American Presbyterian History

This lesson reviews the history of American Presbyterianism we have covered in this series, examines the present situation, and looks to the future and the task ahead of us.

This lesson covers some of the influential leaders and movements among American Presbyterians in the 20th century.

This lesson covers American Presbyterian reunions and divisions in the 20th century.

This lesson gives an overview of the history of the Orthodox Presbyterian Church from its founding in 1936 to the present.

This lesson covers the fundementalist-modernist controversy in the northern Presbyterian church from 1900 to 1936 and the events that led to the founding of the Orthodox Presbyterian Church.

In this lesson, we take a look at American Presbyterian foreign missions from the mid-1800s to the early 1900s.

This lesson covers the inerrancy controversy of the late 19th century in the northern Presbyterian church (PCUSA) with a special focus on the involvement of Charles A. Briggs, A.A. Hodge, and B.B. Warfield.

In this lesson, we look at the controversies in the American Presbyterian churches concerning the creation days, the age of the earth, and evolution, especially in the 1850s-1960s.

This lesson looks at American Presbyterians from 1800 to 1950 on the relation of Christianity to civil government and society.

In this lesson, we take a look at the history of Presbyterians and slavery, politics, and the north-south divide in church and state in the 19th century.