The PCA holds amillennialism as its predominant eschatological position. In this view, there is no literal thousand-year reign of Christ on earth before the final judgment. The thousand years of Revelation 20 is interpreted symbolically as the current church age, during which Christ reigns spiritually through his Word and Spirit.

A minority within the PCA holds to postmillennialism, which teaches that the gospel will so transform society that a golden age of righteousness will precede Christ's return. A very small minority holds to premillennialism, expecting a literal future kingdom age after the rapture and before the final judgment.

Despite this diversity, the PCA maintains doctrinal unity around other eschatological essentials: the literal bodily return of Christ, the resurrection of the dead, the final judgment, and the eternal state. The millennium question is treated as an open issue on which evangelical Christians may legitimately differ.