the American Presbyterian Church left the BPC over roughly the same concerns that led to the original OPC/BPC split decades earlier. Third split On March 28, 2008, the South Atlantic Presbytery voted by a wide margin to disassociate from the Bible Presbyterian Synod, in opposition to formal relations recently established between the Synod and the Orthodox Presbyterian Church. The presbytery took the name Faith Presbytery, Bible Presbyterian Church. Recent history Today the North American body has 33 congregations. Bible Presbyterians do not have synod-controlled boards for missions and education, but annually approve independent agencies for mission work, as well as colleges and seminaries. Doctrine The Westminster Confession of Faith, Larger Catechism and Shorter Catechism was adopted in the first Bible Presbyterian Synod in 1938. It agrees with the original manuscript of the Confession. The denomination describes itself as a confessional church which believes in historic Calvinism. Demographics The denomination comprises 33 churches mostly in the United States and 1 church in Alberta, Canada and 4 presbyteries. These presbyteries are the Great Western Presbytery, the Eastern Presbytery, the Great Lakes Presbytery, and the Florida Presbytery. The highest governing body is the Synod. General Synod References External links Bible Presbyterian Church Far Eastern Bible College Western Reformed Seminary "Machen’s Warrior Children" by John Frame Presbyterian denominations established in the 20th century Presbyterian denominations in the United States Christian organizations established in 1938 Collingswood, New Jersey 1938 establishments in New Jersey Presbyterian denominations in Canada Fundamentalist denominations Conservatism in the United States