Southern Presbyterian Church (Australia)
| Southern Presbyterian Church | |
|---|---|
| Classification | Protestant |
| Orientation | Calvinism |
| Origin | 1986 |
| Separated from | Evangelical Presbyterian Church |
| Congregations | 2 (and 2 preaching centres) [1] |
The Southern Presbyterian Church[2] is a small denomination with a community of about 150 persons located exclusively in Tasmania, Australia.[3] It formed in 1986 when two ministers and a number of members left the Evangelical Presbyterian Church because of a difference of belief over doctrinal issues.[4]
As of 2010, the Southern Presbyterian Church had churches in Hobart and Launceston and preaching places in Georgetown and Taranna.[3] Public worship is conducted with preaching, prayer, and the unaccompanied singing of Psalms. The Southern Presbyterian Church holds exclusively to the use of the King James Version of the Bible,[5] in public worship, and its supreme standard is the Bible according to the 'Received Text' but, according to Ward and Humphreys, "in other respects are close to the PCEA in orientation"[6] with whose Ulverstone congregation it has friendly relations.
See also
References
- ^ Southern Presbyterian Church
- ^ Ministryblue: Presbyterian Denominations in Australia, accessed 2010-02-18.
- ^ a b Tasmania Online: Southern Presbyterian Church, accessed 2010-02-18.
- ^ Brief History of the Southern Presbyterian Church Accessed 3 April 2007.
- ^ A summary of what we are at www.spc.org.au
- ^ Rowland Ward and Robert Humphreys, Religious Bodies in Australia, 3rd edition (Wantirna, Victoria: New Melbourne Press, 1995), 88.
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