(Posted by the WestsideConnect.com). GUSTINE, CALIF. — A local church will be closing its doors in coming weeks after serving the community for more than a century. Community Presbyterian Church of Gustine will hold its final service May 7, Pastor Mark Hollingsworth confirmed. The church was organized in 1910. Hollingsworth, who has served the church for…
By Sue Nowicki While area Episcopalians and Anglicans have seen their theological differences lead to lawsuits and battles over property disputes, Presbyterians have taken a different tack. Six Presbyterian churches, including Trinity United Presbyterian in Modesto, quietly have been dismissed from the Stockton Presbytery, the denomination’s equivalent of an Episcopal diocese. The presbytery had 21…
Six congregations in the heart of California will be part of a new denomination in less than two months after being dismissed to join ECO: A Covenant Order of Evangelical Presbyterians during a special meeting of the Presbytery of Stockton that took place on Aug. 24. Central Presbyterian Church (Merced), Delhi Community Presbyterian Church (Delhi),…