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Northwest Presbyterian Church (NPC) http://www.npc-dublin.org/index.html The Presbyterian Church (USA) is a relatively liberal denomination whose name is often confused with the Presbyterian Church in America, a smaller and more conservative denomination. The only hint in the statement that any difference exists between the two denominations is the passing mention that the PCA is largely comprised of those coming from the "conservative wing of the old Southern Presbyterian Church." While stating that the PCA is "conservative," while the PCUSA is "more diverse," it is quick to add that the PCA and the PCUSA "remain cordial." NPC is affiliated with the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA), http://www.pcanet.org/ whose motto is "Faithful to the Scriptures, True to the Reformed Faith and Obedient to the Great Commission of Jesus Christ." The PCA is a separate denomination from the mainline Presbyterian Church USA, and steadfastly holds to Biblical truth. In December, 1973, delegates from 260 congregations that had left the Presbyterian Church in the United States, gathered at Briarwood Presbyterian Church in Birmingham, Alabama, and organized the National Presbyterian Church, which became the Presbyterian Church in America in 1974. According to PCA's official website, it "separated from the PCUS in opposition to the long-developing theological liberalism which denied the deity of Jesus Christ and the inerrancy and authority of Scripture. Additionally, the PCA held to the traditional position on the role of women in church offices." In 1982, the Reformed Presbyterian Church, Evangelical Synod, joined the Presbyterian Church in America. The Reformed Presbyterian Church, Evangelical Synod, had been formed in 1965 by a merger of the Evangelical Presbyterian Church and the Reformed Presbyterian Church in North America, General Synod. The PCA has made a firm commitment on the doctrinal standards which had been significant in presbyterianism since 1645, namely the Westminster Confession of Faith, the Westminster Shorter Catechism, and the Westminster Larger Catechism. Among the distinctive doctrines of the Westminster Standards and of Reformed tradition is the unique authority of the Bible as the inspired word of God. The Reformers based all of their claims on sola scriptura, Scripture alone is the highest authority. List of my favorite Christian theologians from Presbyterians and similar denominations who hold to Reformed theology. Reformed theology is a theological system based on Calvinism, which also places a heavy emphasis on biblical inerrancy and substitutionary atonement. (Reformed is also the name of a family of denominations, and can be used to designate specifically Presbyterian theology.) James Montgomery Boice Jerry Bridges D. James Kennedy J. I. Packer John Piper R. C. Sproul John Stott Francis Schaeffer