The Presbyterian Church of Victoria is one of the constituent churches of the Presbyterian Church of Australia . It was established in 1859 as a union of Church of Scotland , Free Presbyterian and United Presbyterian congregations.[ 1]
The Presbyterian Church of Victoria in the nineteenth century has been described as "the strongest, wealthiest, loudest and most influential of the churches in Victoria."[ 2] Presbyterian Church of Australia . From 1901 to 1977, the PCV was the largest of the state Presbyterian churches.[ 3] Uniting Church in Australia .
The Presbyterian Church of Victoria accepts the Westminster Confession of Faith as its subordinate standard , read in the light of a Declaratory Statement of 1901. It also subscribes to the "general principles" of the Larger and Shorter Catechisms , the Form of Presbyterial Church Government , the Directory of Public Worship , and the Second Book of Discipline .[ 4]
The Presbyterian Church of Victoria has entered into formal partnership agreements with the Blantyre and Zambia synods of the Church of Central Africa, Presbyterian , as well as the Presbyterian Church in Sudan .[ 5]
The PCV operates the Presbyterian Theological College in Box Hill , and exercises oversight over Belgrave Heights Christian School , Presbyterian Ladies' College , St Andrews Christian College and Scotch College in Melbourne, and King's College in Warrnambool .
The Presbyterian Church of Victoria publishes a quarterly magazine called Fellow Workers .[ 6] Moderator of the PCV is Ian Hutton.[ 7]
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Scots, Adelaide Scots, Albany St Andrew's, Brisbane St Andrew's, Bundaberg St Andrew's, Deniliquin East Brisbane Ebenezer St David's, Haberfield St Margaret's, Hackett (co-denominational) Herberton St Andrew's, Innisfail St Paul's, Mackay St John's, Neutral Bay St Lucia St Stephen's, Sydney St Andrew's, Warwick St John's, Wahroonga Ross Memorial, West Perth
