The Presbyterian Record was a monthly periodical published by Presbyterian Record Inc. primarily for members of the Presbyterian Church in Canada. The magazine was published between January 1876 and January 2017. History and profile It was published monthly, starting with the January 1876 merger of The Presbyterian (1848–1875) of the Church of Scotland Canadian Synod, and the Home and Foreign Record of the Canada Presbyterian Church, (1861–1875) the latter coming from the 1861 merger of the Free Church and United Presbyterian Church of Canada's Canadian publications, The Ecclesiastical and missionary record for the Presbyterian Church of Canada (in connection with the Free Church of Scotland) (printed since 1844, under the leadership and Editorship of Rev. Alexander Gale, Rev. William Rintoul, Mr. John Burns and Rev. William Reid) and The Canadian Presbyterian magazine; especially devoted to the interests of the United Presbyterian Church. In 2000, an independent corporation was created to publish the Presbyterian Record. In 2002, the board appointed of David Harris, a career journalist and Anglican priest, as publisher and editor. In 1975, when the denomination numbered almost 172,000 members, the Record had a circulation of over 88,000, but both membership and circulation declined in the years that followed. By 2014, membership in the denomination had declined to 93,500 and circulation had fallen to 14,000. In September, 2016, citing declining circulation mirroring declining membership of the denomination, the board of directors decided that the December 2016 issue would be the magazine's last. In 2017 the denomination launched a quarterly newspaper called Presbyterian Connection and a monthly publication called PCConnect Monthly E-Newsletter. Editors James Croil, esq., 1876-1891 (formerly of The Presbyterian) Rev. Dr. Ephraim Scott 1892-1926 Rev. William Rochester 1927-1945 Rev. Dr. John McNab 1946-1957 Rev. Dr. DeCourcy Rayner 1958-1977 Rev. Dr. James Ross Dickey 1978-1988 Rev. Dr. John Congram, 1988–2002 Rev. David Harris, 2002-2016 References External links Presbyterian Record 1876 establishments in Ontario 2016 disestablishments in Ontario Monthly magazines published in Canada Religious magazines published in Canada Defunct magazines published in Canada Magazines established in 1876 Magazines disestablished in 2016 Magazines published in Ontario Presbyterian Church in Canada