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- The Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America (RPCNA) is a Presbyterian church with congregations and missions throughout the United States, Canada, Japan, and Chile. Its beliefs—held in common with other members of the Reformed Presbyterian Global Alliance—place it in the conservative wing of the Reformed family of Protestant churches. Below the Bible—which is held as divinely inspired and without error—the church is committed to several "subordinate standards," together considered with its constitution: the Westminster Confession of Faith and Larger and Shorter Catechisms, along with its Testimony, Directory for Church Government, the Book of Discipline, and Directory for Worship. Primary doctrinal distinctions which separate the RPCNA from other Reformed and Presbyterian denominations in North America are: its continued adherence to the historical practice of Reformed Christianity, contained in the Westminster Confession of Faith, of practicing exclusive psalmody, and its continuing affirmation of Jesus as mediatorial king, ruling over all nations. Prior to the 1960s, the RPCNA refused to vote in elections or participate in government in the United States due to it not directly acknowledging Christ's authority over it, and since has continued (at some times more heavily than others), to lobby the federal government to expressly submit to the authority of Jesus Christ in the United States Constitution. The RPCNA has a long history, having been a separate denomination in the United States since the Colonial era. In Scotland, where the denomination originated, Reformed Presbyterians have been a separate branch since the late 17th century, and prior to that, a part of the original Presbyterian Church of Scotland that came out of the Protestant Reformation in the 16th century. As its name suggests, the RPCNA is presbyterian in polity, with each individual congregation being governed by two or more elders. The church considers to be the only divinely-appointed method of church government. As with most Presbyterian denominations, the RPCNA is divided into several presbyteries, but unlike several other smaller Presbyterian denominations, the supreme governing body is a single synod, not a general assembly. Each congregation may send one ruling elder delegate (two for larger congregations) to its presbytery meeting, as well as to the annual Synod meeting. Each minister (teaching elder), whether serving as the pastor of a congregation or not, is automatically a delegate to his presbytery and to the synod. (en)
- De Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America is een bevindelijk gereformeerd kerkgenootschap in de Verenigde Staten en Canada. Het kerkverband heeft 6.641 leden, verdeeld over 81 gemeenten. De gemeenten bestaan al sinds de 17e eeuw als aparte denominatie. In de gemeenten worden enkel psalmen gezongen, geen gezangen (a capella). Wel kent deze gemeente al sedert honderd jaar vrouwelijke diakenen, hoewel dit nog steeds ter discussie staat. (nl)
- A Igreja Presbiteriana Reformada da América do Norte (IPRAN), em inglês Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America, é uma denominação presbiteriana e reformada, formada nos Estados Unidos em 1738, por imigrantes escoceses e irlandeses, que vieram para a América devidou oposição à Monarquia Inglesa. (pt)
- 北美改革派長老教會（Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America），是長老教會分支之一，教會遍佈美國、加拿大東南部及少部分日本地區。他們的信念接近基督新教正教會的保守派。除了相信聖經完全無誤，教會還遵守一些「附屬標準」，嚴如教條的一部分。例如《韋斯敏斯德信仰宣言》、《威斯敏斯德大教理問答》、《威斯敏斯德小教理問答》等等。 北美改革派長老教會歷史悠久，自從17世紀殖民地時期已經開始建立自己的派別起來。他們的名字來自，而蘇格蘭改革派長老教會則來自1517年的宗教改革。 (zh)
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- De Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America is een bevindelijk gereformeerd kerkgenootschap in de Verenigde Staten en Canada. Het kerkverband heeft 6.641 leden, verdeeld over 81 gemeenten. De gemeenten bestaan al sinds de 17e eeuw als aparte denominatie. In de gemeenten worden enkel psalmen gezongen, geen gezangen (a capella). Wel kent deze gemeente al sedert honderd jaar vrouwelijke diakenen, hoewel dit nog steeds ter discussie staat. (nl)
- A Igreja Presbiteriana Reformada da América do Norte (IPRAN), em inglês Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America, é uma denominação presbiteriana e reformada, formada nos Estados Unidos em 1738, por imigrantes escoceses e irlandeses, que vieram para a América devidou oposição à Monarquia Inglesa. (pt)
- 北美改革派長老教會（Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America），是長老教會分支之一，教會遍佈美國、加拿大東南部及少部分日本地區。他們的信念接近基督新教正教會的保守派。除了相信聖經完全無誤，教會還遵守一些「附屬標準」，嚴如教條的一部分。例如《韋斯敏斯德信仰宣言》、《威斯敏斯德大教理問答》、《威斯敏斯德小教理問答》等等。 北美改革派長老教會歷史悠久，自從17世紀殖民地時期已經開始建立自己的派別起來。他們的名字來自，而蘇格蘭改革派長老教會則來自1517年的宗教改革。 (zh)
- The Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America (RPCNA) is a Presbyterian church with congregations and missions throughout the United States, Canada, Japan, and Chile. Its beliefs—held in common with other members of the Reformed Presbyterian Global Alliance—place it in the conservative wing of the Reformed family of Protestant churches. Below the Bible—which is held as divinely inspired and without error—the church is committed to several "subordinate standards," together considered with its constitution: the Westminster Confession of Faith and Larger and Shorter Catechisms, along with its Testimony, Directory for Church Government, the Book of Discipline, and Directory for Worship. (en)
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