Friday, May 18, 2012

5 churches leave PCUSA - Presbytery of Mississippi - UPDATED 3x

Sun Herald Story: 2 churches change denominations
Layman Online Story: Dismissal votes shear a third of Mississippi Presbytery’s members
  • Presbytery of Mississippi dismissed 5 churches on May 17, 2012
  • On April 29, Pascagoula & Ocean Springs voted individually to disaffiliate from the PCUSA

Church, Membership, Worship,Contributions from 2010 PCUSA numbers.

  1. First Presbyterian Church of Pascagoula - 602/200/$600,000 - EPC
  2. First Presbyterian Church of Ocean Springs - 507/204/$428,000- EPC
  3. First Presbyterian Church of Port Gibson - 162/110/$136,000 - ?
    Going Inside: Port Gibson’s First Presbyterian: Hand Pointing To Heaven
  4. First Presbyterian Church of Vicksburg - 386/230/$669,000 - ?
  5. Yokena Presbyterian Church - 33/20/$36,000 - ?
    listed in the National Register of Historical Places.
TOTALS: 5(11%)/1,690(30%)/764(30%)/$1,869,000(42%), out of 43/5,566/2,563/$4,460,975

Thanks to the Presbytery for the quick response to my email inquiry.

1 comment:

  1. Jim, I'm fairly sure of the numbers following the church name: Active Members, Average Attendance and Annual Budget? But some of your other posts have additional numbers listed. Could you clarify ??

    Thanks

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