Two churches – on opposite sides of the country – have been dismissed for more than a million dollars each from the Presbyterian Church (USA) by their respective presbyteries to join ECO: A Covenant Order of Evangelical Presbyterians. The 580-member Walnut Creek Presbyterian Church in California was required to pay $2.7 million – approximately $4,700…
Written by Jerry M. Roper, Ph.D. and John W. Daniel, D.Min., Crestwood Presbyterian Church “Churches paying big bucks to get out of the PCUSA” was The Layman’s October 28, 2015 headline story. Crestwood Presbyterian Church in Richmond, Virginia wasn’t mentioned in the article, because the dismissal terms of $1.5 million were not yet agreed to by…
By Sue Cyre, retired teaching elder in the Presbytery of the James Presbytery of the James (PCUSA) has a plan to reverse the dramatic membership losses experienced by the mainline denominations including the PCUSA. It is funding a visiting professor of evangelism for four years at Union Seminary in Richmond who, in addition to teaching the…
The Presbytery of the James (POJ) will be learning of a proposed change to its procedure for churches seeking dismissal from the Presbyterian Church (USA). According to the packet for the Feb. 15 stated meeting (rescheduled for Saturday, March 1 because of the winter storm that made its way through the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic states),…
A pair of congregations from the Richmond area of Virginia were dismissed from the Presbyterian Church (USA). Presbytery of the James (POJ) approved the dismissals of Christ Presbyterian Church (CPC) and Third Presbyterian Church (TPC) during its Oct. 19, 2013, stated meeting. According to presbytery documents, both churches reached terms with the POJ and will…