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Denominational Ministerial Resources of
Presbyterian and Reformed Churches
in the United States of America

The Presbyterian Church in the United States of America

The Ministerial Directory, E. S. Robinson, ed. 1898. Includes PCUS.

The Presbyterian Church in the United States ("Southern Presbyterians")

Ministerial Directory of the Presbyterian Church, U.S. 1861-1941, E. C. Scott et al., comp., with four subsequent updates to 1983.

The Cumberland Presbyterian Church

Beard, Richard, Brief Biographical Sketches of Some of the Early Ministers of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, (1867); Second Series, (1874).

The United Presbyterian Church of North America, (with the Associate Church and the Associate Reformed Church)

A Manual of the United Presbyterian Church of North America, 1751-1887, by James Brown Scouller.

A Cyclopedic Manual of the United Presbyterian Church of North America (1903), by William Melanchthon Glasgow.

The United Presbyterian Directory: A Half-Century Survey, 1903-1953, by Hugh Alexander Kelsey

The (Dutch) Reformed Church in America

A Manual of the Reformed Church in America, 1628-1902, by Edward T. Corwin.

Historical Directory of the Reformed Church in America, 1628-1978, by Peter VandenBerge.

The Orthodox Presbyterian Church

The Orthodox Presbyterian Church, 1936-1986, Charles Dennison, ed.

The Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America ("Covenanters")

History of the Reformed Presbyterian Church in America, (1888) by William Melanchthon Glasgow.

Sketches of the Ministers of the Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America from 1888 to 1930, by Owen F. Thompson. Continued by:

Covenanter Ministers, 1930-1963, by Alvin W. Smith

The Associate Presbyterian Church of North America

History of the Associate Presbyterian Church of North America, together with a Manual of the Associate Presbyterian Church, (1983), by Basil McBee and Reid Stewart.

The Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church (Synod of the South)

Centennial History of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church, 1803-1903 (1905)

Researchers should also consult standard volumes of clergy history and biography such as:

A History of the Presbyterian Church in America from its origins until the year 1760, Richard Webster, 1857.

Annals of the American Pulpit, Vols. 3-4, The Presbyterians (also published as Annals of the American Presbyterian Pulpit, Vols. 1-2); Vol. 9 Dutch Reformedm Associate, Associate Reformed, and Reformed Presbyterian (also published separately as Annals of the American Reformed Dutch Pulpit and Annals of the American Associate, Associate Reformed, and Reformed Presbyterian Pulpit), by William Sprague, (1860-1869).

Encyclopaedia of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America, (1884), Alfred Nevin, ed.

Dictionary of American Religious Biography, (1977). See Appendix I: "Denominational Affiliation" for Presbyterians.

Dictionary of American Biography, (1928Ò1958). See the occupational index in vol. 20 under "clergyman" for Presbyterians.

Notable American Women, (1971Ò1980). See James H. Smylie, "Notable Presbyterian Women," Journal of Presbyterian History, 52 (1974): 99Ò121, for extracts from this work.

 

 

 

 

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