Presbytery of New Brunswick

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The former '''Presbytery of New Brunswick''' is now part of the Coastlands Presbytery as of March 1, 2021 <ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.synodne.org/blog/2021/4/1/new-jersey-presbyteries-born-anew | title=New Jersey Presbyteries Born Anew | date=April 2021 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | title=The Presbytery of Central NJ. {{!}} Pearl Digital Collections | url=https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:177410 | access-date=2025-04-05 | website=digital.history.pcusa.org}}</ref>

The '''Presbytery of New Brunswick''' was a presbytery of the Presbyterian Church (USA). In 1738 the Presbytery of East Jersey was merged with the Presbytery of Long Island and renamed the Presbytery of New York, and two days after that, the Presbytery of New Brunswick was created.<ref name=history>{{cite book|last=Davidson |first=Robert |title=A historical sketch of the First Presbyterian Church in the city of New Brunswick|year=1852 |publisher=J. Terhune & Son | url=https://archive.org/details/historicalsketch00davi_0|quote=presbyterian church, New Brunswick. }}</ref> Its seat was First Presbyterian Church (New Brunswick, New Jersey), where Gilbert Tennent was pastor.{{citation needed|date=June 2013}} In 1741, the presbytery was excluded from its parent body, the Synod of Philadelphia, in the beginning of the Old Side–New Side Controversy.<ref>{{cite book|title=The presbytery of New York|last=Alexander|first=S.D.|year=1877|url=https://archive.org/stream/cu31924029475542#page/n16/mode/1up/|page=3}}</ref> The presbytery, along with the newly formed London Derry Presbytery, became known as the "New Side", while those who remained in the Presbytery of Philadelphia were known as the "Old Side". The Synod of New York was established in 1745 for the New Side presbyteries. In 1751, the Presbytery of New Brunswick was divided, with the churches in Pennsylvania and South Jersey constituting the Presbytery of Abington.<ref>{{cite journal|title=History of the Presbytery of New Brunswick|journal=Journal of the Presbyterian Historical Society|volume=10|date=September 1919|issue=3 and 4|page=114|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QSjSAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA114}}</ref>

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==External links== * [https://coastlandspresbytery.org/ Coastlands Presbytery] (website)

New Brunswick Category:1738 establishments in the Thirteen Colonies Category:Presbyterian organizations established in the 18th century