Saddlerock EPC (WA) celebrates dismissal from PCUSA

Layman Online Story: Washington church celebrates dismissal from PCUSA

• Saddlerock Evangelical Presbyterian Church (FPC of Wenatchee)
• Presbytery of Central Washington
• 507 members in 2010 and brought in $795,557 in offerings
• Terms:
  • That we give $175,000 as a mission/church development gift to the Presbytery;
  • That we give $47,892 for three years of presbytery per capita;
  • That we give up to $5,000 in reimbursable expenses from the [administrative commission];
  • That we incur all costs associated with the legal transfer of our property, assets, and corporation;
  • To concur with the requests of the Rev. Patrick McElroy and the Rev. Paul Pankey [the church’s associate pastor] continue in their current pastoral positions and to have their ordination credentials transferred in good standing from the Presbytery of Central Washington of the [PCUSA] to the Presbytery of the Pacific of [EPC], a recognized Reformed body in relationship with the PCUSA;
  • That all records of the First Presbyterian Church of Wenatchee PCUSA and its predecessors be converted into microfiche at First Presbyterian’s expense for the Presbyterian Historical Society in Philadelphia.”