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The Evangelical Presbyterian Church (EPC) is an American church body holding to presbyterian governance and Reformed theology. It is a conservative [ 2 ] Calvinist denomination.
Evangelical Assembly of Presbyterian Churches in America- 73 churches in the USA - formed by churches of Korean and Chinese origin. ECO (Covenant Order of Evangelical Presbyterians) - more than 129,765 members, 320 churches and 500 Pastors (2018) [ 3 ] - Evangelical , Presbyterian [ 4 ] [ 5 ]
The Evangelical Presbyterian Church in England and Wales (EPCEW) (Welsh: Eglwys Bresbyteraidd Efengylaidd yng Nghymru a Lloegr) is a reformed and conservative evangelical Presbyterian denomination based in England and Wales with churches in Germany, Switzerland, and Sweden. Founded in 1996, denominational growth has been steady but the ...
Evangelical Presbyterian Church (established 1956), a denomination that, through a series of mergers, eventually became part of the Presbyterian Church in America Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Evangelical Presbyterian Church .
The acronym "ECO" came from its original denominational name, which was the Evangelical Covenant Order of Presbyterians. [10] Because the nickname stuck, the denomination kept it and repurposed it to represent ECO's three-fold commitment to make disciples of Jesus Christ (Evangelical), connect leaders through accountable relationships and encourage collaboration (Covenant), and commit to a ...
Other, smaller American Presbyterian bodies, such as the Presbyterian Church in America, [136] the Evangelical Presbyterian Church, [137] the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church, [138] the Orthodox Presbyterian Church, [139] and the Communion of Reformed Evangelical Churches [140] condemn same-sex sexual behavior as incompatible with ...
The PCA is generally less theologically conservative than the Orthodox Presbyterian Church (OPC, founded in 1936), but more conservative than the Evangelical Presbyterian Church (EPC, founded in 1981) and the Covenant Order of Evangelical Presbyterians (ECO, founded in 2012), though the differences can vary from presbytery to presbytery and ...
Following the removal of the bar on homosexual clergy in the PC (U.S.A.) on the denominational level in 2010, many churches left the denomination, joining either the Evangelical Presbyterian Church and or the Evangelical Covenant Order of Presbyterians, which became its own denomination in 2012.