It was founded by conservative members of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America (PCUSA) who strongly objected to the Modernist theology during the 1930s (see Fundamentalist–Modernist Controversy).
Gereja ini didirikan oleh anggota konservatif Gereja Presbiterian di Amerika Serikat (PCUSA) yang berkeberatan dengan teologi Modernis selama 1930-an (lihat Kontroversi Fundamentalis-Modernis).