Presbylaw.: December 2011

Saturday, December 31, 2011

Fremont Presbyterian, Sacramento, CA
Congregation voted 427-164 to leave the national denomination in October.
A vote on establishing the investigating committee will be held Jan. 9.
Local Presbyterian leaders have called for an investigation of Fremont to determine if there is a schism
The announcement by the presbytery has shocked Fremont church leaders, who said they followed Presbyterian guidelines on leaving the denomination.
They contend that presbytery leaders are changing the rules to keep the church and its 5 acres across the street from California State University, Sacramento.
Ed: The Presbytery of Sacramento: Thy shall not covert thy neighbors ...

Redstone Presbytery
Covenant Presbyterian Church of Ligonier
425 members
Pittsburgh Live
Last month, Redstone voted to seize the keys of the church to thwart the move to the Evangelical Presbyterian Church, saying it first needed to assess church members' desires and the church's finances before allowing the move.
The congregation of St. Francis in the Fields Episcopal Church near Somerset split off in 2008 and, more recently, members of Fort Palmer Church in Fairfield left the presbytery.