Gracious Separation Update
"The hammer-strokes are coming thick and fast now;
and filling the world with infernal thunders; and there is still the iron sound
of something unbreakable deeper and louder than all the things that
break." GK Chesterton
We are a few steps further into the process of Gracious
Separation from the PC-USA. We are
following the process from the Presbytery and here are the upcoming items.
The CPC Session is slated to meet with the Dismissal Team
from the Shenango Presbytery on April 10th.
From this meeting Session must meet 2 more times prior to a
congregational meeting.
Most likely, sometime in May we will have a congregational
meeting to decide "Should Center Presbyterian Church explore dismissal
from the PC-USA?" A quorum needs
to be present for the meeting and 80% majority vote is required to pass the
measure.
We are thankful for the many conversations and much prayer
that have surrounded this process. A
few more opportunities are being planned to answer any questions and allow for
further discussions.
Following the first vote a new denomination can be selected
and a second congregational vote will proceed to determine if we want to
affiliate with the chosen denomination.
80% majority is once again needed.
Please continue to pray for Center Church as we seek to continue serving
Jesus in this new opportunity.
Colossians 2:6-8
6 So then, just as you received Christ Jesus as
Lord, continue to live your lives in him, 7 rooted and built up in
him, strengthened in the faith as you were taught, and overflowing with
thankfulness.
8 See to it that no one takes you captive through
hollow and deceptive philosophy, which depends on human tradition and the
elemental spiritual forces[a] of this world rather than on Christ.
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