Free Presbyterian Church (Australia)

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Free Presbyterian Church (Australia)
Classification Protestant
Orientation Calvinism
Origin 1978
Port Lincoln, South Australia
Statistics
Congregations 4
This denomination is not related to the Free Presbyterian Church of Scotland or the Presbyterian Church of Eastern Australia.

The Free Presbyterian Church (Australia) is a Presbyterian denomination which currently consists of four congregations in fellowship with the Free Presbyterian Church of Ulster, a denomination associated with Ian Paisley.

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[edit] History

The first congregation of the FPC was formed in South Australia in 1978, growing out of a group called the Eyre Bible Fellowship.[1] There are now also congregations in Western Australia and Tasmania.[2]

[edit] Doctrine

The FPC describes itself as fundamentalist, evangelical, and separatist. The King James Version of the Bible is used, and hymns are sung as well as Psalms.

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