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The '''Orthodox Presbyterian Church''' is a conservative American [[Reformed Churches|Reformed Denomination]]. The Church attempts to preserve historic [[Calvinism]] within a [[Presbyterian]] structure. It holds steadfastly to the [[Westminster Standards]]. It was founded in 1936 by conservative members (e.g., [[John Gresham Machen]]) of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America (PCUSA) who were strongly opposed to the pervasive Modernist theology of the 1930s. Originally called the Presbyterian Church of America, the OPC changed its name to resolve a legal dispute with the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.

The '''Orthodox Presbyterian Church''' is a conservative American [[Reformed Churches|Reformed Denomination]]. In 1999 it had 24,000 members in 204 congregations. Despite the term "Orthodox" it has no links to the Eastern Orthodox churches.

It has been charged with being too Christian [[Fundamentalist]] in nature as well as not enough. Its willingness to defend Bible-based Christian liberties such as the moderate consumption of alcoholic beverages (see Ecclesiastes 9:7, Matthew 26:29, John 2:3-11) and a robust toleration of various [[Eschatology|eschatological]] viewpoints set it apart from those who seek more prohibitionist-based forms of piety and a strict dispensationalist interpretation of scripture. Early on such differences led to the formation of [[Bible Presbyterian Church]], which left the OPC in 1937.  

It holds steadfastly to the [[Westminster Standards]]. It was founded in 1936 by conservative members (e.g., [[John Gresham Machen]]) of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America (PCUSA) who were strongly opposed to the pervasive Modernist theology of the 1930s. Machen, a Presbyterian scholar at Princeton Theological Seminary at the end of his career, began advocating conservative theology in 1920. A year before his 1937 death he helped form the Orthodox Presbyterian Church after his suspension from the Presbyterian Church in the USA's general assembly.  

It has disciplined its members for breaking rules that prohibit participation in organized sports on their Sabbath observance. It remains highly skeptical of the [[Charismatic movement]], going so far as to discipline one of its ministers who spoke tongues in private.

The Church attempts to preserve historic [[Calvinism]] within a [[Presbyterian]] structure. OPC was originally called the '''Presbyterian Church of America,''' but a legal issue with Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A caused them to change their name.

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