The Presbyterian Community in Congo is numerically the most influential and important

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denomination in the

Democratic Republic of Congo The Democratic Republic of the Congo (french: République démocratique du Congo (RDC), colloquially "La RDC" ), informally Congo-Kinshasa, DR Congo, the DRC, the DROC, or the Congo, and formerly and also colloquially Zaire, is a country in ...

. The denomination is a fruit of the American Presbyterian church in Congo which started in 1891. The church suffered controversies and splits during the 1950s and 1960s. During this period the

Presbyterian Community in Eastern Kasai The Presbyterian Community in Eastern Kasai separated from the Presbyterian Community in Congo, because of ethnic tensions. The church belongs to the World Communion of Reformed Churches The World Communion of Reformed Churches (WCRC) is the larg ...

Presbyterian Community in Western Kasai The Presbyterian Community in Western Kasai (it is also known as the Reformed Presbyterian Community in Africa, French: ''Communauté presbytérienne réformée en Afrique'') was founded in 1982, due to a split in the Presbyterian Community in Cong ...

and the

Reformed Community of Presbyterians The Reformed Community of Presbyterians was separated from the Presbyterian Community in Eastern Kasai, because theological and ethnic differences. The church combines Pentecostal and fundamental practices. Elements of African religions are also in ...

was formed. In

West Kasai Kasaï-Occidental ( French for "Western Kasai"; lua, Kasai Wa Mubuelu) was one of the eleven provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo between 1966 and 2015, when it was split into the Kasaï-Central and the Kasaï provinces. History ...

the church runs 150 primary schools and 52 secondary schools in

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the church has 200 primary schools. The PCC has a printing press, bookstore and radio ministry and a Presbyterian University. It has more than 1,250,000 members and almost 1,000 congregations with 53 presbyteries and 880 pastors and 61 evangelists. There are official church contacts with the

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and with the Presbytery of Eastern Virginia.title=www.pcusa-peva.org/ipc
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Doctrine

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*Member of the

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References

{{Reflist Presbyterian denominations in Africa Members of the World Communion of Reformed Churches Protestantism in the Democratic Republic of the Congo 1891 establishments in the Congo Free State