Free Presbyterian Church of North America

The Free Presbyterian Church of North America (FPCNA)

Free Presbyterian Church
is a Presbyterian denomination in the United States and Canada
with mission works in Liberia, Jamaica, Haiti, and Kenya. of North America
Originally consisting of North American congregations under the
auspices of the fundamentalist Free Presbyterian Church of
Ulster, the North American group became a separate
denomination in May 2005.

Origin
Classification Christian
The churches now comprising the FPCNA were previously part
of the Free Presbyterian Church of Ulster, which itself was Orientation Reformed
formed in 1951 in Northern Ireland by the cleric and politician Protestant
Ian Paisley, who remained the FPCU's moderator until 2008. The Polity Presbyterian
North American churches organized as the FPCNA and first
elected their own moderator in 2005. In 2020 the denomination Region North America

consisted of 22 churches in the United States and Canada.[1] Origin 17 May 2005
Toronto,

Beliefs Ontario,
Canada
Branched from Free
Fundamental in Doctrine, believing in the
Presbyterian
divine authority and verbal inspiration of the
Bible, and the great fundamental doctrines Church of
of grace it contains. The Scriptures alone Ulster
are the supreme authority in matters of faith Congregations 22
and practice. The Free Presbyterian
Church uses only the Authorized Version Tertiary institutions Geneva
(KJV) of the Bible. Reformed
Evangelical in Outreach, in obedience to Seminary
the great commission of Christ to "go ye Official website www.fpcna.org
into all the world and preach the Gospel". A
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virile program of Gospel preaching,
missionary endeavour and radio ministry is org/)
actively pursued with the great objective of
leading people of every class, colour and
creed to an experiential knowledge of
Jesus Christ as Saviour and Lord.
Sanctified in Behaviour, encouraging its
members to lead godly lives in obedience
to God’s Word, that will be testimonies of
holiness and righteousness, in a world
increasingly plagued by lowering moral
values.
Presbyterian in Government, being ruled by
elders and deacons chosen from the
 people, by the people, to serve the people. The Fr
for a born-again membership and the ministers, el
genuinely born-again by the Spirit of God and ded
Kingdom of Christ.
Protestant in Conviction, gladly taking its stand alo
leaders of the Protestant Reformation. The twin pi
positive witness for Christ, and a protest against e
defended.
Separatist in Practice, believing and practicing the
separatism. In accordance with this, the Free Pres
association with the modern Ecumenical or Charis
fellowship with any church which has departed fro
the Word of God.[2]

Worship
The Free Presbyterian Church of North America accepts both paedobaptist and credobaptist ministers, not
practicing division or exclusion over "the proper mode and subjects of baptism."[3]

The Free Presbyterian Church of North America practices the ordinance of headcovering for women.[4]

Locations
The Free Presbyterian Church has many churches all over North America, including two in South Carolina,
Arizona, Pennsylvania, and Toronto, Ontario.

Let the Bible Speak

Let the Bible Speak (http://www.ltbs.tv) is the radio ministry of the Free Presbyterian Church, which is
heard on approximately 30 stations around the world. LTBS publishes The Quarterly, an informative and
devotional magazine written by several Free Presbyterian ministers.

Geneva Reformed Seminary

For many years the Free Presbyterian Church of Ulster operated the Whitefield College of the Bible in
Northern Ireland for the training of ministers. In 1982, an extension of this institution commenced in
Greenville, South Carolina, under the leadership of Alan Cairns, who assumed most of the instructional
duties. This extension was established as a separate institution under the North American Presbytery and
renamed Geneva Reformed Seminary.[5] Michael P. V. Barrett was appointed president of the institution in
2001. The seminary has been a fully accredited member of the Association of Reformed Theological
Seminaries (ARTS) since 2005.[6]

References
1. FPCNA website. (https://fpcna.org/directory/)
2. Separated Unto the Gospel, a brief history of the Free Presbyterian Church (http://www.freep
res.org/separated.asp)
 3. [1] (https://web.archive.org/web/20181018075450/http://www.fpcna.org/fpcna_about_sep.as
p?chapter=sep_baptism) at Wayback Machine archive of FPCNA.org
4. Mooney, Myron (18 May 2020). "Book Review – Head Covering: A Forgotten Christian
Practice for Modern Times" (http://fpcurrent.com/head-covering). Current. Free Presbyterian
Church of North America.
5. Free Presbyterian website (http://www.freepres.org/whitefield.asp).
6. ARTS website (http://www.artseminaries.org)

External links
Free Presbyterian Church worldwide (http://www.freepres.org/main.asp)

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