Fate of 150-year-old church up for vote

cincinnati.com Story: The Presbytery of Cincinnati will vote at 5 p.m. Tuesday on the future of one of Cincinnati's oldest Presbyterian churches, Seventh Presbyterian Church at 1721 Madison Road, East Walnut Hills.

If the leadership votes to close the church, the church congregation must forfeit the property to the Presbytery but all church contents belong to the church congregation

Church members held a vote in October to close its doors.

ED: "The contents belong to the congregation" is a new one on me

Westminster Presbyterian Church, Sacramento, CA

Sacramento News Review Story: "Thompson don’t preach"

• Westminster Presbyterian Church
• Sacramento Presbytery
• Dr. David Thompson
• Ordained two openly gay men to service positions.
• Spoke out against two Sacramento Presbyterian churches that wanted to split
• Layman: Complaint to synod delays two large churches from leaving with their properties for the EPC
• Jan - administrative commission
• May - placed on administrative leave.
• August - told not to preach until June 2010.
• August - renounced jurisdiction
• Started a weekly interdenominational service called "The Experience" at Club 21, a downtown GLBT-friendly bar.

Washington Presbytery appeals property case loss

Layman Story: Washington Presbytery appeals property case loss

• Peters Creek Church
• Presbytery of Washington (Pa.)
• Very expensive and painful legal battle that consumed two-and-a-half years
• Peters Creek voted 207-27 to leave PCUSA
• PCC legal site

South Louisiana Presbytery found in contempt of court

Layman Story: South Louisiana Presbytery found in contempt of court

The name of Mark Tammen, an attorney for the Presbyterian Church (USA)’s Office of the General Assembly, is on 398 of the documents, suggesting the denomination’s heavy involvement in this case.

3 Valley Presbyterian churches part ways

Layman Story: California congregations finalize split from PCUSA

Fresno Bee Story: 3 Valley Presbyterian churches part ways

• Trinity Presbyterian Church in Clovis
• First Presbyterian Church in downtown Fresno
• Fowler Presbyterian Church

"The relationships we share with these three congregations, as brothers and sisters in Christ, are more important than property," said the Rev. Rick Irish, interim leader of the Presbytery of San Joaquin, which governs Valley congregations within Presbyterian Church (USA). "Therefore, we didn't make property an issue."

On Sunday, Trinity Presbyterian Church in Clovis held a service to complete the split and join the more conservative Evangelical Presbyterian Church, based in Litonia, Mich.

Two other congregations, First Presbyterian Church in downtown Fresno and Fowler Presbyterian Church, held similar services Oct. 18.