In response to the host of overtures before the 44th General Assembly asking whether admitting gay minister Greg Johnson to the EPC is biblically defensible, the 44th General Assembly appointed an Ad Interim Committee to study Scripture and the Westminster Confession of Faith and Catechisms on related questions. The committee was charged to bring clarity…

As reported previously in the Plumb Line, New River Presbytery (NRP) wrote a letter to the National Leadership Team (NLT) in August 2024 seeking reconciliation after the prejudicial handling by leaders of the EPC of the NRP’s unanimously passed overture. The NLT met with representatives of the NRP in January 2025 and respectfully listened to…

Convinced that the EPC is no longer compatible with their beliefs, members of First Artesia Church in New Mexico voted May 4 to leave the denomination. The Letter of Racial Lament and the issue of homosexuality were key issues that caused the church to break away from the EPC, according to Pastor Scott Pettus.