Churches continue to disband, merge

Churches continue to disband, merge Springfield congregation to shut down short of 100th anniversary.

Presbytery OKs process for churches to depart

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Presbytery OKs process for churches to depart

• Pittsburgh Presbytery
• Allow congregations to leave for another denomination
• while keeping their buildings.
• engage in an open, two-sided discernment process
• negotiate a settlement with the presbytery
• a pledge by both sides to stay out of civil courts.
• A decision to leave with property requires two congregational votes and approval by the presbytery.
• Over the last decade PCUSA has lost about 200 theologically conservative congregations
• Another 600 of its 11,000 congregations are expected to follow them

Pastor renounces the jurisdiction of Cascades Presbytery and the PCUSA

The Layman Online Story: Letters to the editor: Pastor renounces the jurisdiction of Cascades Presbytery and the PCUSA

• Presbytery of the Cascades
• near the end of August
• Thomas R. Teply
• Gold Beach, Ore.

More churches see dismissal from PCUSA as the next step

The Layman Online Story: More churches see dismissal from PCUSA as the next step

End of an era for Fruitvale Presbyterian Church

End of an era for Fruitvale Presbyterian Church

• Oakland, CA
• Congregation voted 21-6 to close the church
• New Revelation Community Church will begin renting the church next week.
• More than 100 years.