News — Volume 2, SPECIAL GA EDITION
-
Three Puerto Rican Churches
Seek Dismissal from EPCEditor’s note: Unwilling to accept the ordination of celibate homosexuals, three Presbyterian churches in Puerto Rico have declared their intention to seek dismissal from the EPC. The three churches have a combined total of about 600 members. In this interview, Pastor Juan R. Rivera of the Westminster Presbyterian Church in Bayamón, Puerto Rico, explains why…
-
Stay or Go?
Churches Plan to Leave EPCIn the wake of a vote by the 46th General Assembly that would allow the ordination of celibate homosexuals, some churches have begun planning their departure from the EPC. At least two different groups have begun laying the groundwork to form new denominations. One group, the Westminster Association of Churches, would create a home for…
-
ARP Votes to Cut
Fraternal Ties With EPCThe Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church (ARP) voted June 10 to end their fraternal relationship with the Evangelical Presbyterian Church. During the 222nd meeting of the General Synod in Flat Rock, N.C., the Inter-Church Relations Committee recommended that the ARP sever its ties with the EPC amid growing concern about leadership and denominational structure,