By Chauncey Ross
A majority of the congregation of Graystone Presbyterian Church voted Sunday afternoon (Sept. 15) to split the church away from Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), a church source said.
The group seeking dismissal from the main Presbyterian organization achieved more than the required two-thirds majority vote. Favoring conservative traditional values, the faction opposed the more liberal doctrines adopted in recent years by Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.).
The congregation voted 374 to 168 to seek Graystone’s dismissal from Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.).
The balloting Sunday afternoon culminated an official process that began in January but had been decades in the making, said the Rev. Rick Hurley, a senior pastor at Graystone.
The voting and the process leading up to it were dictated by a policy enacted by the Kiskiminetas Presbytery, the equivalent of a diocese in the regional Presbyterian Church structure.
It’s called a “Gracious Separation Policy,” is a guideline for “discerning God’s will in the relationship between the presbytery and the member churches,” and was composed in light of changing times.
Read more at http://www.indianagazette.com/news/indiana-news/graystone-congregation-votes-to-leave-pc-usa,18230429/
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How about giving the reader a break and indicating (right away) where this church is located? Jupiter? Mars?
Graystone is in Indiana, PA
God is good all the time. All the time God is good. Graystone is returning to its roots; we started as a “dissenter church” 200+ years ago.
I stepped into this article, but but my toes are still dry. The PCUSA is “splitting away”, not Graystone, which is staying attached to the Rock of All Ages while the PCUSA continues its 30-year drift in the sea of politics and “modern” philosophies (which are as old as the Garden, unfortunately). No such thing as in-depth coverage anymore, I realize, but why then insert the opinion-shaper in the opening line? Simple minds are simply shaped, I suppose.