First Presbyterian Church of Honolulu will be allowed to take a congregational vote earlier than expected on the possibility of leaving the Presbyterian Church (USA). San Diego Presbytery voted in favor of a recommendation by the Task Force working with the FPC-Honolulu session to authorize waiving the timeline for a congregational vote to seek dismissal….
The Milwaukee Presbytery voted to let the congregation of First Presbyterian Church of Oostburg (FPO) leave the Presbyterian Church (USA) and align with ECO: A Covenant Order of Evangelical Presbyterians. However, the price tag to do so is too steep for the 265-member congregation. During the May 27 presbytery meeting a vote of 71-14 showed…
Windwood Presbyterian Church, a 1000+ member congregation just northeast of Houston, Texas has voted to disaffiliate from the Presbyterian Church (USA) and join the ECO: A Covenant Order of Evangelical Presbyterians. Windwood has been engaged in prolonged litigation with the Presbytery of New Covenant over church property issues. That dispute is not resolved by the…
Two West Coast churches are part of ECO: A Covenant Order of Evangelical Presbyterians after being dismissed from the Presbyterian Church (USA) by their respective presbyteries. Malibu Presbyterian Church (MPC) was dismissed during the March 8, 2014, meeting of Santa Barbara Presbytery (SBP), while Sherwood Presbyterian Church – now known as Cedar Creek Church (CCC)…
When the gracious dismissal policy did not work for a group of like-minded believers from Grosse Pointe Woods Presbyterian Church in Michigan 19 months ago, they decided to walk the path God set before them and start anew. That decision – to leave their building without any financial assets and form a new congregation –…
A vote to seek dismissal from the Presbyterian Church (USA) fell five votes short of the supermajority needed for Covenant-First Presbyterian Church to move into a new denomination six months ago, but that has not stopped one faction of the congregation from branching out on its own. A group of about 20 people from the…
A congregation serving northeast Pennsylvania for more than two centuries finds itself part of a new denomination after opting to leave the Presbyterian Church (USA). First Presbyterian Church of Hallstead, located in Susquehanna County near the New York border just south of Binghamton, was dismissed from the PCUSA during the Jan. 25 meeting of Lackawanna…
In a little more than five weeks, Grace Presbyterian Church in Houston will be voting to request dismissal from the Presbyterian Church (USA) and New Covenant Presbytery. During a meeting Tuesday, April 22, Grace’s 28-member session voted to call a congregational meeting for Sunday, June 1. The purpose of that meeting will be to request…
The state of Tennessee now has a congregation that is part of the newest Presbyterian denomination. First Presbyterian Church of Greenback became the first member of ECO: A Covenant Order of Evangelical Presbyterians in the state when it was dismissed from the Presbyterian Church (USA) by the Presbytery of East Tennessee (PET) in November 2013….
Three more California congregations were dismissed from the Presbyterian Church (USA) by Santa Barbara Presbytery (SBP). Eastminster Presbyterian Church (now known as Orchard Community Church), Morro Bay Presbyterian Church and Santa Ynez Valley Presbyterian Church were dismissed during the Feb. 8 presbytery meeting. All three churches will be joining ECO: A Covenant Order of Evangelical…