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International Presbyterian Church

Church in Europe and South Korea

The International Presbyterian Church (IPC) is a Reformed church in the United Kingdom, the European Union and South Korea, that holds to the Presbyterian confession of faith, with common commitments, purpose and accountability and government.

Origin[edit]

The church was founded by Francis Schaeffer as a missionary of the Reformed Presbyterian Church (RPCES) in the United States. Schaeffer and his wife began L'Abri ("the Shelter") and then started the International Presbyterian Church. They moved from SwitzerlandtoEngland, bringing the church with them. The first congregation started in Ealing in 1969.^[1] They also created congregations among Korean-speaking people, including the London Korean Church.^[2][3][4]

Missionaries for the church worked in Timișoara, Targu Jiu, Verona, Italy, Ghent, Belgium and Baku, Azerbaijan.^[5][6]

Recently dissatisfied evangelical groups from the Church of Scotland have joined the church, with former ministers, elders (males only) and members creating 3 new Scottish congregations out of existing Church of Scotland congregations.

Organization[edit]

The IPC has four presbyteries, namely a British Presbytery, a European Proto-Presbytery, Korean Presbytery and a South-Korean Proto-Presbytery^[7]which all follow a common Book of Church Order.

The British Presbytery comprises seventeen English-speaking congregations in the United Kingdom. They are:

England[edit]

• Brentford, Immanuel^[8]
• Chester,Trinity Church^[9]
• Coventry,Grace Church^[10]
• Derby, Christ Church^[11]
• Ealing^[12]
• Hammersmith,Grace Church^[13]
• Hounslow,Town Church^[14]
• Ilford, All Nations Church^[15]
• Leeds, Christ Church Central^[16]
• Liss, St Peters^[17]
• Luton,Ebenezer Chapel^[18]
• Romford, Christ Church Romford^[19]
• Southall, New Life Masih Ghar^[20]
• York, Trinity Church^[21]

Scotland[edit]

• Aberdeen, Trinity Church^[22]
• Inverness, Highland International Church^[23]
• Larbert: Grace Church^[24]

Formerly, there was Grace Community Church, based in Kyle of Lochalsh, Scotland. It closed during 2020.

These Presbyteries form a synod.^[25]

Theology[edit]

• Westminster Confession of Faith
• Three Forms of Unity
  • Belgic Confession
  • Canons of Dort
  • Heidelberg Catechism^[5][26]

The five statements of the Reformed doctrine:

• Scripture Alone
• Grace Alone
• Faith Alone
• Christ Alone
• the Glory of God Alone^[25]

References[edit]

External links[edit]

• International Presbyterian Church
• London Korean Church
• List of churches