[3] Relations between the two Cumberland Presbyterian groups have for the most part been very cordial, and many of the CPCA ministers have trained at Memphis Theological Seminary.
A reunion attempt on the part of both denominations failed to win approval in the late 1980s.
The joint committee drafting the plan of union agreed and made such a stipulation in its reporting to the General Assembly.
There are 153 congregations, which are organized into 15 presbyteries and four synods, in Alabama, Kentucky, Tennessee and Texas and Illinois.
[4] Membership is primarily concentrated in Alabama, Tennessee, and Texas, but the church extends north to Cleveland, Chicago, Oklahoma, Detroit and Marshalltown, Iowa.