Posted on 06/04/2007 4:34:08 AM PDT by rightwingintelligentsia
Memorial Park Presbyterian Church in McCandless, the largest church in Pittsburgh Presbytery, voted 951-93 to ask to be dismissed from the Presbyterian Church (USA) to join the more conservative Evangelical Presbyterian Church.
Negotiations may begin this week to allow the church to keep its property. The presbytery must approve any settlement.
At least 761 votes were needed to seek dismissal from the Presbyterian Church (USA). Memorial Park has more than 1,600 members, but the presbytery and the congregation agreed on a smaller number of active, available members from which to calculate the majority needed for the vote.
"I feel humbled and grateful to God that our congregation spoke with such a clear, compelling voice -- with a voice full of grace and compassion, but also with determination to follow Christ," said the Rev. Dean Weaver, senior pastor of Memorial Park and national co-moderator of the New Wineskins Association of Churches, a conservative movement in the 2.4 million-member Presbyterian Church (USA).
(Excerpt) Read more at post-gazette.com ...
I have yet to see one of these votes that was even close to being close. We had a large local PCUSA church vote to leave by an even wider margin.
Ping to read later. Thanks for posting this!
I have a sense that the Presbytery is willing to negotiate in good faith on this one. Of course, Louisville might not let them.
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