- "people have voted with their feet,"
- 2,302 members - Eastminster had been the largest church in the presbtery
- Presbytery of Southern Kansas
- The Presbyterian News Service estimated earlier this year that 100 congregations had left the denomination in the past five years
- Presbyterian Lay Committee says that at least four congregations, including Eastminster, have left this month.
- St. Luke Presbyterian Church in Newton also has voted to leave the denomination.
- In a vote last Sunday, the congregation overwhelmingly approved the break on a vote of 657-20.
- Voted to join EPC
Monday, October 31, 2011
Eastminster votes to leave PCUSA for EPC
The Wichita Eagle Story: Eastminster church decides to break from denomination