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In lopsided vote, Athens’ Central Presbyterian elects to leave main Presbyterian denomination

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Editor’s note: The duly-elected session of Central Presbyterian Church called a congregational meeting in January for the purpose of voting on the following question “Shall Central Presbyterian Church ask Northeast Georgia Presbytery to dismiss it, with its property, to the Covenant Order of Evangelical Presbyterians, according to conditions acceptable to the Session and Church Treasurer?” Subsequently, the…

Some Augusta religious groups oppose Georgia’s new gun law

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By Wesley Brown, The Augusta Chronicle Many places of worship in the Augusta area will not allow firearms to be brought on premises even though Georgia law allows a wide expansion of the state’s gun laws beginning July 1, according to their leaders. Some religious groups, however, toldThe Augusta Chronicle that they are leaving the decision to…

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