- Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church
Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church is a large congregation of the
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) . The church was founded in 1808cite web|url=http://www.thehistorybox.com/ny_city/nycity_worship_fifth_ave_church_presby_article00557.htm|title=Fifth Avenue Church: Presbyterian|date=03/15/2007|publisher=The History Box|accessdate=2008-05-14] and has been located on Fifth Avenue at 55th Street inmidtown Manhattan since 1875cite web|url=http://www.nyc-architecture.com/MID/MID041.htm|title=Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church|publisher=Tom Fletcher's New York Architecture|accessdate=2008-05-14] . It has approximately 3,500 members [cite web|url=http://www.pcusa.org/tenyeartrends/report/8AF68HO/|title=Ten Year Trends|publisher=Presbyterian Church (USA) Research Services|accessdate=2008-05-14] from a variety of backgrounds [http://www.criticalchristian.com/reviews/review.asp?id=161] .The church has long been noted for its high standards in preaching and music, led by pastors such as
John Hall and musicians such asLowell Mason , and it has been at the forefront of many fields, from the development ofSunday school to homeless advocacycite web|url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9803E4DD1F30F936A35752C0A9649C8B63&scp=4&sq=Fifth+Avenue+Presbyterian+Church+homeless&st=nyt|title=Judge Says Homeless Can Stay, but Only on Church's Steps|last=Wakin|first=Daniel J.|date=05.14.2008|publisher=New York Times|accessdate=2008-05-14] .“Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church is famed for its sloping auditorium, its fine acoustics, its old gas brackets and reflectors. Instrumental in founding
Princeton Theological Seminary , Presbyterian Hospital (nowNew York Presbyterian Hospital ) and many a mission church, this rich old house of God was once called the Cathedral of Presbyterianism.”cite web|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,748552,00.html|title=Call to Fifth Avenue|publisher=Time|accessdate=2008-05-14]References
External links
[http://www.fapc.org Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church website]
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