A south-central Virginia church was dismissed from the Presbyterian Church (USA) during the July 27 stated meeting of the Presbytery of the Peaks. A Presbytery Response Team (PRT) gave a report that recommended the Franklin County church be dismissed to align with the Evangelical Presbyterian Church (EPC). Nancy Dawson, general presbyter for Presbytery of the…
A rural church in northeast Ohio that disaffiliated from the Presbyterian Church (USA) has aligned itself with the Evangelical Presbyterian Church (EPC). Pierpont Presbyterian Church, located in Ashtabula County about three miles from Pennsylvania some 70 miles east of Cleveland and south of Lake Erie, wrapped up its affiliation with the PCUSA and the Presbytery…
By the Rev. Adam S. Borneman Special to The Layman The Barna Group recently estimated that there are currently 225 million unchurched people in America. Church planting would seem an appropriate and obvious response to such a statistic. But the question of who and how is perhaps as important as the remedy itself. A recent…
By Richard Yeakley Two Longview churches are looking forward to serving North and South Longview after agreeing to merge earlier this month. The Evangelical Presbyterian Church of Longview and Holy Trinity Community Church have begun worshipping together at the Holy Trinity Community Church campus at 3800 Judson Road. Prior to the merger, EPC Longview consisted…
The Presbytery of Boise filed legal action Thursday afternoon in Canyon County to recover Boone Memorial Presbyterian Church in Caldwell, Idaho. After failed attempts to be dismissed, Boone Memorial disaffiliated from the PC(USA) and joined the Evangelical Presbyterian Church (EPC). Members who did not agree with the majority and continue to affiliate with the PC(U.S.A.),…
Faith United Presbyterian Church has left the Presbyterian Church (USA) to become a member of the Evangelical Presbyterian Church (EPC). The congregation of Faith was dismissed during a special meeting of the Presbytery of South Dakota (POSD) on May 17, and Presbytery Stated Clerk Evelyn Reynen confirmed in an email to The Layman that the…
Concord Presbyterian Church has been part of the Evangelical Presbyterian Church (EPC) for seven months now, and the congregation still finds itself working to get back to its core focus on evangelism and missions. Concord, a 105-member church located in Sumter, S.C., was dismissed from the Presbyterian Church (USA) during a Feb. 23 meeting of…
By Leslie Scanlon The exodus from the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) continues, as congregations seeking a more conservative home leave for other denominations. Some are small congregations ― 20 or 30 members ― and some are among the largest and wealthiest churches in the PC(USA). The departures, mostly for the Evangelical Presbyterian Church and ECO: A…
The Evangelical Presbyterian Church (EPC) announced on August 21, 2013 that premium rates for all participants in the 2014 Medical Plan will either decrease or be equal to current rates. The Committee on Administration (COA), which was granted commission authority by the General Assembly in June to make changes to the medical benefits plan, approved…
Centerville Presbyterian Church in California is no longer part of the Presbyterian Church (USA) after agreeing to pay nearly a half million dollars to San Francisco Presbytery to secure its dismissal. The 375-member church located in Fremont on the southeast side of the San Francisco Bay, north of San Jose, was dismissed to join the…