In the 1990s, the Christian Reformed Church in North America (CRC) began to allow women's ordination. Such doctrinal change led to the formation of dissenting denominations. In 1991, a group of churches whose members were mostly of Korean ethnicity, under the leadership of Rev. Dr. John E. Kim, split off from CRC and formed the Christian Presbyterian Church.[3][4][5][7] In 1993, the first synod was held of the denomination, which at the time consisted of 20 churches and 6,000 members.[2][8]
^Although Presbyterianism itself originated in Scotland, those denominations stand out as having a more prominent Scottish heritage and/or connection with Scottish Presbyterian denominations.
^Those denominations allow member churches to be more diverse as regards the reformed tradition that they adhere to.