Presbyterian Church in Sudan
The Presbyterian Church in Sudan or also the Presbyterian Church in South Sudan is a major Reformed denominmation in South Sudan, when it become independent from Sudan.
It has approximately 1,000,000 members and 500 congregations in Southern Sudan. The denomination was established by American missionaries who came from Egypt in the 1890s. They started churches in the north and went to south in 1902 leaving the northern congregations to Egyiptian evangelicals. The northern churches become known as the Sudan Evangelical Presbyterian Church. The first mission station was established in Malakal. In 1962 the missionaries left, but the church spread rapidly.[1] It is the third largest denomination in Sudan after the Episcopal and the Roman Catholic Church.[2]
Parther churches are the Presbyterian Church of Australia[3] the Presbyterian Church (USA) the Church of Scotland the Reformed Church in America and the Presbyterian Church in Ireland.
The church subscribes to the Apostles Creed, Nicene Creed, Heidelberg Catechism and the Westminster Confession of Faith.[4]
It is a member of the World Communion of Reformed Churches.[5]
References
- ^ www.oikoumene.org/member-churches/regions/africa/south-sudan/presbyterian-church-of sudan.html
- ^ http://www.apwm.org.au/index.php/partner-churches/south-sudan/
- ^ http://www.apwm.org.au/partner-churches/south-sudan/
- ^ http://www.reformiert-online.net/adressen/detail.php?id=13291&lg=eng
- ^ http://www.wcrc.ch/node/164