The New Castle Presbytery is the parent organization of the 47 churches and 2 new worshipping communities, 108 ministers, and 6,900 members of the

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, Synod of Mid-Atlantic covering

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and the

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. The Presbytery was formed in 1717 after the division of the

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into three presbyteries, which were subordinate to the newly formed

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*New Castle Presbyter
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