At a special congregational meeting held yesterday (1/31/16), First Presbyterian Church-San Antonio, Texas approved a financial settlement of $1,525,000 with Mission Presbytery, joining 14 other churches across the nation that have paid in excess of $1 million to leave the Presbyterian Church (USA) with their property. The church had already left the PCUSA — voting…
On Wednesday (11/18/15), the First Presbyterian Church of San Antonio, Texas was officially accepted into its new denomination — ECO: A Covenant Order of Evangelical Presbyterians. The church voted by 87 percent on Nov. 1 to disaffiliate from the Presbyterian Church (USA). A Nov. 19th letter from the clerk of session — N. A. Stuart, III, MD — announced the…
The Rev. Dr. Ron Scates, interim senior pastor of First Presbyterian Church in San Antonio, Texas, has been accused of violating his ordination vows by a member of Mission Presbytery, but those charges are believed to be in direct violation of a protection order issued by a judge in civil court. According to a letter…