The congregations of two Presbyterian churches on the Gulf Coast have voted to split from the Presbyterian Church USA to affiliate with the more conservative Evangelical Presbyterian Church.
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First Presbyterian Church members outside the church following a congregational meeting at the church Sunday, April 22, 2012. (Mark Reis, The Gazette)
In an historic vote Sunday morning, the largest Presbyterian church in Colorado voted overwhelmingly to leave its governing body and join a new, more conservative denomination.
The Rev. Mateen Elass He said church leaders disagree with the denomination's decision to ordain people who refuse to acknowledge doctrine essential to the Christian faith. (NewsOK.com)
First Presbyterian Church of Edmond's session, a group of elected leaders, has recommended that the church seek dismissal from the Presbyterian Church USA.
A vote Sunday by the largest Presbyterian church in Colorado Springs to split from the denomination's main governing body in the United States may just be the beginning of a growing divide.
The Rev. Jane Adams Spahr, right, talks to supporters in 2010. She lost her final appeal before the highest court in the Presbyterian Church (USA), which released its opinion Tuesday. (Christopher Chung / The Press Democrat / August 27, 2010)
A sharply divided high court of the U.S. Presbyterian Church on Tuesday upheld the ecclesiastical rebuke levied against a lesbian minister for performing same-sex weddings in California.
Presbyterians opposed to gay clergy split from the church on Thursday, announcing in Orlando a new denomination called the Evangelical Covenant Order of Presbyterians.
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