On Monday, (5-23-16), the session of Memorial Drive Presbyterian Church (MDPC) in Houston, Texas voted 47-8 (85% to 15%) to disaffiliate from the Presbyterian Church (USA). The session will now ask the Presbytery of New Covenant to dismiss the church to ECO: A Covenant Order of Evangelical Presbyterians at its July presbytery meeting. Just last…
Memorial Drive Presbyterian Church (MDPC) in Houston has settled the lawsuit it filed in March against New Covenant Presbytery which sought to reaffirm that the church, itself, owned its property. In the settlement agreement, MDPC agreed to pay the presbytery $825,000 in monthly installments of $13,750 for five years, and give $125,000 over five years to a shared Mission Partner. In return, New…
The trustees at Memorial Drive Presbyterian Church (MDPC) in Houston have filed a lawsuit asking the civil court to reaffirm that the church, itself, owns its property as “supported by established law in Texas.” The trustees also filed – and was granted – a temporary restraining order to protect the church from any interference by…