Index: Property
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Judge asked to issue
summary judgment
Kirk
of the Hills property dispute hearing on Aug. 28
August 18, 2008
Presbytery
dismisses church after $700,000 commitment
August 15, 2008
Proposed settlement of Londonderry
suit
'Unwrapped and ready to go'
August 6, 2008
Presbytery's
claim of assets lists individual church leaders
August 5, 2008
Londonderry court case begins
With
new pastor, N.H. church battles presbytery for property
July 29, 2008
Presbytery
conditionally approves financial terms for congregation's dismissal
July 24, 2008
More
than a dozen churches have left PCUSA with their property this year
July 14, 2008
Presbytery of South Louisiana
Lawsuit
withdrawn against New Orleans church that voted to leave PCUSA for EPC
July 9, 2008
Hillsdale
congregation joins EPC and maintains building
July 4, 2008
Kirkpatrick's filing also a factor,
board member says
Lay
Committee joins Episcopal property lawsuit because outcome could
affect PCUSA churches
June 13, 2008
Vote follows presbytery's attempt
to ban meeting
New
Orleans church disaffiliates from PCUSA
June 9, 2008
Judge
denies presbytery's attempt for TRO
June 9, 2008
Whitewater Valley Presbytery
Powerful
administrative commissions could remove sessions, pastors of churches
rethinking PCUSA ties
June 6, 2008
Open letter
PLC files amicus brief
June 4, 2008
Ohio church
votes to request dismissal from PCUSA despite threat of powerful
administrative commission
June 4, 2008
Vote to
request dismissal 2 years in the making
June 4, 2008
Eastminster Presbytery plans to
appeal
Judge upholds property ruling for Ohio church that left PCUSA
June 3, 2008
Whitewater Valley Presbytery
Administrative commissions with chilling powers eyed for 2 small
churches weighing future in PCUSA
June 2, 2008
PCUSA
'waving the flag of God and country' in joining Episcopal property
lawsuit in Virginia, attorney says
May 23, 2008
'Leading us to a different
pasture'
Ohio
church dissolved from PCUSA with property by Eastminster Presbytery
May 16, 2008
First Presbyterian Church of
Thibodaux, La.
Louisiana
church seeking dismissal from PCUSA votes to disaffiliate after
synod's action
May 7, 2008
Synod seeks to enter case
Sacramento-area church wins summary judgment in property ownership
lawsuit against presbytery
April 21, 2008
Pittsburgh
Presbytery approves $575,000 settlement with Memorial Park church,
which voted to join the EPC
April 18, 2008
Pittsburgh
Presbytery expected to approve $575,000 settlement with Memorial Park
church, which voted to join the EPC
April 17, 2008
Church group has New Hope
Fort Myers Presbyterians move down road, start over
April 14, 2008
Hilton
Head Island congregation sues PCUSA over church property
April 4, 2008
Presbyterian
congregation gets to keep property
April 2, 2008
Redstone
Presbytery dismisses Pennsylvania congregation to EPC with property
and blessing
April 1, 2008
Covenant Presbyterian Church
Florida
church's continuing, departing congregations to split on Good Friday
March 17, 2008
Covenant Presbyterian Church
Departing, continuing congregations share Florida campus until
dismissal
February 25, 2008
Congregations
splitting from denominations battling to keep their church property
February 25, 2008
Tiny
congregation in Pittsburgh area votes 27-2 to leave the PCUSA
February 21, 2008
Covenant Presbyterian Church in
Omaha, Neb.
In growing trend, another congregation reaches settlement with
presbytery over property, denominational affiliation
February 13, 2008
Peace River Presbytery
Division
of 'great congregation' saddens official ahead of Thursday meeting on
dismissal request; pastor to ask that 'will of the majority' be
honored
February 12, 2008
First Presbyterian Church in
Corinth, Miss., v. St. Andrew Presbytery
Agreement
lets church leave PCUSA with property for EPC; presbytery to get
$150,000; lawsuit to be dismissed
February 7, 2008
Peace
River Presbytery to decide Feb. 14 on request from Fort Myers
congregation to leave the PCUSA
February 7, 2008
Fort
Myers congregation votes to seek dismissal from PCUSA
February 4, 2008
Sacramento Presbytery
Third
Sacramento-area church seeks to leave the PCUSA with its property for
the EPC
February 1, 2008
Group joins Evangelical
Presbyterian Church
After
splitting from Kansas congregation, new church's members unite for
worship
January 31, 2008
Presbytery of Western North
Carolina
Budget
includes $50,000 for property ownership lawsuit against Montreat
church that left PCUSA
January 29, 2008
Sacramento Presbytery
Complaint
to synod delays two large churches from leaving with their properties
for the EPC
January 22, 2008
Largest
congregation in Pittsburgh Presbytery votes to leave the PCUSA and
join the EPC
January 21, 2008
Pittsburgh Presbytery
Memorial
Park Church files property ownership lawsuit, schedules vote to
disaffiliate from PCUSA
January 11, 2008
Key
points of Memorial Park Church's property ownership lawsuit against
Pittsburgh Presbytery
January 11, 2008
Mississippi Presbytery
Federal
judge sends congregation's motion for temporary restraining order back
to state court
January 2, 2008
Heartland Presbytery
Presbytery
defrocks suspended pastor of Kansas church that voted to leave PCUSA
December 26, 2007
Illinois
church that left the PCUSA for the EPC changes its name
December 26, 2007
Commentary
Merry
Christmas in Heartland Presbytery
December 14, 2007
Heartland Presbytery
Meeting
next week focuses on fate of pastor of Kansas church that voted to
leave PCUSA
December 14, 2007
Sacramento Presbytery
Two
churches leaving with properties, presbytery to get cash gifts;
ownership lawsuits to be settled
December 12, 2007
New Covenant Presbytery
Administrative
commission considered for church that voted to request dismissal from
PCUSA
December 11, 2007
Greater Atlanta Presbytery
Church
that filed property ownership lawsuit offers to settle case if
presbytery dismisses them
December 10, 2007
Greater Atlanta Presbytery
Details
of church's property ownership case against presbytery
December 10, 2007
An
open letter regarding church property issues
December 4, 2007
Church
property battles getting complicated in Pennsylvania
December 4, 2007
Greater Atlanta Presbytery
Congregation
votes to immediately disaffiliate from PCUSA; administrative
commission appointed
November 30, 2007
Atlanta-area congregation had gone
to court over property rights
Presbytery
may investigate minister over church property case, including
attendance at any New Wineskins 'events or conferences'
November 27, 2007
Western Reserve Presbytery
Presbytery's
largest church votes to leave PCUSA for New Wineskins/EPC Presbytery
November 21, 2007
Congregation
in Mississippi locked in legal battle over church property
November 19, 2007
Illinois
congregation, reaches deal with presbytery to leave the PCUSA, keep
its church property
November 19, 2007
Group
of former PCUSA congregation members planning to launch a new church
in Paola
November 19, 2007
Heartland Presbytery
Pastor
suspended, session replaced at Kansas church that voted to leave PCUSA
November 16, 2007
Seeks to join Evangelical
Presbyterian Church
Pittsburgh-area
church votes to unilaterally leave the PCUSA
November 5, 2007
'Remaining … and fighting for
reform is not a viable option'
Largest
congregation in Presbytery of South Louisiana votes 422-60 to leave
the PCUSA
October 30, 2007
PLC also targeted
Nationwide
campaign to seek contributions to fund property litigation expenses
October 29, 2007
Ruling favors Hudson Presbyterian
Church
Court
decides property belongs to congregation in Ohio, not the presbytery
or the PCUSA
October 29, 2007
Presbytery of Western North
Carolina
National
appeal planned for money to help defray legal costs in church property
cases
October 29, 2007
Presbytery of Western North
Carolina
Administrative
commission gets original jurisdiction over church that filed property
suit
October 29, 2007
Presbytery of Western North
Carolina hrist
Administrative
commission gets original jurisdiction over church that narrowly voted
to stay in PCUSA
October 29, 2007
'Huge statements of our desire to
follow Christ'
Two
large Sacramento Presbytery churches request dismissal to EPC
October 22, 2007
Action called the first of what
could be several
Pittsburgh
Presbytery votes 174-73 to dismiss congregation to EPC
October 22, 2007
The Reformed Pastor blog
Londonderry
makes the move
October 15, 2007 7
No details released yet on
settlement
Presbytery
of the Missouri River Valley OKs Omaha congregation's departure from
PCUSA
October 12, 2007
Property ownership suit filed
against Northern New England Presbytery
New
Hampshire congregation votes to leave PCUSA, join New Wineskins EPC
Presbytery
October 8, 2007
'Deep theological differences,'
'tolerance of very radical beliefs' cited
Third
church in Heartland Presbytery seeks to leave PCUSA, join EPC
October 1, 2007
Staying and 'fighting for reform
is not a viable option'
Largest congregation in Presbytery of South Louisiana schedules vote
to disaffiliate from PCUSA, join EPC
September 28, 2007
First Presbyterian Church in
Waynesville
Church
in western North Carolina narrowly votes to stay in PCUSA
September 19, 2007
Heartland Presbytery panel refuses dismissal request from congregation
that voted to leave PCUSA, another that sought to join New Wineskins
September 20, 2007
Decision may affect Presbyterian,
Episcopal, other churches
California Supreme Court to review ruling by lower court in church
property case
September 19, 2007
Beaver-Butler Presbytery approves
guidelines
Trust
clause will not be used 'to shackle churches' to the PCUSA if they
'genuinely desire to depart'
September 18, 2007
Presbytery
agrees to Peters church departure
September 14, 2007
Peters
Creek Presbyterians vote to leave denomination
September 10, 2007
Peters Creek United Presbyterian
Church
Pennsylvania
church that filed property ownership lawsuit to vote Sept. 9 on
leaving PCUSA for EPC
September 7, 2007
Presbytery
officials split over Pittsburgh-area church's property
September 7, 2007
Presbytery of South Louisiana
Two
churches sue to be declared owners of their properties
August 31, 2007
Evansville congregation extends
response time
EPC
no longer defendant in suit pitting presbytery, synod against Indiana
church
August 21, 2007
Administrative commission wants to
dissolve congregation
Quincy,
Ill., church leaves PCUSA for EPC; court showdown over its property
looms
August 21, 2007
Presbytery of Western North
Carolina
Administrative
commission to review Marion church that is suing presbytery
August 9, 2007
Middle Sandy Presbyterian Church
Presbytery
lets Ohio congregation go to EPC with its property
August 9, 2007
Church
property battle may head to the California Supreme Court
August 8, 2007
Small
congregation dismissed to EPC with property in exchange for $10,000
payment to presbytery
August 3, 2007
'Exit
guidelines' change approved; allows panel with takeover power for
churches that don't have 75% vote to seek dismissal
August 3, 2007
Exodus
of churches, members from the PCUSA
July 26, 2007
First test of new process to
address withdrawing congregations
Small
Oregon church talking with Cascades Presbytery about request to leave
PCUSA
July 24, 2007
EPC also named as defendant by
presbytery, synod
Indiana
church that was dismissed from PCUSA sued over property
July 20, 2007
Pastor talks about path to
church's departure from PCUSA
'They did the same thing with the constitution that they had done 10
or 12 years ago with Scripture'
July 20, 2007
First Presbyterian Church in
Marion v. Presbytery of Western North Carolina
North
Carolina church granted TRO, preventing presbytery from seizing its
property and assets
July 17, 2007
Third church in Ohio
presbytery requests to leave denomination
North
Benton congregation votes to seek dismissal from PCUSA, join EPC-New
Wineskins Presbytery
July 11, 2007
Mississippi Presbytery taken to
task
Congregation-friendly property policy is unconstitutional, synod
committee says
July 6, 2007
Property ownership lawsuits also
filed against Donegal Presbytery
Three
southeast Pennsylvania churches vote to immediately disaffiliate from
the PCUSA
June 29, 2007
Next step is meeting with
presbytery's administrative commission
75 percent of Quincy, Ill., congregation votes to seek dismissal from
PCUSA
June 27, 2007
Future discussions with presbytery
will address property
Stillman
Valley, Ill., congregation votes to request dismissal from PCUSA,
pursue EPC membership
June 27, 2007
'Our efforts weren't really
bearing fruit'
Second
Illinois church plans congregational vote June 24 on seeking dismissal
from the PCUSA
June 22, 2007
PCUSA will profit from sale of
church it didn't help build
Small,
pastor-less Texas congregation to pay hefty price for freedom from
denomination
June 22, 2007
'25 years of accumulated
frustration'
Illinois
church schedules congregational vote June 24 on seeking dismissal from
PCUSA
June 20, 2007
Congregations and ministers listed
Heartland
Presbytery proposal targets congregations thinking about leaving PCUSA
June 15, 2007
Central Presbyterian Church of
Huntsville, Ala., v. North Alabama Presbytery
Lawsuit
settlement lets church leave PCUSA with property – for $250,000
June 11, 2007
Central Presbyterian Church of
Huntsville, Ala., v. North Alabama Presbytery
Church
property case goes back to October 2005
June 11, 2007
'Historic stand for the Gospel'
Largest
congregation in Pittsburgh Presbytery votes overwhelmingly to leave
PCUSA, join EPC
June 4, 2007
'Without condition,' Presbytery of
East Tennessee votes
Signal
Mountain Presbyterian Church dismissed to EPC with all its property
May 31, 2007
Hudson Presbyterian Church v.
Eastminster Presbytery
Ohio
attorney general's office joins lawsuit, says 'PCUSA-style church'
must be provided
May 30, 2007
Peters Creek United Presbyterian
Church v. Washington Presbytery
Pennsylvania
church gets temporary injunction against administrative commission
while it weighs leaving PCUSA
May 14, 2007
French Camp Presbyterian Church
Presbytery's vote not to affirm marriage overture was turning point
toward leaving the PCUSA
May 10, 2007
French Camp Presbyterian
Church
Congregation
dismissed to ARP Church with property in exchange for $30,000 gift
May 4, 2007
Sunday
celebration to mark new denomination for church
May 4, 2007
Largest
church in Pittsburgh Presbytery schedules vote on leaving the PCUSA
May 2, 2007
First Presbyterian Church of
Corinth, Miss., v. St. Andrew Presbytery
Presbytery
readies commission, funding in fight over property, which moves to
chancery court
April 30, 2007
A Classical Presbyterian blog
'It's
no big deal,' Tammen says about 'The Louisville Papers'
April 27, 2007
Montreat Presbyterian Church
Presbytery
dismisses congregation to EPC and creates 'continuing' PCUSA church;
property issue unresolved
April 26, 2007
Pittsburgh-area
congregation votes to leave the PCUSA
April 23, 2007
Central Presbyterian Church of
Huntsville, Ala., v. North Alabama Presbytery
Administrative
commission claims jurisdiction of church, but pastor says nothing has
changed
April 20, 2007
San Joaquin Presbytery approves
covenant
'Pre-emptive action against any pastor, session or congregation' over
church property ruled out
April 18, 2007
First Presbyterian Church of
Corinth, Miss., v. St. Andrew Presbytery
Presbytery tries to move case again; church seeks summary judgment
April 17, 2007
Montreat Presbyterian Church
Task force recommends partitioning congregation, taking over
governance of church and property
April 16, 2007
Montreat Presbyterian Church
Special
Task Force for Montreat's recommended decision to presbytery
April 16, 2007
Montreat Presbyterian Church
Minister claims allowing church to leave tantamount to declaring PCUSA
'apostate'
April 16, 2007
Montreat Presbyterian Church
Anticipating churches may leave PCUSA, presbytery sets high-hurdle
'exit guidelines'
April 16, 2007
Iowa church answers lawsuit
Court
can't decide disaffiliation on presbytery's behalf, attorney argues
April 5, 2007
Montreat Conference Center board
of directors
Six-month
'season of prayer, study and dialogue' sought over church's request to
leave the PCUSA
March 30, 2007
Montreat Presbyterian Church
Steering
committee aims to keep PCUSA congregation
March 16, 2007
Presbytery claims 'original
jurisdiction'
Alabama
church suing for property ownership votes to leave PCUSA, affiliate
with EPC
March 16, 2007
Kirk
of the Hills 'in schism,' administrative commission says
March 8, 2007
Mississippi Presbytery
Churches
own their properties, final declaratory judgments state
March 8, 2007
Access sought to property, records
Iowa presbytery sues Riverside church, pastor, clerk of session
March 7, 2007
'Tired of fighting for change from
within'
Ohio
congregation votes to leave PCUSA and affiliate with Evangelical
Presbyterian Church
March 6, 2007
Commitment to evangelism and
mission cited
Omaha
congregation votes to leave PCUSA and align with Evangelical
Presbyterian Church
March 2, 2007
Central Presbyterian v. North
Alabama Presbytery
Huntsville
property ownership case goes to federal court – briefly
March 2, 2007
'Model for dispute resolution
elsewhere'
Mississippi
Presbytery approves end to church property ownership cases
March 1, 2007
Kirk
of the Hills posts documents regarding church property case
February 26, 2007
'Louisville Papers' author acts as
'resource'
Baton
Rouge judgment conflicts with Book of Order, panel finds
February 23, 2007
First Presbyterian Church of
Corinth, Miss., v. St. Andrew Presbytery
Case back in state court; presbytery's tactics rebuked
February 22, 2007
'Most unusual legal maneuver'
St.
Andrew presbyter complains about temporary restraining order
February 20, 2007
Presbytery prevented 'from meeting and
performing its duties'
Corinth
church case moves to federal court
February 19, 2007
Church
session supports proposed New Mexico bill to use 'neutral principles
of law' in church property cases
February 19, 2007
Methodist
bishop opposes proposed New Mexico bill that would apply'neutral
principles of law' in church property cases
February 16, 2007
New
Mexico considering legislation to mandate use of 'neutral principles
of law' in church property cases
February 15, 2007
'We felt like we were forced to
this point'
Judge schedules court hearing in Corinth church's property case
February 14, 2007
Episcopal
Church goes to court in Virginia to retain parishes' property
Complaint asks for compliance with
canons, accounting of property
February 13, 2007
Decision expected by mid-April
Summary
judgment sought in Kirk of the Hills case
February 1, 2007
Court
asked to declare Huntsville church, not PCUSA, owns its property
January 31, 2007
'Disillusioned and dismayed' at the
direction of the denomination
Small
congregation in Mississippi asks presbytery to 'graciously' release it
from PCUSA with property
January 30, 2007
Signal
Mountain Presbyterian votes to leave PCUSA
January 29, 2007
Subcommittee could help close
Mississippi church property case
Proposed final judgment to serve as 'template' for other pending,
future litigation, attorney says
January 29, 2007
Seeking withdrawal from the PCUSA
called 'not an approved work'
COM warns
minister whose congregation plans to leave PCUSA, orders property
legal work begun
January 26, 2007
ECUSA
and diocese play hardball with congregations wishing to leave
Diocese declares clergy inhibited,
property abandoned
January 25, 2007
Suits
as punishment?: Truro, others stand on solid legal ground
January 23, 2007
Church
in Montreat votes to leave the PCUSA
January 22, 2007
Injunction
issued in Mississippi church property case; attorney hopes to resolve
ownership issue next month
January 19, 2007
Mississippi
property case may be resolved at the presbytery level
January 11, 2007
Second
church in Mississippi files court action over property
January 10, 2007
Counterclaim
against Kirk claims its leaders 'schemed'
December 27, 2006
Petition in Miss. case eyes threat from PCUSA
December 18, 2006
Mississippi
congregation wins first civil court ruling in property case
December 15, 2006
Mississippi
Presbytery votes against enforcing property clause
'Our unity rests in Christ, not in real estate'
December 1, 2006
Tentative
summary judgment favors minority in Calif. church
November 30, 2006
Commentary
Reasons
to clarify property title apart from wanting to leave PCUSA
November 27, 2006
Kirkpatrick's
latest 'musing' reinforces property strategies
November 27, 2006
Presbytery
declares that Baton Rouge church, not PCUSA, owns congregation's
property
November 6, 2006
Judge
denies presbytery's motion to halt civil case over Kirk property,
assets
October 27, 2006
Analysis
repudiates 'Louisville Papers,' suggests alternative to PCUSA tactics
October 26, 2006
Judge's
ruling expected Thursday in Kirk of the Hills-presbytery case
October 24, 2006
Mississippi
Presbytery calls for group to review report on church property
October 23, 2006
Presbytery
modifies its plan
Montreat session delays vote on dismissal proposal
October 23, 2006
Legal
'hierarchical' claims contrary to PCUSA history
October 20, 2006
Louisville
Papers prompt proposals
New Wineskins report says congregations must seek to secure property
October 18, 2006
Presbytery
considers high hurdles for letting church leave PCUSA
October 18, 2006
PCUSA
joins ECUSA in backing 'hierarchical' claims on church property
October 17, 2006
Task
force wants Mississippi Presbytery to cede property to control of
congregations
October 13, 2006
Stow
Presbyterian Church votes to leave the PCUSA
Congregation claims its property
October 12, 2006
Ohio
church wins first round of legal dispute with 'hierarchical' PCUSA
October 10, 2006
When
a judge is on the bench, Presbyterians are 'hierarchical'
September 20, 2006
Presbytery
motion says Kirk must submit to PCUSA hierarchy
September 18, 2006
Presbytery
lawyer says pastors at the Kirk 'can't take the church's property with
them'
September 15, 2006
Judge
bars presbytery from taking any action against property, leaders of
First Baton Rouge
September 15, 2006
PCUSA
dispatches teams to advise synod officials on property issues
September 15, 2006
Statement from the
Presbyterian Lay Committee's board of directors
A
call for Presbyterian decency and order
September 11, 2006
Kirkpatrick
advises executives to fight for his view of the constitution
September 11, 2006
Court
asked to declare Baton Rouge church, not PCUSA, owns its property
September 7, 2006
Kirk
of the Hills members vote overwhelmingly to leave PCUSA
August 31, 2006
Milwaukee
Presbytery releases 68-member congregation to EPC
August 30, 2006
Riverside
Church votes 83-0 to join the PCA
August 29, 2006
Presbytery
trying to muster 'true church' to thwart plans by Kirk of the Hills
leaders
August 28, 2006
N.Y.
judge rules church separating from PCUSA can keep its property
August 24, 2006
Unlike
1998, stated clerk rejects call for peaceful period on thorny issues
August 23, 2006
Presbytery
issues gag rule for Iowa church's pastor
Session responds by renouncing presbytery's authority over them
August 22, 2006
Pittsburgh
Presbytery has a third 'secret' document on church property issues
August 18, 2006
Kirk
of the Hills session votes to leave the PCUSA
Documents by denomination's lawyers
on hardball legal tactics cited in decision
August 17, 2006
Gray
believes presbytery's affidavits tied to PCUSA's hardball legal
strategies
August 17, 2006
Presbytery
sidelines minister, takes reins of Iowa congregation
August 15, 2006
Iowa
congregation votes 53-26 to leave denomination
August 14, 2006
Advisory
opinion reinforces hardline stand on property
August 10, 2006
PCUSA
documents on property: 'true church' vs. 'schismatics'
Denomination lawyers call for hardball tactics
August 9, 2006
Commentary
by attorney
Confessions offer strong property defense
August 9, 2006
Presbytery
calls meeting to take action against church leaving PCUSA
August 7, 2006
Citing
recent General Assembly actions, small Iowa congregation votes to
leave the PCUSA
August 4, 2006
Korean
congregation reaches settlement with presbytery in church property
case
August 4, 2006
New
Wineskins delegates approve dismissal clause
July 24, 2006
Lawyer
raises 'serious questions' about PCUSA's property trust clause
July 24, 2006
Education
about church property issues urged
July 21, 2006
New
Wineskins to consider proposal seeking dismissal from PCUSA
presbyteries
July 20, 2006
Presbytery
rejects crackdown on congregations 'reportedly' considering leaving
PCUSA
June 28, 2006
PLC conference
Attorneys
say congregations should prepare to protect assets
June 13, 2006
Church
members reject presbytery's proposed change in property claim
May 30, 2006
PCUSA
groups attack proposed changes in church's property law
May 24, 2006
Presbytery
wants congregation to cede property authority by changing church's
charter
May 23, 2006
After
Presbyterian church reneges on deal, Anglican group settles into
mansion
April 18, 2006
Eastern
Oklahoma Presbytery files affidavits on local church property
April 12, 2006
Judge
says law favoring PCUSA in property cases is probably unconstitutional
February 27, 2006
Overture
would let departing congregations retain property
February 23, 2006
Another
California congregation votes to leave Episcopal Church
February 20, 2006
Overture
proposal would allow congregations to change presbyteries
January 31, 2006
Church
property bill opposed by PCUSA vanishes in Virginia
January 26, 2006
Bishop
issues ultimatum calling on church to abandon its property
January 18, 2006
Second
wave of churches leaving diocese in Florida
January 9, 2006
Pa.
Supreme Court issues mixed ruling in Episcopal case
January 3, 2006
Baltimore
Presbytery voids church's agreement with new Anglican congregation
January 3, 2006
Anglican Orthodoxy Dispute
Declared
extinct, Episcopal parish leaders refuse to hand over keys
November 22, 2005
Presbytery
committee opposes overture to toss out property clause
November 21, 2005
Minnesota
church wants to leave with its property
November 17, 2005
San
Diego receives resolution, could lead to break with PCUSA
November 16, 2005
Presbytery
to consider resolution that could lead to leaving PCUSA
November 4, 2005
Alabama
presbytery votes down overture on property
November 1, 2005
Six
congregations leaving ECUSA … with property?
October 28, 2005
Presbytery
exec says he will make churches pay for schism
September 28, 2005
Rhee
says he'll provide pastoral help for minority in church split
September 28, 2005
Judge:
Episcopal diocese must pay legal fees for defecting congregation
September 20, 2005
California
court finds 'no express trust' regarding property in favor of PCUSA
August 24, 2005
California
church seeks to change PCUSA's 'form of blackmail' in property trust
clause
August 24, 2005
Judge
says defecting Episcopal congregation owns its property
August 16, 2005
California
judge says parish that left Episcopal Church owns its property
August 12, 2005
Stated
clerks void stay in Hollywood case despite Book of Order
July 27, 2005
Hollywood's
stated clerk resigns in 'political battles'
July 27, 2005
Brutal
language used in disruption of service
July 25, 2005
California
court authorizes depositions of PCUSA officials in property dispute
July 11, 2005
Moderator
regrets his presence fueled Torrance church conflict
July 11, 2005
Moderator
Ufford-Chase, minority group disrupts worship service
July 6, 2005
Presbytery's
stated clerk declares return of pastors 'violation of leave'
June 29, 2005
Hollywood
pastors return to church after midnight runs
June 27, 2005
Lawyers
trace church property law changes and challenge PCUSA resource for
enforcing trust clause
June 20, 2005
Presbytery
'implores' each church to confirm its property is held in trust for
PCUSA
June 3, 2005
Hudson
River takes over congregation that declares independence from PCUSA
June 2, 2005
Group
starts 'Ecclesia' alternative worship after leaders leave Hollywood
Presbyterian
May 27, 2005
Alternative
worship group picks up the pieces after leaders leave Hollywood
Presbyterian
May 25, 2005
Hollywood
panel members not directly linked to MLP
May 18, 2005
In
gentle takeover, presbytery commission lets pastor remain
May 17, 2005
Worship
group leaves Hollywood Presbyterian
May 16, 2005
Presbytery's
second vote backs decision to sideline two ministers
May 13, 2005
Hollywood
session's complaint wants commission action voided
May 12, 2005
Rhee
says he was never asked to be church's interim pastor
May 5, 2005
Ministers
ordered to leave Hollywood Presbyterian Church
Administrative Commission assumes
original jurisdiction of congregation
May 4, 2005
Presbytery
rejects COM recommendation to oust 2 ministers at Hollywood church
Administrative Commission named to
oversee congregation
May 4, 2005
Minister:
Hollywood Presbyterian Church won't be the same after presbytery
meeting
May 2, 2005
PCUSA
seeks to take over largest Korean congregation, place Syngman Rhee in
pulpit
April 28, 2005
Hollywood
elders ask Pacific Presbytery to cancel meeting April 22, 2005
April 21, 2005
Largest
Korean church in PCUSA files property claim in Calif. court
April 21, 2005
In
rare transition, church considers becoming Pentecostal congregation
April 21, 2005
Congregation
to vote May 1 on whether to leave PCUSA
April 20, 2005
N.Y.
church leaves with warning to PCUSA and presbytery: Don't try to take
over property
April 14, 2005
From the
March
2005 issue of The Layman
Posted April 13, 2005
Judge
has not issued ruling in California property dispute
March 9, 2005
Church
property dispute runs counter to Beulah land
February 18, 2005
Laredo
congregation leaving PCUSA to affiliate with EPC
February 17, 2005
Separatist
congregation asks for injunction to protect property
February 3, 2005
Virginia
legislature considering church property law measure
February 2, 2005
Episcopal
fight over use of church property now includes suit against vestries
January 31, 2005
Separatist
PCA and EPC voted against property trusts
January 25, 2005
Presbyterian
Church has been at center of property disputes before Supreme Court
January 24, 2005
Expect
aggressive defense of property law by PCUSA
January 13, 2005
Korean
congregation leaves PCUSA, seeks to keep property
January 12, 2005
Church
property laws face stiff challenges in civil courts
December 14, 2004
California's
high court says church can keep its property after leaving the
denomination
December 3, 2004
Presbyterian
property law ruling cited in Episcopal case
October 7, 2004
California
court rules against Methodist law on church property
August 25, 2004
Ohio
congregation booming after property confiscated
August 19, 2004
Presbytery
allows Indiana church to leave denomination
April 30, 2004
Charleston,
Miss., church leaves PCUSA to join PCA
April 20, 2004
Presbytery
gives congregation right to vote for renunciation
November 21, 2003
Church
members' option: renounce PCUSA's rule
November 19, 2003
Congregation
must pay $1.3 million to leave PCUSA
July 7, 2003
Property
ruling in AME Zion case favors church leaving denomination
August 7, 2002
N.Y.
congregation must pay $112,500 to leave PCUSA
May 20, 2002
Panel
to present summary report on Circleville church case May 18
April 19, 2002
An
open letter on the Norcrest Church situation
February 5, 2002
Findlay
church draws 517 to worship service in exile
February 4, 2002
Panel
to investigate Circleville church's request to leave the denomination
January 31, 2002
Presbytery
fires Ohio pastor, takes over church property
January 24, 2002
Circleville,
N.Y., congregation votes to leave denomination
January 2, 2002
With
survival at stake, congregation is trying to leave Presbyterian Church
December 14, 2001
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