LJ-SEC: (ORIGINALLY POSTED BY raven_oreilly) This is mostly for dogemperorbecause of something I read in a recent blog, but also for anyone who can answer it also. I recently read dogemperor's dailyKOS entry about "The Madness of King George" and the subsequent commentary below and saw this, in reference to Methodist churchs:

"There are also some pretty interesting and scary things going on re steeplejacking here--at least one Presbyterian church that has split off from the main body because it felt the parent denomination was far too progressive (the Presbyterian Church of America, a split from PCUSA) is now itself being subjected to steeplejacking--by, of all groups, the racist League of the South (who is in essence trying to turn THAT church into Christian Identity Lite)."

Given the fact that I've posted in here about different mailings from fundie/dominionist groups and my brother being a full timer in Campus Christian Crusade for Christ, I couldn't remember what part of the Presbyterian Church MY hometown church, that I grew up in, was part of. So, I went and found that my church has a website and it says at the top "Presbyterian Church in America."

What is the difference between "Presbyterian Church IN America" and the "Presbyterian Church OF America" that dogemperorspoke about?

I remember my pastor talking about the decision to separate from, I guess, PCUSA, but it's been so long ago, that I can't be sure. He is a pastor that studied at Westminster, though. I'm just worried that my old church is/will get steeplejacked, I guess. I mean, even though I'm not so into the whole organized religion thing, the people at this church are great and really nice and know how to have fun. 

Maybe I just need a little Presbyterian 101?