Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church

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 in midtown 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 as Lowell Mason, and it has been at the forefront of many fields, from the development of Sunday 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 (now New 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]

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External links

[http://www.fapc.org Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church website]


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