The ''Presbyterian Record'' was a monthly

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published by Presbyterian Record Inc. primarily for members of the

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. The magazine was published between January 1876 and January 2017.

History and profile

It was published monthly, starting with the January 1876 merger of ''The Presbyterian'' (1848–1875) of the

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Canadian

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, and the ''Home and Foreign Record of the Canada Presbyterian Church'', (1861–1875) the latter coming from the 1861 merger of the

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and United Presbyterian Church of Canada's Canadian publications, ''The Ecclesiastical and missionary record for the Presbyterian Church of Canada (in connection with the Free Church of Scotland)'' (printed since 1844, under the leadership and Editorship of Rev. Alexander Gale, Rev. William Rintoul, Mr. John Burns and Rev. William Reid) and ''The Canadian Presbyterian magazine; especially devoted to the interests of the United Presbyterian Church''. In 2000, an independent corporation was created to publish the ''Presbyterian Record''. In 2002, the board appointed of David Harris, a career journalist and Anglican priest, as publisher and editor. In 1975, when the denomination numbered almost 172,000 members, the ''Record'' had a circulation of over 88,000, but both membership and circulation declined in the years that followed. By 2014, membership in the denomination had declined to 93,500 and circulation had fallen to 14,000. In September, 2016, citing declining circulation mirroring declining membership of the denomination, the board of directors decided that the December 2016 issue would be the magazine's last. In 2017 the denomination launched a quarterly newspaper called
Presbyterian Connection
' and a monthly publication called
PCConnect Monthly E-Newsletter
'.

Editors

*James Croil, esq., 1876-1891 (formerly of ''The Presbyterian'') *Rev. Dr. Ephraim Scott 1892-1926 *Rev. William Rochester 1927-1945 *Rev. Dr. John McNab 1946-1957 *Rev. Dr. DeCourcy Rayner 1958-1977 *Rev. Dr. James Ross Dickey 1978-1988 *Rev. Dr. John Congram, 1988–2002 *Rev. David Harris, 2002-2016

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