The Layman Two churches were dismissed from the Presbyterian Church (USA) during their respective presbytery meetings. First Presbyterian Church of Kannapolis was dismissed during Charlotte Presbytery’s Feb. 8 meeting, and Edna Presbyterian Church was released from the national denomination at the March 1 meeting of Mission Presbytery. First Presbyterian Church-Kannapolis Charlotte Presbytery gave approval…
A rural congregation in Stanly County, N.C., has found a new denominational home as part of the Evangelical Presbyterian Church (EPC). Indian Hill Presbyterian Church, located in the Stanfield community east of Charlotte, was dismissed from the Presbyterian Church (USA) to align with the EPC during the July 20 meeting of the Charlotte Presbytery. …
The number of churches from Charlotte Presbytery that have left or engaged in the process of leaving the Presbyterian Church (USA) in the last two years is at least a dozen with the May dismissal of Altan Presbyterian Church. Located in Monroe, east of Charlotte in Union County, N.C., Altan was founded in 1893. The…