Presbyterian Church in Liberia

The Presbyterian Church in Liberia is a historic church in Liberia in the Presbyterian Reformed
tradition. It was formerly a Presbytery of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, now it is an independent,
self-governing denomination.

History
Liberia was settled by American slaves, before it became a colony. In 1833 the PC(USA) begun to work in
Liberia. Liberia was a Republic after a Constitution was adopted in 1847. In 1850 the American Board of
Commissioners for Foreign Missions sent missionaries, among them was J. Leighton Wilson.[1]

The church established Alexander High School in Monrovia, Liberia. It is a well known fact in Liberia that
a significant number of independence and post independence leaders were leader of the Presbyterian
Church or educated in the Alexander School. The Presbytery of Liberia become independent in 1928, and
this is also the founding date of this denomination. In 1944 the church started its own mission work in the
Todee District. In 1980 the church become a provisional presbytery of the Cumberland Presbyterian
Church.[2]

In 2006 in Cheersburg the church decided at its annual Synod to sever all relations with the Cumberland
Presbyterian Church, the Synod of Tennessee, put an end to a more than two decade long partnership.[3][4]

Statistics
The church has 15 congregations across Liberia and more than 3,000 members.[5][2]

First Presbyterian Church in Monrovia, Liberia

First Presbyterian Church in Careysburg, Liberia
Evangelical Presbyterian Church in 3rd Street, Sinkor, Liberia
Trinity Presbyterian Church in Paynesville
Yekepa Presbyterian Church in Yekepa City, Liberia
St. Paul Presbyterian Church in Gardnesville Township, Liberia
Gwee Town Presbyterian Church in Todee District, Montserrado County, Liberia
First Presbyterian Church Marshall Margibi County
Faith Presbyterian Church Sinkor, Liberia
Granger Presbyterian Church in Johnsonville Township, Liberia
Croizerville Presbyterian Church in Crozierville, Liberia
St. Marks Presbyterian Church in Fansehn Town, Liberia
Marshall Presbyterian Church in Marshall City, Liberia
First Presbyterian Church Schiefflin in Margibi County, Liberia
Gbarnshue Preaching Point in Zota Clan
New Horizon Presbyterian Church in Harper City, Liberia
Bomi Presbyterian Preaching point in Bomi County, Liberia[5]
The Moderator of the Presbyterian Church is Rev. Sando E. Townsend and the Stated Clerk is Elder David
B. Gibson, Jr. Name of Minister of the Presbyterian Church: 1. Rev. Sando E. Townsend 2. Rev. Aaron C.
Smith 3. Rev. Solomon K. Akorsah 4. Rev. Solomon H. Garjaye 5. Rev. G. Boimah Freeman 6. Rev.
Plezzant C. Harris 7. Rev. Dave B. G. Kiamu 8. Rev. Sanjee Abioseh Stepter 9. Rev. Sayply Clerk 10.
Rev. Emery Ghaicarn 11. Rev. Sam S. Kwadeh 12. Rev. Robert B. Lee, III 13. Rev. Lester R. Lee 14.
Rev. Menwon Shasha 15. Rev. Ishmael Cole 16. Rev. Dwedw G. Townsend 17. Rev. Rita E. Townsend
18. Rev. Lawrence Bayusie 19. Rev. C. Wellington Morgan 20. Rev. Victor E. Helb 21. Rev. Coker A. J.
George, Jr 22. Rev. L. Abba Diggs 23. Rev. Augustus T. Turker 24. Rev. C. Vivian Sisuse 25. Rev.
Shadrack M'bock 26. Rev. Jerries L. Walker 27. Rev. Ernest Urey 29. Rev. Jackson Targee 30. Rev. Janjay
Biamon 31. Rev. varney Boimah 32. Rev. Eugene Olu Eastman 33. Rev. James Lee 34. Rev. Amelia C.
Stryker 35. Rev. Richard Ballingggar 36. Rev. George W. Tugbeh 37. Rev. Caesar B. Snyder 38. Rev.
Cornelia Greene Mayson 39. Rev. Andrew Kolubah 40. Rev. John Karmo

Names of Candidates/Licentiate: 1. Lic. Victor B. Kromah 2. Lic. David Kollie 3. Lic. Joe P. Sumo 4. Lic.
Edward Peters 5. Lic. David Sumo 6. Lic. John T. Wright

Interchurch relations
The Presbyterian Church in Liberia is a denominational member of the World Communion of Reformed
Churches.[6] The First Presbyterian Church and the Living Water Fellowship Church both in Monrovia,
Liberia are congregational members of the World Reformed Fellowship.[7]

References
1. Benedetto, Robert; McKim, Donald K. (2009-10-06). Historical Dictionary of the Reformed
Churches (https://books.google.com/books?id=edhZ_g-RvyMC&q=reformed+evangelical+c
hurch+in+burkina+faso&pg=PA517). ISBN 9780810870239.
2. "Adressdatenbank reformierter Kirchen und Einrichtungen" (http://www.reformiert-online.net/
adressen/detail.php?id=13200&lg=de).
3. "Presbyterian Church of Liberia" (https://sites.google.com/site/presbyterianchurchofliberia/).
4. Gordon Melton, J.; Baumann, Martin (2010-09-21). Religions of the World: A Comprehensive
Encyclopedia of Beliefs and ... - Google Books (https://books.google.com/books?id=v2yiyLL
Oj88C&dq=presbyterian+church+in+korea+hapdong&pg=PA2297). ISBN 9781598842043.
Retrieved 2022-09-14.
5. "Our Congregations - Presbyterian Church of Liberia" (https://sites.google.com/site/presbyter
ianchurchofliberia/our-gatherings).
6. www.wcrc.ch/node/164 (http://www.wcrc.ch/node/164) Archived (https://web.archive.org/we
b/20120808192417/http://www.wcrc.ch/node/164) 2012-08-08 at the Wayback Machine
7. "The World Reformed Fellowship - Membership List" (https://web.archive.org/web/20120730
014055/http://wrfnet.org/web/guest/aboutwrf/membershiplist). Archived from the original (htt
p://wrfnet.org/web/guest/aboutwrf/membershiplist) on 2012-07-30. Retrieved 2013-02-17.

External links
Official Website (https://sites.google.com/site/presbyterianchurchofliberia/)

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