Presbytery of Redstone

Presbytery of Redstone
Presbytery of Redstone
Presbytery of Redstone logo.png
Logo of the Presbytery of Redstone
Classification Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)
Geographical areas Westmoreland, Fayette, Somerset, and Cambria Counties (modern)
Headquarters Greensburg, Pennsylvania
Origin September 19, 1781[1]
Pigeon Creek, Pennsylvania[1]
Official website http://www.redstone.org/

The Presbytery of Redstone is a Presbytery of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) governing congregations in Westmoreland, Fayette, Somerset, and Cambria Counties in Western Pennsylvania.[2] Its headquarters in located in Greensburg, Pennsylvania.[2] It governs 80 congregations and 14,971 total congregants.[2] It is part of the Synod of the Trinity.[2][1][3][4]

Counties in the Presbytery of Redstone, shown in blue. Counties in the Synod of the Trinity shown in red.

References

  1. ^ a b c "Restone Presbytery". Restone Presbytery. http://www.redstone.org/HISTORY%20OF%20REDSTONE%20PRESBYTERY.pdf. 
  2. ^ a b c d "Welcome to the Presbytery of Redstone". Presbytery of Redstone. http://www.redstone.org/. 
  3. ^ Barnett, John M.; John Meloy, Ebenezer Finley (1889). History of the Presbytery of Redstone. Washington, Pennsylvania: Observer Book and Job Print. http://www.archive.org/details/historyofpresbyt00barn. 
  4. ^ Smith, Joseph (1854). Old Redstone or, Historical Sketches of Western Presbyterianism. Lippincott, Granbo & Co.. http://books.google.com/books?id=kuTnDcvhfm0C. 



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