that trace their roots to the Scottish and English churches that bore that name and English political groups that formed during the English Civil War. Presbyterian theology typically emphasizes the sovereignty of God, the authority of the Scriptures, and the necessity of grace through faith in Christ. Presbyterian church government was ensured in Scotland by the Acts of Union in 1707 which created the kingdom of Great Britain. In fact, most Presbyterians found in England can trace a Scottish connection, and the Presbyterian denomination was also taken to North America mostly by Scots and Scots-Irish immigrants. The Presbyterian denominations in Scotland hold to the theology of John Calvin and his immediate successors, although there are a range of theological views within contemporary Presbyterianism. Local congregations of churches which use presbyterian polity are governed by sessions made up of representatives of the congregation (elders); a conciliar approach which is found at other levels of decision-making (presbytery, synod and general assembly).
qas: answers: text: British Isles
question: Where can you trace back the origins of Presbyterianism back to?

answers: text: sovereignty of God
question: What does the Presbyterian church typically emphasize?

answers: text: Great Britain
question: Which act created the kingdom of Great Britain?

context: The roots of Presbyterianism lie in the European Reformation of the 16th century; the example of John Calvin's Geneva being particularly influential. Most Reformed churches which trace their history back to Scotland are either presbyterian or congregationalist in government. In the twentieth century, some Presbyterians played an important role in the ecumenical movement, including the World Council of Churches. Many Presbyterian denominations have found ways of working together with other Reformed denominations and Christians of other traditions, especially in the World Communion of Reformed Churches. Some Presbyterian churches have entered into unions with other churches, such as Congregationalists, Lutherans, Anglicans, and Methodists. Presbyterians in the United States came largely from Scotch-Irish immigrants communities, and also from New England Yankee communities that had originally been Congregational but changed because of an agreed-upon "Plan of Union of 1801" for frontier areas.
qas: answers: text: Scotland
question: Where do most presbyterian churches trace their history back to?

answers: text: 16th century
question: When did the reformation during the roots of Presbyterianism take place?

answers: text: Congregationalists, Lutherans, Anglicans, and Methodists
question: Which group did Presbyterian churches union with?

context: Presbyterian history is part of the history of Christianity, but the beginning of Presbyterianism as a distinct movement occurred during the 16th-century Protestant Reformation. As the Catholic Church resisted the reformers, several different theological movements splintered from the Church and bore different denominations. Presbyterianism was especially influenced by the French theologian John Calvin, who is credited with the development of Reformed theology, and the work of John Knox, a Scotsman who studied with Calvin in Geneva, Switzerland and brought his teachings back to Scotland. The Presbyterian church traces its ancestry back primarily to England and Scotland. In August 1560 the Parliament of Scotland adopted the Scots Confession as the creed of the Scottish Kingdom. In December 1560, the First Book of Discipline was published, outlining important doctrinal issues but also establishing regulations for church government, including the creation of ten ecclesiastical districts with appointed superintendents which later became known as presbyteries.
qas: answers: text: Christianity
question: What other religion has history as being part of Presbyterian?

answers: text: John Calvin
question: Which frenchman greatly influenced Presbyterianism?

answers: text: 1560
question: In what year did the parliament of Scotland adopt the Scots Confession?

answers: text: First Book of Discipline
question: Which book was touted for establishing regulations for church and government?

context: Presbyterians distinguish themselves from other denominations by doctrine, institutional organization (or "church order") and worship; often using a "Book of Order" to regulate common practice and order. The origins of the Presbyterian churches are in Calvinism. Many branches of Presbyterianism are remnants of previous splits from larger groups. Some of the splits have been due to doctrinal controversy, while some have been caused by disagreement concerning the degree to which those ordained to church office should be required to agree with the Westminster Confession of Faith, which historically serves as an important confessional document – second only to the Bible, yet directing particularities in the standardization and translation of the Bible – in Presbyterian churches.
qas: answers: text: Book of Order
question: What term described the method used to regulate common practice and or order?

answers: text: Westminster Confession of Faith
question: Which document is an important confessional document second only to the Bible?

answers: text: Calvinism
question: What other name is used when referring to the origins of the Presbyterian Church?

context: Presbyterians place great importance upon education and lifelong learning. Continuous study of the scriptures, theological writings, and understanding and interpretation of church doctrine are embodied in several statements of faith and catechisms formally adopted by various branches of the church, often referred to as "subordinate standards". It is generally considered that the point of such learning is to enable one to put one's faith into practice; some Presbyterians generally exhibit their faith in action as well as words, by generosity, hospitality, as well as proclaiming the gospel of Christ.
qas: answers: text: education and lifelong learning
question: What do Presbyterians put importance into?

answers: text: scriptures, theological writings, and understanding and interpretation of church doctrine
question: What do their studies consist of?

answers: text: by generosity, hospitality, as well as proclaiming the gospel of Christ.
question: How do Presbyterians exhibit their faith?

context: Presbyterian government is by councils (known as courts) of elders. Teaching and ruling elders are ordained and convene in the lowest council known as a session or consistory responsible for the discipline, nurture, and mission of the local congregation. Teaching elders (pastors) have responsibility for teaching, worship, and performing sacraments. Pastors are called by individual congregations. A congregation issues a call for the pastor's service, but this call must be ratified by the local presbytery.
qas: answers: text: councils (known as courts) of elders
question: What is the Presbyterian government known as?

answers: text: teaching, worship, and performing sacraments
question: What are the responsibilities of the elder pastors?

answers: text: local presbytery
question: When the congregation issues a call for service by a pastor, who has to ratify it?

context: Ruling elders are usually laymen (and laywomen in some denominations) who are elected by the congregation and ordained to serve with the teaching elders, assuming responsibility for nurture and leadership of the congregation. Often, especially in larger congregations, the elders delegate the practicalities of buildings, finance, and temporal ministry to the needy in the congregation to a distinct group of officers (sometimes called deacons, which are ordained in some denominations). This group may variously be known as a "Deacon Board", "Board of Deacons" "Diaconate", or "Deacons' Court". These are sometimes known as "presbyters" to the full congregation.
qas: answers: text: the congregation
question: Who elects the ruling elders?

answers: text: practicalities of buildings, finance, and temporal ministry
question: In very large congregations, what do the elders delegate?

answers: text: deacons
question: There's a group of officers in the congregation, what other names are they also known by?

context: Above the sessions exist presbyteries, which have area responsibilities. These are composed of teaching elders and ruling elders from each of the constituent congregations. The presbytery sends representatives to a broader regional or national assembly, generally known as the General Assembly, although an intermediate level of a synod sometimes exists. This congregation / presbytery / synod / general assembly schema is based on the historical structure of the larger Presbyterian churches, such as the Church of Scotland or the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.); some bodies, such as the Presbyterian Church in America and the Presbyterian Church in Ireland, skip one of the steps between congregation and General Assembly, and usually the step skipped is the Synod. The Church of Scotland has now abolished the Synod.[citation needed]
qas: answers: text: presbyteries
question: Which group from the Presbyterian church in rank is above sessions?

answers: text: area responsibilities
question: What responsibilities so Presbyterians have?

answers: text: teaching elders and ruling elders
question: What are the area of responsibilities made up of?

answers: text: Synod
question: In the American and Ireland Presbyterian church, which step is generally skipped?

answers: text: Synod
question: Which step was recently abolished by Scotland?

context: Presbyterianism is historically a confessional tradition. This has two implications. The obvious one is that confessional churches express their faith in the form of "confessions of faith," which have some level of authoritative status. However this is based on a more subtle point: In confessional churches, theology is not solely an individual matter. While individuals are encouraged to understand Scripture, and may challenge the current institutional understanding, theology is carried out by the community as a whole. It is this community understanding of theology that is expressed in confessions.
qas: answers: text: confessional tradition
question: Presbyterianism is based on this type of tradition, what is it?

answers: text: confessions of faith
question: Confessional churches express this form of confession, what is it named?

answers: text: theology
question: What is not a sole matter individually in a confessional church?

answers: text: by the community as a whole
question: How is theology carried out in a confessional church?

context: Some Presbyterian traditions adopt only the Westminster Confession of Faith as the doctrinal standard to which teaching elders are required to subscribe, in contrast to the Larger and Shorter catechisms, which are approved for use in instruction. Many Presbyterian denominations, especially in North America, have adopted all of the Westminster Standards as their standard of doctrine which is subordinate to the Bible. These documents are Calvinistic in their doctrinal orientation. The Presbyterian Church in Canada retains the Westminster Confession of Faith in its original form, while admitting the historical period in which it was written should be understood when it is read.
qas: answers: text: Westminster Confession of Faith
question: What traditions do some Presbyterian churches only adopt as their doctrinal standard?

answers: text: Westminster Standards
question: Many Presbyterian churches in America have adopted this doctrine as their standard, what is it?

answers: text: Westminster Confession of Faith
question: The Presbyterian church in Canada has retains which Doctrine in its original form?

context: The Westminster Confession is "The principal subordinate standard of the Church of Scotland" but "with due regard to liberty of opinion in points which do not enter into the substance of the Faith" (V). This formulation represents many years of struggle over the extent to which the confession reflects the Word of God and the struggle of conscience of those who came to believe it did not fully do so (e.g. William Robertson Smith). Some Presbyterian Churches, such as the Free Church of Scotland, have no such "conscience clause".
qas: answers: text: The Westminster Confession
question: To the church of Scotland, what is the sub standard doctrine?

answers: text: William Robertson Smith
question: Who was one person who did not fully believe the struggle of conscience?

answers: text: conscience clause
question: The Free Church in Scotland  has something in place that only a few churches have implemented, what is it called?

context: The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) has adopted the Book of Confessions, which reflects the inclusion of other Reformed confessions in addition to the Westminster Standards. These other documents include ancient creedal statements (the Nicene Creed, the Apostles' Creed), 16th-century Reformed confessions (the Scots Confession, the Heidelberg Catechism, the Second Helvetic Confession), and 20th century documents (The Theological Declaration of Barmen, Confession of 1967 and A Brief Statement of Faith).
qas: answers: text: Book of Confessions
question: Which book has the Presbyterian church of America adopted?

answers: text: Westminster Standards
question: The Book of Confessions reflects the inclusion of another confession, what is it called?

answers: text: the Nicene Creed, the Apostles' Creed
question: Which statements did these other documents include from the Westminster Standards?

answers: text: 1967
question: I what year was the The Theological Declaration of Barmen document created?

context: Presbyterian denominations that trace their heritage to the British Isles usually organise their church services inspired by the principles in the Directory of Public Worship, developed by the Westminster Assembly in the 1640s. This directory documented Reformed worship practices and theology adopted and developed over the preceding century by British Puritans, initially guided by John Calvin and John Knox. It was enacted as law by the Scottish Parliament, and became one of the foundational documents of Presbyterian church legislation elsewhere.
qas: answers: text: Directory of Public Worship
question: The Presbyterian denominations from the British Isles were inspired by these principles in what document?

answers: text: 1640s
question: When was the Directory of Public Worship developed?

answers: text: Scottish Parliament
question: Which government enacted the Directory of Public Worship teachings into law?

context: Over subsequent centuries, many Presbyterian churches modified these prescriptions by introducing hymnody, instrumental accompaniment, and ceremonial vestments into worship. However, there is not one fixed "Presbyterian" worship style. Although there are set services for the "Lord's Day", one can find a service to be evangelical and even revivalist in tone (especially in some conservative denominations), or strongly liturgical, approximating the practices of Lutheranism or Anglicanism (especially where Scottish tradition is esteemed),[clarification needed] or semi-formal, allowing for a balance of hymns, preaching, and congregational participation (favored by probably most American Presbyterians). Most Presbyterian churches follow the traditional liturgical year and observe the traditional holidays, holy seasons, such as Advent, Christmas, Ash Wednesday, Holy Week, Easter, Pentecost, etc. They also make use of the appropriate seasonal liturgical colors, etc. Many, incorporate ancient liturgical prayers and responses into the communion services and follow a daily, seasonal, and festival lectionary. Other Presbyterians, however, such as the Reformed Presbyterians, would practice a cappella exclusive psalmody, as well as eschew the celebration of holy days.
qas: answers: text: hymnody, instrumental accompaniment, and ceremonial vestments
question: What did many Presbyterian churches introduce as a result of modifying prescriptions? 

answers: text: hymns, preaching, and congregational participation
question: What is favored by most American Presbyterian churches that is semi-formal service for the "lords Day"?

answers: text: cappella exclusive psalmody
question: What do reformed Presbyterians practice?

context: Among the paleo-orthodox and emerging church movements in Protestant and evangelical churches, in which some Presbyterians are involved, clergy are moving away from the traditional black Geneva gown to such vestments as the alb and chasuble, but also cassock and surplice (typically a full length Old English style surplice which resembles the Celtic alb, an ungirdled liturgical tunic of the old Gallican Rite), which some, particularly those identifying with the Liturgical Renewal Movement, hold to be more ancient and representative of a more ecumenical past.
qas: answers: text: black Geneva gown
question: Among the emerging Protestant and Evangelical churches what are clergy moving away from?

answers: text: full length Old English style surplice
question: A Cassock and Surplice typically consisted of?

answers: text: Liturgical Renewal Movement
question: Which movement was representative of the ecumenical past?

context: Early Presbyterians were careful to distinguish between the "church," which referred the members, and the "meeting house," which was the building in which the church met. Until the late 19th century, very few Presbyterians ever referred to their buildings as "churches." Presbyterians believed that meeting-houses (now called churches) are buildings to support the worship of God. The decor in some instances was austere so as not to detract from worship. Early Presbyterian meeting-houses were extremely plain. No stained glass, no elaborate furnishings, and no images were to be found in the meeting-house. The pulpit, often raised so as only to be accessible by a staircase, was the centerpiece of the building.
qas: answers: text: the members
question: Presbyterians had to distinguished between "Church" and "Meeting house" What was "Church" referring too?

answers: text: building
question: What did "Meeting house" refer to?

answers: text: meeting house
question: What were churches called before the 19th century?

answers: text: No stained glass, no elaborate furnishings, and no images
question: Early churches were extremely plain, what did most churches not have in them?

context: Usually a Presbyterian church will not have statues of saints, nor the ornate altar more typical of a Roman Catholic church. Instead, one will find a "communion table," usually on the same level as the congregation. There may be a rail between the communion table and the "Chancel" behind it, which may contain a more decorative altar-type table, choir loft, or choir stalls, lectern and clergy area. The altar is called the communion table and the altar area is called the Chancel by Presbyterians. In a Presbyterian (Reformed Church) there may be an altar cross, either on the communion table or on a table in the chancel. By using the "empty" cross, or cross of the resurrection, Presbyterians emphasize the resurrection and that Christ is not continually dying, but died once and is alive for all eternity. Some Presbyterian church buildings are often decorated with a cross that has a circle around the center, or Celtic cross. This not only emphasized the resurrection, but also acknowledges historical aspects of Presbyterianism. A baptismal font will be located either at the entrance or near the chancel area. Presbyterian architecture generally makes significant use of symbolism. You may also find decorative and ornate stained glass windows depicting scenes from the bible. Some Presbyterian churches will also have ornate statues of Christ or Graven Scenes from the Last Supper located behind the Chancel. St. Giles Cathedral ( Church Of Scotland- The Mother Church of Presbyterians) does have a Crucifix next to one of the Pulpits that hangs alongside. The image of Christ is more of faint image and more modern design.
qas: answers: text: communion table
question: What did Presbyterian churches have in them?

answers: text: communion table
question: What is the alter called in the Presbyterian church?

answers: text: Chancel
question: What is the alter area refered to as in the Presbyterian church?

answers: text: Celtic cross
question: What is a decorated cross called in a Presbyterian church?

answers: text: the resurrection
question: What did the Celtic Cross represent?

context: John Knox (1505–1572), a Scot who had spent time studying under Calvin in Geneva, returned to Scotland and urged his countrymen to reform the Church in line with Calvinist doctrines. After a period of religious convulsion and political conflict culminating in a victory for the Protestant party at the Siege of Leith the authority of the Church of Rome was abolished in favour of Reformation by the legislation of the Scottish Reformation Parliament in 1560. The Church was eventually organised by Andrew Melville along Presbyterian lines to become the national Church of Scotland. King James VI and I moved the Church of Scotland towards an episcopal form of government, and in 1637, James' successor, Charles I and William Laud, the Archbishop of Canterbury, attempted to force the Church of Scotland to use the Book of Common Prayer. What resulted was an armed insurrection, with many Scots signing the Solemn League and Covenant. The Covenanters would serve as the government of Scotland for nearly a decade, and would also send military support to the Parliamentarians during the English Civil War. Following the restoration of the monarchy in 1660, Charles II, despite the initial support that he received from the Covenanters, reinstated an episcopal form of government on the church.
qas: answers: text: 1572
question: What year did John Knox past away?

answers: text: to reform the Church in line with Calvinist doctrines
question: What did John Knox do when he returned to Scotland after studying under Calvin?

answers: text: Andrew Melville
question: The church of Scotland was organized by this person, whats his name?

answers: text: 1660
question: In what year was the Government of church reinstated? 

context: However, with the Glorious Revolution of 1688 the Church of Scotland was finally unequivocally recognised as a Presbyterian institution by the monarch due to Scottish Presbyterian support for the aforementioned revolution and the Acts of Union 1707 between Scotland and England guaranteed the Church of Scotland's form of government. However, legislation by the United Kingdom parliament allowing patronage led to splits in the Church. In 1733, a group of ministers seceded from the Church of Scotland to form the Associate Presbytery, another group seceded in 1761 to form the Relief Church and the Disruption of 1843 led to the formation of the Free Church of Scotland. Further splits took place, especially over theological issues, but most Presbyterians in Scotland were reunited by 1929 union of the established Church of Scotland and the United Free Church of Scotland.
qas: answers: text: 1688
question: In what year was the Church of Scotland recognized as a Presbyterian institution by the moncarh?

answers: text: Associate Presbytery
question: Which group was formed when ministries seceded from The Church of Scotland in 1733?

answers: text: 1929
question: What year were most Presbyterians in Scotland reunited?

answers: text: Church of Scotland and the United Free Church of Scotland
question: Which two groups were involved in the reuniting of Scotland's Presbyterian churches?

context: In England, Presbyterianism was established in secret in 1592. Thomas Cartwright is thought to be the first Presbyterian in England. Cartwright's controversial lectures at Cambridge University condemning the episcopal hierarchy of the Elizabethan Church led to his deprivation of his post by Archbishop John Whitgift and his emigration abroad. Between 1645 and 1648, a series of ordinances of the Long Parliament established Presbyterianism as the polity of the Church of England. Presbyterian government was established in London and Lancashire and in a few other places in England, although Presbyterian hostility to the execution of Charles I and the establishment of the republican Commonwealth of England meant that Parliament never enforced the Presbyterian system in England. The re-establishment of the monarchy in 1660 brought the return of Episcopal church government in England (and in Scotland for a short time); but the Presbyterian church in England continued in Non-Conformity, outside of the established church. In 1719 a major split, the Salter's Hall controversy, occurred; with the majority siding with nontrinitarian views. Thomas Bradbury published several sermons bearing on the controversy, and in 1719, "An answer to the reproaches cast on the dissenting ministers who subscribed their belief of the Eternal Trinity.". By the 18th century many English Presbyterian congregations had become Unitarian in doctrine.
qas: answers: text: 1592
question: In what year was the Presbyterianism church formed in England?

answers: text: Thomas Cartwright
question: Who was the first known Presbyterian in England?

answers: text: 1645 and 1648
question: Between what years were the ordinances enacted Presbyterianism as the polity of the Church of England?

answers: text: 1719
question: In what year did Salter's Hall controversy, occur that would lead to a split?

answers: text: 18th century
question: When did the result in English Presbyterian congregations becomingUnitarian in doctrine?

context: A number of new Presbyterian Churches were founded by Scottish immigrants to England in the 19th century and later. Following the 'Disruption' in 1843 many of those linked to the Church of Scotland eventually joined what became the Presbyterian Church of England in 1876. Some, that is Crown Court (Covent Garden, London), St Andrew's (Stepney, London) and Swallow Street (London), did not join the English denomination, which is why there are Church of Scotland congregations in England such as those at Crown Court, and St Columba's, Pont Street (Knightsbridge) in London. There is also a congregation in the heart of London's financial district called London City Presbyterian Church that is also affiliated with Free Church of Scotland.
qas: answers: text: 19th century
question: When was the earliest Presbyterian churches founded by Scotland in England?

answers: text: 1843
question: In what year during the Presbyterian movement in England was referred to as the "Disruption"?

context: In 1972, the Presbyterian Church of England (PCofE) united with the Congregational Church in England and Wales to form the United Reformed Church (URC). Among the congregations the PCofE brought to the URC were Tunley (Lancashire), Aston Tirrold (Oxfordshire) and John Knox Presbyterian Church, Stepney, London (now part of Stepney Meeting House URC) – these are among the sole survivors today of the English Presbyterian churches of the 17th century. The URC also has a presence in Scotland, mostly of former Congregationalist Churches. Two former Presbyterian congregations, St Columba's, Cambridge (founded in 1879), and St Columba's, Oxford (founded as a chaplaincy by the PCofE and the Church of Scotland in 1908 and as a congregation of the PCofE in 1929), continue as congregations of the URC and university chaplaincies of the Church of Scotland.
qas: answers: text: 1972
question: In what year did the Church of England and the Congregational Church in England  and Waled unite?

answers: text: St Columba's, Cambridge (founded in 1879), and St Columba's, Oxford
question: What are the two former Presbyterian congregations in England?

answers: text: United Reformed Church
question: What was the name of the group that was created whenPresbyterian Church of England (PCofE) united with the Congregational Church in England and Wales were united?

context: Presbyterianism is the largest Protestant denomination in Northern Ireland and the second largest on the island of Ireland (after the Anglican Church of Ireland),[citation needed] and was brought by Scottish plantation settlers to Ulster who had been strongly encouraged to emigrate by James VI of Scotland, later James I of England. An estimated 100,000 Scottish Presbyterians moved to the northern counties of Ireland between 1607 and the Battle of the Boyne in 1690.[citation needed] The Presbytery of Ulster was formed in 1642 separately from the established Anglican Church. Presbyterians, along with Roman Catholics in Ulster and the rest of Ireland, suffered under the discriminatory Penal Laws until they were revoked in the early 19th century. Presbyterianism is represented in Ireland by the Presbyterian Church in Ireland, the Free Presbyterian Church of Ulster, the Non-subscribing Presbyterian Church of Ireland, the Reformed Presbyterian Church of Ireland and the Evangelical Presbyterian Church.
qas: answers: text: Presbyterianism
question: What is the largest Protestant denomination in Northern Ireland?

answers: text: Anglican Church of Ireland
question: What is the largest denomination of the entire Ireland Island?

answers: text: 100,000
question: How many Scottie Presbyterians moved to the northern counties in Ireland?

answers: text: 1642
question: When was he Presbytery of Ulster formed?

context: Presbyterianism first officially arrived in Colonial America in 1703 with the establishment of the first Presbytery in Philadelphia. In time, the presbytery would be joined by two more to form a synod (1717) and would eventually evolve into the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America in 1789. The nation's largest Presbyterian denomination, the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) – PC (USA) – can trace their heritage back to the original PCUSA, as can the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA), the Orthodox Presbyterian Church (OPC), the Bible Presbyterian Church (BPC), the Cumberland Presbyterian Church (CPC), the Cumberland Presbyterian Church in America the Evangelical Presbyterian Church (EPC) and the Evangelical Covenant Order of Presbyterians (ECO).
qas: answers: text: 1703
question: When did Presbyterianism arrive in America?

answers: text: Philadelphia
question: In what city was the first Presbytery formed?

answers: text: 1789
question: In what year would the original churches evolve into the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America?

answers: text: the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)
question: What is the name of the largest denomination of the Presbyterian Church in America?

context: Other Presbyterian bodies in the United States include the Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America (RPCNA), the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church (ARP), the Reformed Presbyterian Church in the United States (RPCUS), the Reformed Presbyterian Church General Assembly, the Reformed Presbyterian Church – Hanover Presbytery, the Covenant Presbyterian Church, the Presbyterian Reformed Church, the Westminster Presbyterian Church in the United States, the Korean American Presbyterian Church, and the Free Presbyterian Church of North America.
qas: answers: text: Presbyterian Church of North America (RPCNA), the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church (ARP), the Reformed Presbyterian Church in the United States (RPCUS)
question: What is the name of the first three listed reformed Presbyterian Church's in the United States?

answers: text: Korean American Presbyterian Church
question: What is the name of the Asian Presbyterian Church in the United States?

answers: text: Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church
question: What is the full name of this American Presbyterian church under this abbreviation (ARP)?

context: In the late 1800s, Presbyterian missionaries established a presence in what is now northern New Mexico. This provided an alternative to the Catholicism, which was brought to the area by the Spanish Conquistadors and had remained unchanged. The area experienced a "mini" reformation, in that many converts were made to Presbyterianism, prompting persecution. In some cases, the converts left towns and villages to establish their own neighboring villages. The arrival of the United States to the area prompted the Catholic church to modernize and make efforts at winning the converts back, many of which did return. However, there are still stalwart Presbyterians and Presbyterian churches in the area.
qas: answers: text: 1800s
question: Around when did Presbyterian missionaries arrived in New Mexico?

answers: text: Catholicism
question: The established Presbyterian church in New Mexico provided an alternative to which religion?

answers: text: Spanish Conquistadors
question: Who brought Catholicism into New Mexico?

context: In Canada, the largest Presbyterian denomination – and indeed the largest Protestant denomination – was the Presbyterian Church in Canada, formed in 1875 with the merger of four regional groups. In 1925, the United Church of Canada was formed by the majority of Presbyterians combining with the Methodist Church, Canada, and the Congregational Union of Canada. A sizable minority of Canadian Presbyterians, primarily in southern Ontario but also throughout the entire nation, withdrew, and reconstituted themselves as a non-concurring continuing Presbyterian body. They regained use of the original name in 1939.
qas: answers: text: Presbyterian Church in Canada
question: What is the largest Presbyterian church denomination in Canada?

answers: text: 1925
question: In what year was the United Church of Canada formed?

answers: text: 1875
question: When was the Presbyterian Church in Canada formed?

context: The biggest Presbyterian church is the National Presbyterian Church in Mexico (Iglesia Nacional Presbiteriana de México), which has around 2,500,000 members and associates and 3000 congregations, but there are other small denominations like the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church in Mexico which was founded in 1875 by the Associate Reformed Church in North America. The Independent Presbyterian Church and the Presbyterian Reformed Church in Mexico, the National Conservative Presbyterian Church in Mexico are existing churches in the Reformed tradition.
qas: answers: text: National Presbyterian Church in Mexico (Iglesia Nacional Presbiteriana de México)
question: What is the name of the largest Presbyterian church in Mexico?

answers: text: 2,500,000
question: How many members are in the National Presbyterian Church in Mexico?

answers: text: 1875
question: When was the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church in Mexico formed?

context: In Brazil, the Presbyterian Church of Brazil (Igreja Presbiteriana do Brasil) totals approximately 1,011,300 members; other Presbyterian churches (Independents, United, Conservatives, Renovated, etc.) in this nation have around 350,000 members. The Renewed Presbyterian Church in Brazil was influenced by the charismatic movement and has about 131 000 members as of 2011. The Conservative Presbyterian Church was founded in 1940 and has eight presbyteries. The Fundamentalist Presbyterian church in Brazil was influenced by Karl McIntosh and the Bible Presbyterian church USA and has around 1 800 members. The Independent Presbyterian Church in Brasil was founded in 1903 by pastor Pereira, has 500 congregations and 75 000 members. The United Presbyterian Church in Brazil has around 4 000 members. There are also ethnic Korean Presbyterian churches in the country. The Evangelical Reformed Church in Brazil has Dutch origin. The Reformed Churches in Brazil were recently founded by the Canadian Reformed Churches with the Reformed Church in the Netherlands (liberated).
qas: answers: text: 1,011,300
question: How many members are in the Presbyterian Church of Brazil?

answers: text: 131 000
question: As of 2011, how many members were in The Renewed Presbyterian Church in Brazil?

answers: text: 1940
question: When was Conservative Presbyterian Church formed?

answers: text: The Evangelical Reformed Church in Brazil
question: What is the name of the Presbyterian church in Brazil with Dutch origins?

context: African Presbyterian churches often incorporate diaconal ministries, including social services, emergency relief, and the operation of mission hospitals. A number of partnerships exist between presbyteries in Africa and the PC(USA), including specific connections with Lesotho, Malawi, South Africa, Ghana and Zambia. For example, the Lackawanna Presbytery, located in Northeastern Pennsylvania, has a partnership with a presbytery in Ghana. Also the Southminster Presbyterian Church, located near Pittsburgh, has partnerships with churches in Malawi and Kenya. The Presbyterian Church of Nigeria, western Africa is also healthy and strong in mostly the southern states of this nation, strong density in the south-eastern states of this country. Beginning from Cross River state, the nearby coastal states, Rivers state, Lagos state to Ebonyi and Abia States. The missionary expedition of Mary Slessor and Hope Waddel and their group in the mid 18th century in this coastal regions of the ten British colony has brought about the beginning and the flourishing of this church in these areas.
qas: answers: text: social services, emergency relief, and the operation of mission hospitals
question: Which  services to most African Presbyterian churches offer?

answers: text: Malawi and Kenya
question: The Southminster Presbyterian Church in Pittsburg has partnerships with churches in which two countries?

answers: text: Mary Slessor and Hope Waddel
question: Which two missionaries help bring Presbyterian churches in the south eastern states?

context: The Reformed Presbyterian Church in Malawi has 150 congregations and 17 000–20 000 members. It was a mission of the Free Presbyterian church of Scotland. The Restored Reformed Church works with RPCM. Evangelical Presbyterian Church in Malawi is an existing small church. Part of the Presbyterian Church in Malawi and Zambia is known as CCAP, Church of Central Africa-Presbyterian. Often the churches there have one main congregation and a number of Prayer Houses develop. education, health ministries as well as worship and spiritual development are important.
qas: answers: text: 17 000–20 000 members
question: The Reformed Presbyterian Church in Malawi has a range of members between what amounts?

answers: text: Church of Central Africa-Presbyterian
question: Which church is affiliated with the Evangelical Presbyterian Church in Malawi?

answers: text: education, health ministries as well as worship
question: The Church of Central Africa-Presbyterian often offers what services?

context: Most of the Korean Presbyterian denominations share the same name in Korean, 대한예수교장로회 (literally means the Presbyterian Church of Korea or PCK), tracing its roots to the United Presbyterian Assembly before its long history of disputes and schisms. The Presbyterian schism began with the controversy in relation to the Japanese shrine worship enforced during the Japanese colonial period and the establishment of a minor division (Koryu-pa, 고려파, later The Koshin Presbyterian Church in Korea, Koshin 고신) in 1952. And in 1953 the second schism happened when the theological orientation of the Chosun Seminary (later Hanshin University) founded in 1947 could not be tolerated in the PCK and another minor group (The Presbyterian Church in the Republic of Korea, Kijang, 기장) was separated. The last major schism had to do with the issue of whether the PCK should join the WCC. The controversy divided the PCK into two denominations, The Presbyterian Church of Korea (Tonghap, 통합) and The General Assembly of Presbyterian Church in Korea (Hapdong, 합동) in 1959. All major seminaries associated with each denomination claim heritage from the Pyung Yang Theological Seminary, therefore, not only Presbyterian University and Theological Seminary and Chongsin University which are related to PCK but also Hanshin University of PROK all celebrated the 100th class in 2007, 100 years from the first graduates of Pyung Yang Theological Seminary.
qas: answers: text: Presbyterian Church of Korea
question: Most of the churches in Korea carry the same name, what is it?

answers: text: 1953
question: What year did the second schism take place?

answers: text: whether the PCK should join the WCC
question: What was the main reason for the latest schism?

answers: text: 1947
question: What year was the Chosun Seminary founded?

answers: text: 2007
question: In what year did the Korean church celebrate the 100th class?

context: Korean Presbyterian denominations are active in evangelism and many of its missionaries are being sent overseas, being the second biggest missionary sender in the world after the United States. GSM, the missionary body of the "Hapdong" General Assembly of Presbyterian Churches of Korea, is the single largest Presbyterian missionary organization in Korea. In addition there are many Korean-American Presbyterians in the United States, either with their own church sites or sharing space in pre-existing churches as is the case in Australia, New Zealand and even Muslim countries such as Saudi Arabia with Korean immigration.
qas: answers: text: United States
question: Korean Presbyterian missionaries being sent over seas are second in numbers to only which other country?

answers: text: General Assembly of Presbyterian Churches of Korea
question: What is the name of the largest Presbyterian missionary organization in Korea?

answers: text: Saudi Arabia
question: Which muslim country does Korea have a Presbyterian church in?

context: The Presbyterian Church in Taiwan (PCT) is by far the largest Protestant denomination in Taiwan, with some 238,372 members as of 2009 (including a majority of the island's aborigines). English Presbyterian missionary James Laidlaw Maxwell established the first Presbyterian church in Tainan in 1865. His colleague George Leslie Mackay, of the Canadian Presbyterian Mission, was active in Danshui and north Taiwan from 1872 to 1901; he founded the island's first university and hospital, and created a written script for Taiwanese Minnan. The English and Canadian missions joined together as the PCT in 1912. One of the few churches permitted to operate in Taiwan through the era of Japanese rule (1895–1945), the PCT experienced rapid growth during the era of Guomindang-imposed martial law (1949–1987), in part due to its support for democracy, human rights, and Taiwan independence. Former ROC president Lee Teng-hui (in office 1988–2000) is a Presbyterian.
qas: answers: text: The Presbyterian Church
question: What is the name of the largest Presbyterian church in Taiwan?

answers: text: 238,372
question: How many members make up The Presbyterian Church denomination?

answers: text: James Laidlaw Maxwell
question: Who was the first person to bring Presbyterianism into Taiwan?

answers: text: era of Guomindang
question: In what era did The Presbyterian Church in Taiwan experience a large growth in members?

context: In the mainly Christian Indian state of Mizoram, the Presbyterian denomination is the largest denomination; it was brought to the region with missionaries from Wales in 1894. Prior to Mizoram, the Welsh Presbyterians (missionaries) started venturing into the north-east of India through the Khasi Hills (presently located within the state of Meghalaya in India) and established Presbyterian churches all over the Khasi Hills from the 1840s onwards. Hence there is a strong presence of Presbyterians in Shillong (the present capital of Meghalaya) and the areas adjoining it. The Welsh missionaries built their first church in Sohra (aka Cherrapunji) in 1846. Presbyterians participated in the mergers that resulted in the Church of North India and the Church of South India.Sohra
qas: answers: text: 1894
question: What year was the largest Presbyterian denomination brought to Mizoram?

answers: text: Welsh Presbyterians
question: Before Mizoram, what was the name of the group of  missionaries that  ventured into east india?

answers: text: Sohra
question: Where did the Welsh Presbyterians build there first church?

context: In Australia, Presbyterianism is the fourth largest denomination of Christianity, with nearly 600,000 Australians claiming to be Presbyterian in the 2006 Commonwealth Census. Presbyterian churches were founded in each colony, some with links to the Church of Scotland and others to the Free Church. There were also congregations originating from United Presbyterian Church of Scotland as well as a number founded by John Dunmore Lang. Most of these bodies merged between 1859 and 1870, and in 1901 formed a federal union called the Presbyterian Church of Australia but retaining their state assemblies. The Presbyterian Church of Eastern Australia representing the Free Church of Scotland tradition, and congregations in Victoria of the Reformed Presbyterian Church, originally from Ireland, are the other existing denominations dating from colonial times.
qas: answers: text: 600,000
question: How many members make up the Presbyterian church in Australia?

answers: text: The Presbyterian Church of Eastern Australia
question: Which Australian church follows the traditions of Scotland Presbyterians?

answers: text: 1859 and 1870, and in 1901
question: Most of the churches in Australia merged in which years?

context: In 1977, two thirds of the Presbyterian Church of Australia, along with most of the Congregational Union of Australia and all the Methodist Church of Australasia, combined to form the Uniting Church in Australia. The third who did not unite had various reasons for so acting, often cultural attachment but often conservative theological or social views. The permission for the ordination of women given in 1974 was rescinded in 1991 without affecting the two or three existing woman ministers. The approval of women elders given in the 1960s has been rescinded in all states except New South Wales, which has the largest membership. The theology of the church is now generally conservative and Reformed. A number of small Presbyterian denominations have arisen since the 1950s through migration or schism.
qas: answers: text: 1977
question: In what year did the Presbyterian Church of Australia , the Congregational Union of Australia , and all the Methodist Church of Australasia merge?

answers: text: 1991
question: In what year was ordination of woman ministries recsinded?

answers: text: New South Wales
question: The approval of women elders which was given in 1960 has been rescinded in all of the Australian states except one, which state did not?

context: The Presbyterian Church in Vanuatu is the largest denomination in the country, with approximately one-third of the population of Vanuatu members of the church. The PCV was taken to Vanuatu by missionaries from Scotland. The PCV (Presbyterian Church of Vanuatu) is headed by a moderator with offices in Port Vila. The PCV is particularly strong in the provinces of Tafea, Shefa, and Malampa. The Province of Sanma is mainly Presbyterian with a strong Roman Catholic minority in the Francophone areas of the province. There are some Presbyterian people, but no organised Presbyterian churches in Penama and Torba, both of which are traditionally Anglican. Vanuatu is the only country in the South Pacific with a significant Presbyterian heritage and membership. The PCV is a founding member of the Vanuatu Christian Council (VCC). The PCV runs many primary schools and Onesua secondary school. The church is strong in the rural villages.
qas: answers: text: The Presbyterian Church in Vanuatu
question: What is the name of the largest denomination of Presbyterian church in Vanuatu?

answers: text: Scotland
question: From which country did the Presbyterian Church of Vanuatu originate from?

answers: text: The Presbyterian Church in Vanuatu
question: What is the largest denomination church in Vanuatu?

answers: text: Scotland
question: Missionaries from which country started The Presbyterian Church in Vanuatu?

answers: text: Penama and Torba
question: Which two towns have Presbyterian people, but no churches?