Upper Cumberland Presbyterian Church
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The Upper Cumberland Presbyterian Church is a Christian denomination in the United States with fewer than 1,000 members among twelve congregations in Alabama and Tennessee.
Origins
The name Cumberland comes from the church's historic connection with the
The Fellowship of Cumberland Presbyterian Conservatives formed a conference and planned a second one in Memphis, Tennessee. When the CP General Assembly declared its actions to be unconstitutional, several leaders of the group left the CPC and formed the new Upper Cumberland Presbyterian Church.
The Upper Cumberland part of the name refers to the fact that the denomination was established in Gallatin, Tennessee, on the Upper Cumberland River, the section of the Cumberland River east of Nashville, Tennessee.
The
Distribution
The Upper Cumberland Presbyterian congregations are mostly rural, country churches. They are located in three geographic areas: East of Nashville, South of Nashville and North Central Alabama.
Governance
The representatives of the twelve congregations meet twice a year to form a
Training of ministers
The denomination does not have a college or seminary. Ministers are usually self-taught men who are then further trained by the Ministerial Training Committee. Some prominent ministers of the denomination have held other careers while serving as pastors.
References
- ^ Barrus, Ben M.; Baughn, Milton L.; Campbell, Thomas H. (1998). A People Called Cumberland Presbyterians: A History of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. Wipf and Stock Publishers.