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PCUSA’s Eighth-Largest Member Church Votes to Leave and Join Conservative Presbyterian Denomination

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By Michael Gryboski, Christian Post. Presbyterian Church (USA)’s eighth largest member congregation voted this month to leave the Mainline denomination over theological differences and join the Evangelical Covenant of Presbyterians, a conservative denomination that has more than 280 member congregations. Memorial Drive Presbyterian Church, a Houston, Texas-based congregation with approximately 3,700 members, was granted dismissal…

A Crooked Take on the “Straight Path”

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By Mateen Elass, posted on his personal blog. My last two  blogs apparently caused a bit of a ripple in the world of liberal PCUSA leaders. I learned on July 1 that General Presbyter Mike Cole, executive of the New Covenant Presbytery (whom I have met in the past and found to be a congenial…

Grace Presbyterian Church votes to leave PCUSA, join ECO

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The congregation of Grace Presbyterian Church has determined it is time to seek a change in denominations. During a congregational meeting held Sunday, June 1, Grace’s membership voted to seek dismissal from the Presbyterian Church (USA) to join ECO: A Covenant Order of Evangelical Presbyterians. New Covenant Presbytery’s Gracious Reconciliation and Dismissal Procedure required a…

The statistical grass is not greener on the other side

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By Mike Cole Executive Presbyter, New Covenant Presbytery “We will be better off in another denomination,” said the person who has decided God’s will for their congregation. That assumption has always left me wondering what is meant by “better off,” but I’ve never seen any data to support or challenge that assumption. That’s why I…

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