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Making amends: Los Ranchos Presbytery’s apologetic dismissal of Wintersburg congregation

September 8, 2014NathanKey7 Fred Tanizaki, Los Ranchos Presbytery, Presbyterian Church (USA), Wintersburg Presbyterian Church

A southern California Japanese-American congregation expecting to agree to a joint solution requiring at least a six-figure payment to its presbytery instead was granted its dismissal from the Presbyterian Church (USA) at no cost. Acknowledging reluctance by the national denomination to take a stand on behalf of Wintersburg Presbyterian Church leaders and members during World…

Stay(ing) put in Los Ranchos Presbytery for right now

July 3, 2014NathanKey18 Christ-Huntington Beach, Christ-Lakewood, Community Presbyterian Church, dismissal, ECO, First Presbyterian Church of Westminster, Good Shepherd Presbyterian Church, joint solution agreements, Los Ranchos Presbytery, PCUSA, Property Policy and Procedures, St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Synod of Southern California and Hawaii, Trinity United Presbyterian Church, Wintersburg Presbyterian Church

Five of 10 California churches seeking departure from Los Ranchos Presbytery and the Presbyterian Church (USA) to ECO: A Covenant Order of Evangelical Presbyterians are under a stay of enforcement following remedial complaints filed by members of the presbytery despite meeting the requirements of the presbytery’s joint solution process. St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church (Newport Beach),…