List of Presbyterian Denominations in Australia
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- Evangelical Presbyterian ChurchEvangelical Presbyterian Church (Australia)The Evangelical Presbyterian Church is a small Reformed Christian denomination. In September 2010 it had five centres - Brisbane, Londonderry , Cohuna, Vic...
, formed 1961, 18 congregations in Eastern Australia (Queensland, NSW, Victoria, Tasmania). - Free Presbyterian Church (Australia)Free Presbyterian Church (Australia)The Free Presbyterian Church Of Australia is a denomination which currently consists of four congregations in fellowship with the Free Presbyterian Church of Ulster. There are congregations in Port Lincoln, Perth, Lock and Tasmania.-History:...
, formed 1978, 4 congregations, in Tasmania, South Australia and Western Australia. - Free Presbyterian Church of ScotlandFree Presbyterian Church of ScotlandThe Free Presbyterian Church of Scotland was formed in 1893 and claims to be the spiritual descendant of the Scottish Reformation...
, formed 1893, 2 congregations in New South Wales (Grafton - formed 1911 - and Sydney). - Presbyterian Church of AustraliaPresbyterian Church of AustraliaThe Presbyterian Church of Australia is the largest Presbyterian denomination in Australia. .-Beginnings:...
, formed 1901, 600 congregations Australia wide. - Presbyterian Church of Eastern AustraliaPresbyterian Church of Eastern AustraliaThe Presbyterian Church of Eastern Australia is a Presbyterian denomination which was formed in Sydney on 10 October 1846 by three ministers and a ruling elder...
, formed 1846, 19 congregations in Eastern mainland Australia (Queensland, NSW, Victoria). - Presbyterian Reformed ChurchPresbyterian Reformed Church (Australia)The Presbyterian Reformed Church is a Presbyterian denomination in Australia. The denomination was formed in 1967, when the leadership and majority of the members of the Sutherland, New South Wales congregation of the Presbyterian Church of Australia separated from that denomination...
, formed 1967, 12 congregations in Queensland, NSW, the Australian Capital Territory, Victoria, South Australia, New Zealand, Vanuatu and Fiji. - Reformed Presbyterian Church of AustraliaReformed Presbyterian Church of AustraliaThe Reformed Presbyterian Church of Australia is a Calvinist denomination in Australia. It is a small Australian Presbyterian denomination numbering less than 200 persons with its largest congregation in the area of Geelong, Victoria. The first church, in Geelong, was started in 1858...
, formed 1858, 3 congregations in Victoria (1 in Geelong and 2 in Melbourne). - Southern Presbyterian ChurchSouthern Presbyterian Church (Australia)The Southern Presbyterian Church is a small denomination with a community of about 150 persons located exclusively in Tasmania, Australia. 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.As...
, formed 1986, 2 congregations in Tasmania. - Westminster Presbyterian Church of AustraliaWestminster Presbyterian Church of AustraliaThe Westminster Presbyterian Church of Australia is a small but growing Presbyterian denomination in Australia. It is based in Western Australia, Queensland, the western suburbs of Sydney, New South Wales, and there is one congregation in the Australian Capital Territory.-History:The Westminster...
, formed 1970, 13 congregations, mainly in Western Australia, with congregations also in Queensland, NSW, and the Australian Capital Territory.
While not keeping the name 'Presbyterian', the following denominations claim a significant historical link to the Presbyterian church (whether that be in Australia, Scotland or other parts of the world):
- Australian Free ChurchAustralian Free ChurchAustralian Free Church is a Presbyterian denomination in Australia. It was established in 1979 when Eric Turnbull was removed from being a minister of the Presbyterian Church of Eastern Australia...
, formed 1979, 3 congregations (Victoria, Queensland) - Free Church of Scotland (Continuing)Free Church of Scotland (Continuing)The Free Church of Scotland is a Scottish Presbyterian denomination which was formed in January 2000...
, 1 congregation in Adelaide, South Australia (joined FC[C] in 2003).
Defunct
- Free Presbyterian Church of VictoriaFree Presbyterian Church of VictoriaThe Free Presbyterian Church of Victoria, also known as the Free Church of Australia Felix, was an Australian Presbyterian denomination founded in Melbourne, Victoria in 1846 as a result of the Disruption of 1843 in the Church of Scotland....
, formerly the Free Presbyterian Church of Australia Felix, based in Melbourne 1846 - 1953.
Continental Reformed background
- Christian Reformed Churches of AustraliaChristian Reformed Churches of AustraliaThe Christian Reformed Churches of Australia is a Christian denomination established in Australia belonging to the Reformed/Presbyterian tradition.-Background:...
, formed 1951, 53 congregations Australia wide - Free Reformed Churches of AustraliaFree Reformed Churches of AustraliaThe ' is a federation of 15 congregations, 13 in Western Australia and two in Tasmania, with over 4000 members. Their historical roots are in the Reformed Churches of the Netherlands as a result of post-World War II immigration, and their doctrinal roots are in the sixteenth century Protestant...
, formed 1951, 11 congregations in Western Australia, 2 congregations in Tasmania