Colonial PC, (Kansas City) votes to leave PCUSA 927-27

Layman Story: Colonial leaving PCUSA

• Colonial Presbyterian Church near Kansas City
• 1,700-member
• 2-campus
• Congregation voted 927-27 Sunday to leave
• voted 914-29 to join the EPC
• the second largest congregation in Heartland Presbytery.
• 2 Sessions File complaint:
• Southminster PC, Prairie Village, KS 371 members
• First PC, Lee’s Summit, MO 546 members
• G-7.0304 and G.11-0103i
• General Assembly PJC case Sundquist et al. v. Heartland Presbytery.
• Aug. 19, Heartland’s PJC granted a stay of enforcement against Colonial
• district court in Johnson County, Kansas granted a restraining order request by Colonial

Note: That the Colonial web sites has:

• FAQs about the EPC
• Cover Letter to Discernment Summary
• Discernment Summary
• May 23rd Survey Results Document
• August 7 Cover Letter from Session
• August 8 Notice of Special Joint Meeting
• Articles Document
• Bylaws Document
• Info for the Congregation Regarding August 22

HEARTLAND PRESBYTERY (on Colonial Web)

• April 1 Letter to Colonial Members
• Heartland Overtures to the General Assembly
• May 27th Letter to Colonial Members
• 1) Enclosure: "Church's One Foundation"
• 2) Enclosure: Notice Regarding Property
• And MANY more