Cumberland Presbyterian Church

Cumberland Presbyterian Church
ClassificationProtestant
OrientationNew School Presbyterian
PolityPresbyterian
AssociationsWorld Communion of Reformed Churches, World Council of Churches
RegionUnited States, Hong Kong, Colombia, Guatemala, Mexico, Haiti, Brazil, Spain, Australia, the Philippines, Cambodia, Japan, Macau, South Korea[1]
OriginFebruary 4, 1810
Dickson County, Tennessee
Separated fromPresbyterian Church in the United States of America
SeparationsCumberland Presbyterian Church in America (separated 1878); just over half of the Cumberland Presbyterian congregations rejoined the PCUSA in 1906
Congregations673 (2019)[2]
Members65,087 (2019)[2]

The Cumberland Presbyterian Church is a Presbyterian denomination spawned by the Second Great Awakening.[3] In 2019, it had 65,087 members and 673 congregations,[2] of which 51 were located outside of the United States. The word Cumberland comes from the Cumberland River valley where the church was founded.

  1. ^ Gore, Susan Knight. "Cumberland Presbyterian Churches". www.cumberland.org. Retrieved 2017-06-03.
  2. ^ a b c "2020 Cumberland Presbyterian Church Statistics, page 29" (PDF). 2020. Retrieved July 19, 2022.
  3. ^ Matthew H. Gore, The History of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Kentucky to 1988, (Memphis, Tennessee: Joint Heritage Committee, 2000).