- United Presbyterian Church in the USA synods and presbyteries 1968
The following is a list of
synods andpresbyteries that composed the formerUnited Presbyterian Church in the United States of America onDecember 31 ,1968 . The UPCUSA was the largest body, often erroneously referred to as "Northern," ofPresbyterianism in the U.S., prior to its1983 merger with thePresbyterian Church in the United States , whose churches were located entirely within the Southern andborder states .The judicatory territories enumerated here were altered at least once during the
1970s by the UPCUSA General Assembly, which, in turn, gave way to entirely new boundaries during the formative years of the currentPresbyterian Church (USA) in the mid-1980s .Synods are listed in bold, with their presbyteries underneath them, along with the number of congregations and total membership in the presbytery at that time. States included in territories are in parentheses, unless referred to in the synod or presbytery's name.
ources
"Minutes of the General Assembly of the United Presbyterian Church in the United States of America, Part III: The Statistical Tables and Presbytery Rolls, January 1-December 31, 1968," Office of the General Assembly, Philadelphia, 1969.
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