(By Michael Gryboski, The Christian Post). The Presbyterian Church (USA) and a conservative church created in response to the mainline denomination’s theological direction are working together to help facilitate a less divisive and more unifying dismissal process for congregations. Representatives of PCUSA and ECO: A Covenant Order of Evangelical Presbyterians met in late September for two days to discuss…
(By Dana Allin, ECO: A Covenant Order of Evangelical Presbyterians). This week, the Synod office has received some questions regarding the article The Presbyterian Outlook published about the recent meeting in Chicago between ECO and the PCUSA. We wanted to respond here in an effort to answer some of the questions many of you may have. Our Response…
(By Leslie Scanlon, The Presbyterian Outlook). In late September, the World Communion of Reformed Churches convened a mediation session to try to ease the rancor and build a less fractured relationship between the Presbyterian Church (USA) and ECO: A Covenant Order of Evangelical Presbyterians. At the heart of that difficult relationship: the reality that the PCUSA has dismissed 303…
(By Dana Allin, Synod Executive for ECO). A few weeks ago, along with Jen Haddox and John Terech, I had the privilege of representing ECO at the General Council meeting of the World Communion of Reformed Churches (WCRC) in Leipzig, Germany. The General Council meets every 7 years and consists of delegates from 220 member churches from…
The question of the graciousness of so-called “gracious dismissal policies” is now being tested nationwide. In Los Ranchos Presbytery five churches were dismissed in May after satisfying every requirement of the presbytery’s process. Remedial charges were then filed with the synod in all five cases alleging that the presbytery did not sufficiently defend the interests…
The Layman ECO: A Covenant Order of Evangelical Presbyterians has been received into the World Communion of Reformed Churches (WCRC). The newest Presbyterian denomination, formed in January 2012, will be officially welcomed into WCRC within the next few months but already has been reviewed and received provisionally. The Rev. Dr. Setri Nyomi, general secretary of…