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  • Overture on Homosexuality Sidetracked at General Assembly

    Overture on Homosexuality Sidetracked at General Assembly

    “Men and women who identify as homosexual, even those who identify as homosexual and claim to practice celibacy in that self-identification, are disqualified from holding office in the Evangelical Presbyterian Church.”

  • New River Presbytery Responds to Suppression of Overture

    New River Presbytery Responds to Suppression of Overture

    The Leadership Team of New River Presbytery, responding to “the unfair treatment of our overture” at the 44th General Assembly, has written a letter of complaint to EPC Stated Clerk Dean Weaver. Dated August 31, 2024, the letter was subsequently shared by the Stated Clerk with the National Leadership Team. The entire New River Presbytery…

  • Michigan Church Votes to Exit EPC

    Michigan Church Votes to Exit EPC

    Concerned by “theological progressive leaning” within the EPC, one of the largest churches in Midwest Presbytery voted in June to leave the denomination. First Presbyterian Church of Trenton, Mich., has since voted to affiliate with the Presbyterian Church in America. In a statement submitted to the Stated Clerk of Midwest Presbytery, the 500-member church expressed…