(By Lee Shearer, Athens Banner-Herald, GA). Presbyterian leaders from across northeast Georgia gathered in Greensboro Tuesday to consider the future of what one member called “a church with a broken heart.” Most members of Athens’ Central Presbyterian Church want to leave the mainstream Presbyterian Church (USA) denomination and affiliate with the more conservative Covenant Order of Evangelical…
By Joseph Duffus, Small-p Presbyterianism blog. Perhaps the saddest event taking place in the presbyterian world is the process of seeking “gracious dismissal” from PC(USA). As we know, this denomination is splintering and withering due to overall membership declines — fewer people becoming members of PC(USA) churches. But this is common to all of the mainline…
A motion to appoint an administrative commission for a church that already reached a dismissal agreement with its presbytery engagement team has been postponed. At Saturday’s (Jan. 24) meeting, the Presbytery of San Gabriel postponed a motion to establish an Administrative Commission, that among other duties will “assume full authority over the session” — for…
Community Presbyterian Church of Clewiston is now part of the Evangelical Presbyterian Church (EPC) despite a delay in the dismissal process that came about as a result of changes in the Presbytery of Tropical Florida’s gracious separation agreement. CPC-Clewiston – located in northeast Hendry County, Florida east of Fort Myers – was dismissed from Presbytery…