Home›Sources›May 25: Old Side/New Side Reunion, 1758 (This Day in Presbyterian History, PCA Historical Center)SourcesMay 25: Old Side/New Side Reunion, 1758 (This Day in Presbyterian History, PCA Historical Center)PCA Historical CenterCitation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextDivinity Atlas. "May 25: Old Side/New Side Reunion, 1758 (This Day in Presbyterian History, PCA Historical Center)." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://divinity.interactivelion.com/sources/pca-historical-center-old-side-new-side-reunion-1758.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextDivinity Atlas. (n.d.). May 25: Old Side/New Side Reunion, 1758 (This Day in Presbyterian History, PCA Historical Center). Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://divinity.interactivelion.com/sources/pca-historical-center-old-side-new-side-reunion-1758Copy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{divinityatlas-may-25-old-side-new-side-reunion-1758-th, author = {Divinity Atlas}, title = {May 25: Old Side/New Side Reunion, 1758 (This Day in Presbyterian History, PCA Historical Center)}, year = {2026}, url = {https://divinity.interactivelion.com/sources/pca-historical-center-old-side-new-side-reunion-1758}, note = {Accessed August 30, 2026} }Copy BibTeXThe PCA Historical Center's own This Day in Presbyterian History series records that the Old Side and New Side Presbyterian synods, divided since the Synod of Philadelphia expelled revivalist Log College ministers as schismatics in 1741, signed a Plan of Union in Philadelphia in 1758, reuniting as the Synod of New York and Philadelphia and formally affirming the Great Awakening's revivals as a genuine work of the Holy Spirit, with Gilbert Tennent among the New Side ministers who had publicly regretted his earlier intemperance toward Old Side opponents.FactsClaims Backed By This Source (11 claims)Comments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)FactsAssessmentReliability TierWell-attested1The PCA Historical Center's own This Day in Presbyterian History series, the Presbyterian Church in America's denominational archive, tier 1, matching the tier the map gives comparable denominational archival records, used here for the 1758 reunion's date and terms, corroborated by Thomas S. Kidd's academic history of the Great Awakening.CitationPublisherWell-attestedPCA Historical CenterURLWell-attestedhttps://thisday.pcahistory.org/2016/05/may-25-3/Source TypeWell-attestedinstitutional recordClaims Backed By This Source (11 claims)This source backs 11 claims across the atlas. As facts: 8 well-attested. As cited relationships: 2 holds. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.Disposition By TopicSpread Events, 6 claims: 3 well-attested, 2 holds, 1 general references.Sources, 5 claims: 5 well-attested.Well-attested8SourcesMay 25: Old Side/New Side Reunion, 1758 (This Day in Presbyterian History, PCA Historical Center)Spread EventsThe Old Side and New Side Synods Reunite as the Synod of New York and PhiladelphiaHolds2Spread EventsThe Old Side and New Side Synods Reunite as the Synod of New York and PhiladelphiaGeneral References1Spread EventsThe Old Side and New Side Synods Reunite as the Synod of New York and PhiladelphiaComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.View At A Past YearThe atlas records no dated fact of its own for this entry, so there is no other year to choose.Show This Year