The Layman Registration is under way for the 2014 National Gathering of ECO: A Covenant Order of Evangelical Presbyterians and the Fellowship of Presbyterians (FOP). The gathering will take place Aug. 18-20 in Dallas, Texas, at the Intercontinental Dallas Hotel. It will be the first gathering since January 2013 when the groups met in Orlando,…
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…
Standing firmly in their commitment to uphold the authority of Scripture, more than half the congregation of First Presbyterian Church of Peachtree City, Ga., walked away from their building and property to become the 51st congregation to join ECO: A Covenant Order of Evangelical Presbyterians. The new congregation had its first worship service on Easter…
A small congregation in Virginia will benefit from Spring Hill Presbyterian Church’s dismissal from the Presbyterian Church (USA). As part of its terms to be dismissed from the PCUSA to ECO: A Covenant Order of Evangelical Presbyterians by Shenandoah Presbytery, Spring Hill Presbyterian Church (SHPC) has given a $40,000 financial gift to assist with repairs…
On Thursdays, we pray for Presbyterian groups and denominations other than PCUSA (those we pray for on Wednesdays) Today we lift up in prayer the Presbytery of Florida — one of the Presbyteries of ECO (A Covenant Order of Evangelical Presbyterian). Pray for this Presbytery, moderated by Rev. Lucky Arnold, North Palm Beach, FL. 303-873-2819 Call…
Less than two years after answering the call to be the senior pastor of the largest Presbyterian congregation in Colorado, the Rev. Graham J. Baird will be leaving the church. A letter from Baird to members of the First Presbyterian Church of Colorado Springs posted on the church’s web site indicates that he has resigned…
By Michael Gryboski A Texas Presbyterian megachurch is asking for prayers as it readies for the trial date for its property lawsuit against the mainline Protestant denomination that its voted to disaffiliate from. Highland Park Presbyterian Church of Dallas’ sent out a statement requesting prayers as they neared the date for arguments in their lawsuit…
An Ohio congregation became the 100th church to join the newest Presbyterian denomination. Bethel Presbyterian Church’s dismissal from the Presbyterian Church (USA), approved at a Nov. 19, 2013, meeting of Scioto Valley Presbytery, allowed the congregation to officially become a member of ECO: A Covenant Order of Evangelical Presbyterians on Jan. 1, 2014. The Columbus…
Menlo Park Presbyterian Church’s exodus from the Presbyterian Church (USA) is a step closer to completion following Tuesday’s vote at the Presbytery of San Francisco stated meeting. The presbytery voted to approve Menlo Park’s dismissal from the national denomination, allowing the church of more than 3,000 members to depart the PCUSA and align with ECO:…
The feeling that the Presbyterian Church (USA) was pulling way from its Reformed roots and straying from God’s Word was enough to lead a Pennsylvania congregation to seek affiliation with another denomination. The 106-member Bridgewater Presbyterian Church, located in Beaver County of western Pennsylvania, was dismissed from Beaver-Butler Presbytery and the PCUSA effective Jan. 1,…