In no more than 50 years, the Church would be so totally broken by being so central in politics. Anti-miscegenation, Jim Crow, which might have been a "Characteristic" of a "Particular Peoples Relationship", Cosmopolitanism and heritage-centric would be frowned upon, especially seeing Teddy Roosevelt of New York would declare English the language, American the nationality.
So I mentioned a 7 Million total that no outside force helped create in 1950 as was a steady total. President Eisenhower was the "champion of Freedom", the "uncle we never had", the "liberator of Europe", in which every quote deals with the "freedom seeking out the darkness in every corner", who never won an election from any Deep South state, extended and built our international Highway system. He right in office , chose Presbyterianism for his religious Political Office Leadership, staying only if "it stood for liberty god dammit" as he told the pastor. This reorganized almost Every Presbyterian I'm aware of in a "United Presbyterian Church" in 1958. This stood for a hollow establishment of Presbyterianism, hardly consulted, in a national campaign for a religious America. Very clearly rejecting Every bit of the political movement previously detailed, from the pew of "Abraham Lincoln", Eisenhower would retire in Gettysburgh Pennsylvania. Most imagery of this new church would be post-1900 imagery of the Statue of Liberty, or our recent national anthem. I find a violation of conscience similar to the defeated Nazis, to be indoctrinated with national recitation, Eisenhowers Pledge of Allegiance, idolatry of a flag, so forth. These are facts, it was a counter-intellectual move to lean on counter-facts, recitation, and lock-step measures.
The Presbyterian Church in America did break off from the United Presbyterian Church in the 70's and the remainder evolved into the PC (USA) today.
Here is my strongly felt theory and congratulations for reading this far. Far flung African nations and their Scottish Churches aren't a large concern. What I believe happened to the Presbyterian Church is that Ahn Chang Ho and the mission by the USA Horace Underwood to Korea, which Korea currently has 6 million "Presbyterians", in English anyway. Our government wished to counter quite a Number of Presbyterian claims, the alliance that should exist among non-nationalist Christians in the 1900's with an accepting King Gojong of Korea. The free Native Government of the State of Korea. Eisenhower's quest for Liberty saw an allowance of wild soldiers taking warbrides all over the peninsula, correct? Hello Maria, I'm off to Korea. Instead of a Provisional Government promoting Ahn Changho's Presbyterianism, we promoted Syngman Rhee, who quickly picked up an Austrian Bride from the UN when he took office! The first Lady of the Republic of Korea is a white woman! Such is the, revolutionary? quaint? odd? The particularity of Eisenhower's vision of modern ethics.
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Churches are in heavy decline.
No black without any part of the declaration of independence.
A conservative Canadian is a rarity. One of the admin on my forum is one.
Honestly, I don't think US society hardly ever thinks of Presbyterians.
When I lived in Scotland probably the most popular singer was Elvis Pressley.
I was a fan of the Corries.
"Honestly, I don't think US society hardly ever thinks of Presbyterians."
> By trying to follow the OP, is it any wonder?
It's an open buffet of religion mixed with politics!
Who cares, except maybe "Religionists" .