---
title: 'A True Presbyterian Church at Last'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
requiresPurchase: false
authors:
- 'J. Gresham Machen'
date: 1936-06-22
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '20th century'
topics:
- 'American Presbyterian and Reformed History'
- 'Church History, Autobiography, and Biography'
scriptures:
- 'Isaiah 40'
- 'Luke 12'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/20th-century/machen-1936-a-true-presbyterian-church-at-last
---

# A True Presbyterian Church at Last

J. Gresham Machen recounts the June 11, 1936 founding of the Presbyterian Church of America after long battles with Modernism in the PCUSA. He expresses hope for faithful evangelism and fellowship.

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