What is Orthodox Presbyterian Church?
{{Infobox Christian denomination | name = Orthodox Presbyterian Church | image = | insigniasize = | abbreviation=OPC | main_classification = [[Protestant]] | theology = Confessionalism (Reformed) | governance = Presbyterian | founded_date = June 11, 1936 | founded_place = Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | separated_from = Presbyterian Church in the United States of America | separations = Bible Presbyterian Church (1937) | associations = North American Presbyterian and Reformed Council, International Conference of Reformed Churches | congregations = 281 | members = 31,112 | ministers=534 | area=[[United States]] | headquarters=Willow Grove, Pennsylvania | leader_name=Jeffery A. Landis | footnotes = |website={{url|www.opc.org}} }} The '''Orthodox Presbyterian Church''' ('''OPC''') is a [[Presbyterian]] denomination in the northern United States. It was made by members of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America (PCUSA). They strongly objected to the Modernist theology during the 1930s. It had influence on [[evangelicalism]] far beyond its size. ==History== ===Establishment=== The Orthodox Presbyterian Church was made in 1936. It was founded largely through the efforts of John Gresham Machen. Machen and others had founded Westminster Theological Seminary in 1929, in response to a re-organization of Princeton Theological Seminary. In 1933, Machen, concerned about Liberal Christianity|liberal theology tolerated by Presbyterians on the mission field, formed the Independent Board for Presbyterian Foreign Missions. The next Presbyterian General Assembly reaffirmed that Independent Board was unconstitutional and gave the associated clergy an ultimatum to break their links. When Machen and seven other clergy refused, they were suspended from the Presbyterian ministry.<ref name=fgf1>{{cite web|title=Fighting the Good Fight|url=http://www.opc.org/books/fighting/pt1.html|publisher=Orthodox Presbyterian Church|access-date=20 February 2014}}</ref> [[File:J.G.Machen.jpg|180px|left|thumb|John Gresham Machen was