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Bonhomme Presbyterian Church in Chesterfield Settles Suit, Gets to Keep Property

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By Valerie Schremp Hahn St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Bonhomme Presbyterian Church will be able to hold on to its extensive Chesterfield grounds after reaching an agreement to settle a lawsuit filed by the church’s former governing body. The church settled this week with Giddings-Lovejoy Presbytery for $1.1 million. Even though the church’s leaders thought they had…

Four PCUSA churches receive threatening letter as a result of same-sex marriage decision

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Four Presbyterian Church (USA) churches in Missouri received letters threatening to burn their buildings to the ground, not long after the denomination voted to allow same-sex marriages. The four churches — members of Giddings Lovejoy Presbytery — who received the letter which cited Leviticus 20:13, were: Westminster Presbyterian Church in Cape Girardeau. First Presbyterian Church…

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