Pennsylvania church joins eight others seeking dismissal from Shenango

Layman Story: Pennsylvania church joins eight others seeking dismissal from Shenango

• Covenant Presbyterian Church of Sharon, Pa.
• 469-member
• Congregational meeting, Sunday, March 25.
• Session recommends Evangelical Presbyterian Church
• there are 16 EPC congregations located near Covenant.
• "The PCUSA denomination has left us,” the session stated.
• 1980s when the church stopped sending per-capita payments $3,000 and $4,500 per year.
• 2001, the church joined “The Confessing Church Movement”
• Presbytery of Shenango
• In May of 2011, Shenango voted against Amendment 10A
• Nine churches in process of dismissal:
  1. East Main Presbyterian Church of Grove City 670 members, April 29.
  2. Covenant Presbyterian Church of Sharon, Pa., March 25.
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