The Evangelical Presbyterian Church in England and Wales (EPCEW) is a reformed and conservative evangelical denomination in England and Wales.
Arising out of the Presbyterian Association in England, the denomination was established as a presbytery in 1996.
Along with the Free Church of Scotland and the Free Church of Scotland (Continuing), the denomination is one of the three members of the International Conference of Reformed Churches from Great Britain. The EPCEW is one of seven European Churches (all members of the ICRC) that founded the European Conference of Reformed Churches.
As of 2012, the Evangelical Presbyterian Church had fifteen congregations at:
- Barry
- Blackburn and Ribchester
- Bury St Edmunds
- Cambridge
- Cardiff "Bethel" www.bethelpcr.org.uk
- Cardiff "Immanuel" www.immanuelcaerau.org.uk
- Chelmsford
- Cheltenham
- Durham
- Gateshead
- Hull
- Solihull
- Tranås in Sweden
- Stockholm
The Swedish Church was welcomed as a member of the EPCEW in 2009.
The denomination publishes The Presbyterian Network in Spring and Autmn each year. This publication contains theological and pastoral articles and news of the congregations.
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“Chastity is a monkish and evangelical superstition, a greater foe to natural temperance even than unintellectual sensuality.”
—Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792–1822)
“What I often forget about students, especially undergraduates, is that surface appearances are misleading. Most of them are at base as conventional as Presbyterian deacons.”
—Muriel Beadle (b. 1915)
“Midnight has come and the great Christ Church bell
And many a lesser bell sound through the room;
And it is All Souls’ Night.
And two long glasses brimmed with muscatel
Bubble upon the table. A ghost may come;
For it is a ghost’s right....”
—William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)
“Upon Saint Crispin’s day
Fought was this noble fray,
Which fame did not delay
To England to carry.
On when shall Englishmen
With such acts fill a pen,
Or England breed again
Such a King Harry?”
—Michael Drayton (1563–1631)
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—Charles, Prince Of Wales (b. 1948)