The Presbyterian Church in America (1973)
Birmingham, Alabama, 4 December 1973
The PCA was formed by conservative Southern Presbyterians who left the PCUS (the southern mainline body) over doctrinal liberalism and the 1969 plan of reunion with the UPCUSA. The PCA subscribes to the Westminster Standards in the American 1788 text and is now the largest confessionally Westminster Presbyterian body in the United States (~380,000 members). Its confessional practice — 'good faith subscription' with declared exceptions — is slightly broader than the OPC's strict subscription but still anchored in Westminster.
Departures from the Westminster baseline
The Presbyterian Church in America (1973) departs from the Westminster baseline on 1 of the 35 attributes.
VIII · Civil & Last Things · Magistrate's Role
Protective-Not-Directive (1788) override vs WCF: Custos-Utriusque-Tabulae (1646)
Connected cruxes 6
Cruxes where this school's anchor personas were active parties, or where this tradition is mentioned in the legacy narrative.