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Washington Presbytery to contest church property (Pennsylvania)
AP via MLive ^ | 1/1/2008

Posted on 01/02/2008 7:34:45 PM PST by PAR35

CANONSBURG, Pa. (AP) — Washington Presbytery officials are expected in court on Friday to contest a claim to church property by a western Pennsylvania congregation that voted to leave the national church.

A property dispute arose after members of the Peters Creek Presbyterian Church voted in November to leave the Presbyterian Church USA and join the Evangelical Presbyterian Church based in Livonia, Mich.

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TOPICS: Current Events; Mainline Protestant; Religion & Politics
KEYWORDS: churchproperty; epc; pcusa; presbyterian; schism

1 posted on 01/02/2008 7:34:46 PM PST by PAR35
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