Tuesday, September 3, 2013
Thursday, August 1, 2013
Thursday, July 18, 2013
St. Giles Presbyterian Church Leaves PCUSA for ECO
Layman Online Story: St Giles Pays $250,000 for exit from PCUSA
- June 18 meeting of Presbytery of the James dismissed by voted 137-39
- "we’re paying nearly twice the average (settlement price) as a church of our size."
- October 2011: 18-0 session vote
- January 2013: Straw Vote: 178 for, 8 against, 7 abstentions
- May 2013: 165 of 175 congregants for
- Presbytery had an investment portfolio totaling more than $4 million at the close of 2012.
- Faced with the possibility of losing the church property, St. Giles’ leaders put off some needed repairs to the facilities as well as a capital campaign.
- Four other churches are seeking to be dismissed by the presbytery.
- Christ Presbyterian-ECO
- Crestwood Presbyterian-ECO
- Third Presbyterian (Richmond) -ECO
- Spotsylvania Presbyterian (Fredericksburg) - EPC
Rockville PC (S.C.) leaves PCUSA for EPC
Layman Online Story: Rockville church gets out of PCUSA; pastor overcomes ecclesiastical accusations
- Rockville Presbyterian Church
- The 125-member church
- Founded in 1850
- Wadmalaw Island in Charleston County, S.C.
- Congregational meeting on May 15 resulted in a unanimous vote
- Released May 18 to EPC
- Witch hunt by the presbytery, against the Pastor.
- $45,000 property and $10,000 “fair share” contributions to the presbytery.
- First church to seek dismissal from Charleston Atlantic Presbytery
Monday, July 1, 2013
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Presbyterian Church in United States (Confederate) - PCUS(S) | Presbyterian Church in United States | Atlanta, Ga. | 4,250/814,931 | 1861-1983 |
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) PC(U.S.A) | UPCUSA(N) & PCUS(S) | Louisville, Kentucky | 11,596/3,122,213 | June 10, 1983 |
Evangelical Presbyterian Church EPC | UPCUSA(N) & PCUS(S) | Livonia, MI | 67/19,000 (1982) | 1980/1981 |
Presbyterian Church of America PCA | PCUS(S) | Lawrenceville, GA | 260/41,232 | May 18, 1973 |
Orthodox Presbyterian Church | Presbyterian U.S.A. | Willow Grove, PA | 300/20,417 | 1936 |
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Web | Presbyterian Forum | Working for reformation through overt political action |
Web | Wiki:Presbyterian | Wikipedia's Presbyterian Overview |
Web | Kirk Of The Hills, Tulsa, OK | Church in Tulsa, OK - Fighting for its Property. |
Web | Kirk's Legal Docs (pdfs) | Kirk Of The Hills, Tulsa, OK |
Web | Kirk Docs (text) | Kirk Of The Hills docs, Converted to text |
Legal Strategy #1 | PC(USA)'s Legal Strategy for churches wanting to leave | |
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PPT | Report on PUP | New Wineskin's Report on PUP |
Report on PUP | New Wineskin's Report on PUP | |
Book of Order | Official PDF Copy of Book of Order for PC(USA) | |
Book of Confessions | Official PDF Copy of Book of Confessions for PC(USA) | |
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