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Presbyterian Church of Victoria
Presbyterian Church of Victoria
	File:PCV crest in colour.jpg
Classification	Protestant
Orientation	Reformed evangelical
Polity	Presbyterian
Moderator	Robert White
Associations	Formed the Presbyterian Church of Australia in 1901
Region	Victoria, Australia
Origin	1859 ; Melbourne, Victoria
Merger of	The Church of Scotland Synod of Victoria, the Free Presbyterian Church of Victoria and the United Presbyterian Church
Separations	1977 Majority joined the Uniting Church in Australia
Congregations	150
Members	10,000
Official website	pcv.org.au

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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] In 1901 it united with the Presbyterian churches of the other states of Australia to form the Presbyterian Church of Australia, while in 1977, the majority of congregations left to join the Uniting Church in Australia. From 1901 to 1977, the PCV was the largest of the state Presbyterian churches.^[3]

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, King's College in Warrnambool, Presbyterian Ladies' College, St Andrews Christian College and Scotch College.

The Presbyterian Church of Victoria publishes a quarterly magazine called Fellow Workers.^[6] The current Moderator of the PCV is the Rev. Robert White.

References

^ Harman, Allan; Harman, Mairi (2009). Reaching Forward: From a Rich Heritage to a Certain Goal. Presbyterian Church of Victoria. pp. 19–23.
^ Roe, Jill (1968). "Challenge and Response: Religious Life in Melbourne, 1876-86". Journal of Religious History. 5 (2): 149–166. doi:10.1111/j.1467-9809.1968.tb00501.x.
^ Harman and Harman, Reaching Forward, 31.
^ "Code of the Presbyterian Church of Victoria". Retrieved 2 April 2012.
^ Burns, Philip (June 2010). "Partners!" (PDF). Fellow Workers. 7 (2): 6. Retrieved 9 April 2013.
^ Fellow Workers

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[1] Harman, Allan; Harman, Mairi (2009). Reaching Forward: From a Rich Heritage to a Certain Goal. Presbyterian Church of Victoria. pp. 19–23.

[2] Roe, Jill (1968). "Challenge and Response: Religious Life in Melbourne, 1876-86". Journal of Religious History. 5 (2): 149–166. doi:10.1111/j.1467-9809.1968.tb00501.x.

[3] Harman and Harman, Reaching Forward, 31.

[4] "Code of the Presbyterian Church of Victoria". Retrieved 2 April 2012.

[5] Burns, Philip (June 2010). "Partners!" (PDF). Fellow Workers. 7 (2): 6. Retrieved 9 April 2013.

[6] Fellow Workers

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 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 [[Westminster Larger Catechism|Larger]] and [[Westminster Shorter Catechism|Shorter Catechisms]], the [[Form of Presbyterial Church Government]], the [[Directory of Public Worship]], and the [[Second Book of Discipline]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Code of the Presbyterian Church of Victoria|url=http://pcv.org.au/code_online/chapter1.htm|accessdate=2 April 2012}}</ref>
 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]].<ref>{{cite journal|last=Burns|first=Philip|title=Partners!|journal=Fellow Workers|date=June 2010|volume=7|issue=2|page=6|url=http://fw.morwellchurch.org/pdf/2010.2.pdf|accessdate=9 April 2013}}</ref>
-The Presbyterian Church of Victoria also partners with [[Australian Presbyterian World Mission]] which sends out many missionaries and missionary families all over the world. Countries include, [[Nepal]], [[Malawi]], [[Japan]], [[Oman]], [[Pakistan]] and many others across Africa, Asia and the Middle East.
 The PCV operates the [[Presbyterian Theological College]] in [[Box Hill, Victoria|Box Hill]], and exercises oversight over [[Belgrave Heights Christian School]], [[King's College, Warrnambool|King's College]] in [[Warrnambool]], [[Presbyterian Ladies' College, Melbourne|Presbyterian Ladies' College]], [[St Andrews Christian College]] and [[Scotch College, Melbourne|Scotch College]].
-The Presbyterian Church of Victoria publishes a quarterly magazine called ''Fellow Workers''.<ref>[http://fw.morwellchurch.org/ Fellow Workers]</ref>
+The Presbyterian Church of Victoria publishes a quarterly magazine called ''Fellow Workers''.<ref>[http://fw.morwellchurch.org/ Fellow Workers]</ref> The current [[Moderator of the General Assembly|Moderator]] of the PCV is the [[Reverend|Rev.]] Robert White.
-The current [[Moderator of the General Assembly|Moderator]] of the PCV is the [[Reverend|Rev.]] Robert White. A Moderatorial position is renewed annually and the formal term begins in October. In October 2015 [[Reverend|Rev]] Mark Smith of Drouin Presbyterian Church became the youngest Moderator in the history of the PCV at 44. Mark's term lasted only six months instead of the usual year and was replaced temporarily by [[Reverend|Rev]] Robert Brown in July 2016 to complete Mark's term of a full twelve months.
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