By Junhyeong Kim, Christianity Daily. Good Shepherd Presbyterian Church of ECO decided to give up its church property at Rowland Heights worth $6.3 million and to purchase and move into a new church building in Chino Hills. The church was originally a part of the Presbyterian Church (USA) but recently left the denomination to join the ECO:…
By Rachael Lee, Christianity Daily. Good Shepherd Church (ECO) is currently involved in a lawsuit regarding church property with Good Shepherd Presbyterian Church (PCUSA) and the San Gabriel Presbytery of the Presbyterian Church (USA). The formerly known Good Shepherd Presbyterian Church, located in Rowland Heights, was one of the largest Korean PCUSA congregations in California,…
CLICK HERE for a Korean translation of the article. A Korean pastor’s group in California has raised the question of whether racial discrimination is behind a presbytery’s refusal to dismiss a Korean church from the Presbyterian Church (USA). More than a year ago, on March 23, 2014, Good Shepherd Presbyterian Church (GSPC)—one of the largest…
A Korean church is asking San Gabriel Presbytery to “follow its own guidelines and Book of Order, even as we seek to obtain gracious dismissal to another Reformed Body,” and not appoint an Administrative Commission for its church. At tomorrow’s (Jan. 24) presbytery meeting, San Gabriel will consider a motion from its Presbytery Council to…
The session of 835-member First Presbyterian Church in Harrisonburg, Va., voted unanimously on Oct. 28 to request dismissal from the Presbyterian Church (USA). Following a 24-hour congregation-wide prayer vigil and fast, the church’s session voted 33-0 to ask Shenandoah Presbytery to graciously dismiss them from the Presbyterian Church (USA) and into ECO: A Covenant Order…
By Steve Salyards Last weekend (May 3-4) the General Assembly Permanent Judicial Commission (GAPJC) of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) heard a remedial case brought against the Presbytery of New York City (PNYC) concerning details and process related to their Gracious Dismissal Policy (GDP). The complainants filed the case against the Presbytery concerning irregularities in the…
A Permanent Judicial Commission (PJC) from Synod of the Northeast (SNE) ruled that the gracious dismissal policy from the Presbytery of New York City (PNYC) shall be set aside and have no force or effect. The PJC ruling on a remedial complaint filed in the matter of Mildred McGee, et. al. vs.Presbytery of New York…
Written by The Rev. Dick Randall, the Tahoe Daily Tribune Incline Village’s oldest church has just become Incline’s newest place of worship. The church has operated in Incline Village for nearly 49 years as Incline Village Community Presbyterian Church, Community Presbyterian Church and currently The Village Church. During all those years, the church was connected…
Six congregations in the heart of California will be part of a new denomination in less than two months after being dismissed to join ECO: A Covenant Order of Evangelical Presbyterians during a special meeting of the Presbytery of Stockton that took place on Aug. 24. Central Presbyterian Church (Merced), Delhi Community Presbyterian Church (Delhi),…