Indiana court rejects PCUSA property claim to Olivet EPC

Heldt’s ruling rejects virtually every argument that PCUSA lawyers have been making in various property disputes across the country.

• Layman Story: Indiana court rejects PCUSA property claim The Layman
• GA Junkie: Indiana Court Awards Property To Particular Church And Not PC(USA) Presbytery And Synod
• Letters to the Editor: Court agrees that Olivet is and should be God’s steward of property

• Presbytery of Ohio Valley: Olivet Info Page
• Synod of Lincoln Trails
• Olivet Presbyterian Church, Evansville, Ind. 

Article Summary:

• To affiliate or not to affiliate: That is the question
• No legally cognizable trust
• Inconsistencies in the Book of Order