Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church in Pakistan

The Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church in Pakistan is a Protestant denomination in Pakistan that forms part of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church.

Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church in Pakistan
ClassificationProtestant
OrientationEvangelical Calvinist
Theologyconservative Reformed
PolityPresbyterian
FounderDr. Minnie Alexander
Origin1911
Pakistan
Branched fromAssociate Reformed Presbyterian Church
Congregations100
Members150,000
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History

The Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church had its beginnings in the 17th century, whereas the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church in Pakistan was founded in 1911.[1] The Church of Pakistan and the Presbyterian Church of Pakistan are among the other Christian denominations. The Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church of Pakistan has as membership of around 150,000.[1][2]

The centennial celebration of the church was held in Karachi where more than 5,000 ARP members were present. The beginning of the church was in 1906. Under British rule doctor Minnie Alexander came to Montgomery to extend medical assistance to the poor.[3] Dr Minnie started mission work by working at a small clinic in Sialkot. Alexanders tenacity draw many more missionaries to Pakistan and now the denomination has more than 110,000 members.[4] Dr. Ranson come to Pakistan with his family in 1920.

Dr Minnie's small clinic became a 160-bed hospital. The church established the School of Nursingin Sahiwal in 1948. The denomination has several Christian schools in Pakistan.[5] The ARP mission has planted 100 churches in Pakistan, 28 of which have planted in Karachi.[6]

Theological education

The Gujranwala Theological Seminary serves the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church in Pakistan, the Presbyterian Church of Pakistan and the Church of Pakistan to train pastors and ministers.[7]

Doctrine

The Church motto says: "Whoever believes on HIM will not be put to shame".[8]

Creeds

Confessions
gollark: You don't particularly need that. You can just buy a cheaper phone and give charity £400 or something.
gollark: People might actually look at you as weird if you donate a significant % of your income to effective charities, rather than just £10 a month to WarmFuzzyCharity2000 which helps endangered homeless tigers get food or something.
gollark: As far as I'm aware, you can actually still save lives for something like £500 each by donating money to help with malaria in Africa. But *nobody does this*!
gollark: Because it is! It mostly works fine!
gollark: People talk a lot about how terrible capitalism is, and then generally just... ignore the possibility of charity.

See also
  • Facebook site:
  • Presbyterian Hospital in Pakistan

References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-05-30. Retrieved 2009-09-06.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. http://www.reformiert-online.net/adressen/detail.php?id=1443&lg=eng
  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-12-27. Retrieved 2013-12-26.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. www.redeemerblacksburg.org/Home/About-Us/About-the-Associate-Reformed-Presbyterian-Church
  5. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-12-27. Retrieved 2013-12-26.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-12-29. Retrieved 2013-03-15.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  7. http://gtspk.org/
  8. https://www.facebook.com/pages/ARP-Church-Pakistan/157334347619242?id=157334347619242&sk=info
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