University Presbyterian Church (Seattle, Washington)

The old building of University Presbyterian Church

The University Presbyterian Church in Seattle, Washington, United States is a Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) congregation with 3,418 members.[1][2] The current senior pastor is George Hinman.[3]

The church was founded in 1908.[4][5] The church had a large membership increase during the 1980s, when it was led by pastor Bruce Larson; Larson subsequently became co-pastor of the Crystal Cathedral in Garden Grove, California.[6][7][8] In 2001, the average weekly attendance was 5,000;[5] it is now 3,875. [9]

University Presbyterian Church provides ministries for "the mentally ill, homeless, teens living on the streets, and those who are in prison."[10] The congregation was a pioneer in the practice of sending short-term mission teams overseas.[11]

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References

  1. ↑ www.pcusa.org/media/uploads/research/pdfs/2012-cs-table6.pdf
  2. ↑ www.upc.org/NewHere/UPCandAffiliations.aspx
  3. ↑ www.upc.org/NewHere/ChurchLeadership.aspx
  4. ↑ About University Presbyterian Church Seattle
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Telford, Tom (2001). Today's All-Star Missions Churches: Strategies to Help Your Church Get Into the Game. Baker Books. p. 110.
  6. ↑ "Shelters of the Lord". The Economist. March 24, 1990. Retrieved 2014-01-24.
  7. ↑ Tu, Janet I. (December 17, 2008). "Bruce Larson preached, lived life with gusto". Seattle Times. Retrieved 2014-01-24.
  8. ↑ Iwasaki, John (December 17, 2008). "Bruce Larson, 1925-2008: Pastor hailed as 'thinker and visionary'; A beacon at University Presbyterian". Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Retrieved 2014-01-24.
  9. ↑ http://en.isuspan.com/Megachurches%20Washington.html
  10. ↑ Soden, Dale E. (2004). "Contesting the Soul of an Unlikely Land: Mainline Protestants. Catholics, and Reform and Conservative Jews in the Pacific Northwest". Religion and Public Life in the Pacific Northwest: The None Zone. Rowman Altamira. p. 69.
  11. ↑ Hunter, George G. (2010). The Apostolic Congregation: Church Growth Reconceived for a New Generation. Abingdon Press. p. 61.

Coordinates: 47°39′47″N 122°18′43″W / 47.663°N 122.312°W