FPC of North Palm Beach to discuss leaving PCUSA

Palm Beach Post Story: North Palm Beach church may split from Presbyterian group that OK'd gay clergy

• 1,100 members
• Jack Nicklaus
• former GE head Jack Welch.

First Presbyterian Wenatchee, WA out the door and in EPC

This is one church that has been under the Radar. voted two years ago to leave the PCUSA, Has 600 members, Has been released by the North Central Washington Presbytery, with all Property, Has been accepted by the EPC, and took oaths to join EPC last week. I believe there are 10 to 15 other churches in Washington, that are just starting the process to leave PCUSA, the biggest presby churches in Washington.

Sumner PC votes to leave PCUSA

Bonney Lake-Sumner Courier-Herald Story: Sumner Presbyterian votes to leave national Presbyterian denomination

• 90% Yes
• 6% No
• 4% Undecided
• move to Evangelical Covenant Church

The Presbytery of Olympia opted out of ordainments. Lay leadership appointments were left up to individual congregations.

Recent departure-elect congregations:

• Chapel Hill Presbyterian of Gig Harbor
• First Presbyterian of Tacoma
• Evergreen Presbyterian in Graham.

EPC church under attack? by Golf balls!

Washington Post Story: Fairfax church in dispute over errant balls from driving range neighbor

2,600 Balls a year!

I seeing golf crews every day picking up driving range balls from the sidewalk and ditch next to ours. Even though they have a HUGE fence to stop them.

Statistics Anyone?

Is it time for me to fire up the statistics machine and see where PCUSA stands (or falls down) in number of churches and members? anyone interested?

Or is the review from GA Junkie sufficient?

Presbytery removes minister from Enid Church that voted to leave PCUSA

Enid News Story: Enid minister removed from post

• The Rev. Roy Schneider
• Retirement scheduled for Dec. 18.
• Enid First Presbyterian Church
• by the Presbytery’s Administrative Council. (Ed: Is this unusual?)
• At a Committee on Ministry meeting Tuesday, Schneider accepted the judgment of the Presbytery’s Administrative Council and stepped aside.
• Members of First Presbyterian voted 131-69 in October to seek dismissal

2 Churches leave the same Ohio Presbytery.

Layman Story: Ohio church votes to leave PCUSA By Jason P. Reagan, The Layman, Posted Thursday, November 3, 2011

• Oct. 30, FPC of South Charleston voted 102-0 to disaffiliate from the PCUSA to EPC.
• Six Presbyterian churches have voted to leave the denomination in October.
• Lebanon Presbyterian Church (LPC) of Lebanon, Ohio voted 304-8 to disaffiliate a week before South Charleston. STORY
• The Presbytery of Miami Valley voted to approve Amendment 10A by a vote of 58-36 and nFOG by voice vote.
• Miami Valley “wants to keep the word grace in gracious dismissal.”

Fremont PC (Sacramento) votes to dissmiss to EPC

KY Post Story: Sacramento congregation to leave Presbyterian Church USA over gay clergy ordination

• Fremont Presbyterian Church
• voted 427 to 164 last Sunday
• join Evangelical Presbyterian Church.
• weekly attendance of about 1,400
• The seventh Sacramento-area church to leave
• The Presbytery of Sacramento