Presbyterian Church in Ireland | |
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Classification | Protestant |
Orientation | Presbyterian (Calvinist) |
Polity | Presbyterian |
Moderator | Richard Murray[1] |
Associations | World Communion of Reformed Churches |
Region | Ireland |
Origin | 1610 |
Branched from | Church of Scotland |
Congregations | 536 |
Members | 200,000[2] |
Official website | www |
The Presbyterian Church in Ireland (PCI; Irish: Eaglais Phreispitéireach in Éirinn; Ulster-Scots: Prisbytairin Kirk in Airlann)[3][4] is the largest Presbyterian denomination in the Republic of Ireland, and the largest Protestant denomination in Northern Ireland. Like most Christian churches in Ireland, it is organised on an all-island basis, in both Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. The church has approximately 210,000 members.