Draft:List of Confessional Protestant denominations in North America

Confessional Protestant denominations are conservative churches that subscribe to particular confessions of faith. They are considered a third church type, other than liberal/mainline and evangelical.

Anglican
Confessional Anglicans adhere to the 39 Articles of Religion. They are often also Continuing Anglicans.


 * Anglican Church in North America (ACNA)
 * Anglican Province of America (APA)
 * Anglican Mission in the Americas (AMiA)
 * Reformed Episcopal Church (REC)

Baptist
Confessional Baptists adhere to the First or Second London Confession.


 * Confessional Baptist Association (CBA)
 * Fellowship of Independent Reformed Evangelicals (FIRE)


 * Mid-America Reformed Baptist Association of Churches
 * Southeast Association of Confessional Baptists
 * Southern California Association of Reformed Baptist Churches
 * Sovereign Grace Churches
 * Sovereign Grace Fellowship of Canada
 * Texas Area Association of Reformed Baptist Churches

Lutheran
Confessional Lutherans adhere to the Book of Concord, the historic collection of Lutheran creeds and catechisms.


 * Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod (LCMS)
 * Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod (WELS)
 * Evangelical Lutheran Synod (ELS)
 * American Association of Lutheran Churches (AALC)
 * Church of the Lutheran Confession (CLC)
 * Evangelical Lutheran Diocese of North America (ELDoNA)
 * Concordia Lutheran Conference (CLC)
 * Conservative Lutheran Association (CLA)
 * Evangelical Lutheran Conference & Ministerium of North America (ELCM)
 * Lutheran Church – Canada (LCC)
 * Lutheran Church – International (LC-I)
 * Lutheran Churches of the Reformation (LCR)
 * Lutheran Conference of Confessional Fellowship (LCCF)
 * Lutheran Ministerium and Synod – USA (LMS-USA)
 * North American Lutheran Church (NALC)
 * United Lutheran Mission Association (ULMA)

Presbyterian
Confessing Presbyterian denominations adhere to the Westminster Standards.


 * Presbyterian Church in America (PCA)
 * Orthodox Presbyterian Church (OPC)
 * Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church (ARPC)
 * Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America (RPCNA)
 * Evangelical Presbyterian Church (EPC)
 * Covenant Presbyterian Church (CPC)
 * Covenant Reformed Presbyterian Church (CRPC)
 * American Presbyterian Church
 * Free Presbyterian Church of North America (FPCNA)
 * Evangel Presbytery
 * Faith Presbytery, Bible Presbyterian Church
 * ECO: A Covenant Order of Evangelical Presbyterians

Continental Reformed
Reformed churches adhere to the Three Forms of Unity.

Dutch

 * Christian Reformed Church in North America (CRCNA)
 * Protestant Reformed Churches in America (PRCA)
 * Heritage Reformed Congregations (HRC)
 * Netherlands Reformed Congregations (NRC)
 * Reformed Congregations in North America
 * Free Reformed Churches in North America (FRCNA)
 * Alliance of Reformed Churches (ARC)

German

 * Reformed Church in the United States (RCUS)

Hungarian

 * Hungarian Reformed Church in America (HRCA)

Pan-Reformed
These denominations adhere to confessions from multiple traditions, or leave the particular confession of subscription to the discretion of the local church.


 * Communion of Reformed Evangelical Churches (CREC)
 * Covenanting Association of Reformed and Presbyterian Churches (CARPC)