- Silver Creek Presbyterian Church
- Silver Creek. GA
- 136-year-old Georgia church
- Session unanimously requested dismissal from the PCUSA to the EPC. February, 2012
- Moving to EPC - temporary name: New Covenant Fellowship
- Former Silver Creek pastor Jack Foley, who along with the church’s active elders renounced PCUSA jurisdiction on Thursday
- 65 members (77%) left + pastor
- 10-20? members stayed?
- 2010 Statistics: 96 members / 57 worship / $137,025 Contributions
- 2011 Statistics: 94 members / 56 worship
- Cherokee Presbytery
- Presbytery officials are calling a schism
- Presbytery response team, seemed to pre-ordain a schism.
- UPDATE: May 2012 Presbytery Handbook for meeting May 22, shows AC/RT for Silver Creek, Mars Hill, Dalton First
- Feb 28, 2012, Presbytery approved to complete the dissolving of Euharlee Presbyterian Church as requested by the membership
- Handbook Supplement-with RT letters:
Organize the web stories, info on the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) troubles: Property Ownership, Church Withdrawals, Ordination Standards, Hierarchical vs. Connectional.
Silver Creek's membership was not 137 in 2010. I don't recall exact figure, but it was about 94.
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