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Presbyterian Church in America (PCA)
The birth date of the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA) is December
4, 1973. (But our spiritual roots are in the Protestant Reformation.)
We came into existence
because we felt strongly the need for a Scriptural, evangelical and
reformed witness for Christ. We wanted to be a part of a denomination
which honors God and His Word. We desired a believing fellowship which
is committed to evangelism, Christian education and training as top
priorities in the Church. We felt that ministers and church officers
should affirm without compromise the great biblical beliefs of Christianity.
Many of our churches
separated from their denomination because of the compromise of our
basic Christian doctrines. After years of sincere efforts
to call our former denomination to revival and renewal we were led
by God to withdraw and form a new body. The new denomination began
with 250 congregations and 50,000 members.
Presently, the
PCA is one of the fastest-growing Presbyterian denominations in North
America, and is among the fastest growing of all denominations.
We now have over 1,500 churches and more than 310,000 members in the
United States and Canada with at least 66 Presbyteries. We have
great Bible teachers such as R.C. Sproul, Tim Keller, and Randy Pope.
The late D. James Kennedy began the ministry of Evangelism Explosion
out of Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church, PCA.
Together we are
lifting high our banner of love and testimony to Jesus Christ our
Lord, locally and globally. The PCA has over 600 long term missionaries,
430 short term workers and 6,500 two-week workers serving worldwide.
The PCA has also established one of the fastest growing campus ministries,
Reformed University Fellowship (RUF). We now have campus ministers
on over 80 college and university campuses across America. The
PCA also has its own college, Covenant College, and seminary, Covenant
Seminary.
Grace Covenant Church
The PCA is dedicated to starting new churches. Grace Covenant
Church (GCC) is one of many church plants planned for 2004.
GCC has a mother-daughter relationship with University Presbyterian
Church located across from NMSU. Together we hope to establish
a movement of the gospel in Las Cruces, Southern New Mexico and internationally.
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