Two churches reach dismissal settlement with Beaver-Butler

Layman Online Story: Two churches reach dismissal settlement with Beaver-Butler

• Beaver-Butler Presbytery
  • Since 2008, Beaver-Butler has shrunk from 87 to 83 congregations
  • at least six other churches are contemplating a departure,
• Mt. Pleasant Presbyterian Church
  • 157-member
  • $58,500 payment (10% property value)
  • Aliquippa
  • Evangelical Presbyterian Church (EPC)
• Four Mile Presbyterian Church
  • 561 member
  • $74,100 payment (10% property value)
  • Evangelical Presbyterian Church (EPC)/ECO: a Covenant Order of Evangelical Presbyterians?
  • Beaver
• Highland Presbyterian Church
  • Slippery Rock
  • requested a meeting with a Presbytery Resolution Team
• Portersville Presbyterian Church
  • 2008 Dismiss to the EPC
  • $42,300
  • 176-member
  • vote of 115-3.
• First Presbyterian Church
  • Beaver
  • dismised In February 2010
  • $133,700
• Chippewa United Presbyterian Church of Beaver Falls
  • dismised in 2010
  • EPC