Churches that are seeking to leave or have left the PCUSA for another Reformed body: Updated 8/6/14 (PDF file of the chart can be accessed here.)
Analysis
The PCUSA 2014: How we got ‘here’ updated 7/24/14 by Carmen Fowler LaBerge
The Altered Identity of the PCUSA Updated 9/6/13 (download pdf)
Why marriage traditionalists are unprotected in PCUSA, by Alan F.H. Wisdom
Why the Authoritative Interpretation does more than you think, By Carmen Fowler LaBerge
Presbyterians’ procedural problems, by Joseph D. Small
At what cost unity? by Dr. James C. Goodloe IV, executive director of The Foundation for Reformed Theology
The Church One and Holy, by Dr. James C. Goodloe IV, executive director of The Foundation for Reformed Theology
Can Two Faiths Embrace One Future
Five Solas: Reformation faith and the Presbyterian Church (USA)
Table: ‘Five Solas’ of Reformed Faith versus PCUSA
Legal issues: Ecclesiastical and civil
Time Requirements for Remedial and Disciplinary Cases: PCUSA Book of Order, The Rules of Discipline (flow chart)
Presbyterian Lay Committee’s Legal Resource Databank (legal documents; updated 8/4/14)
Presbytery Separation-Dismissal Policies
- Presbytery dismissal policies: The good, the bad and the ugly, by Lloyd J. Lunceford
- Presbytery dismissal policies ‘do great harm to local churches’ by Lloyd J. Lunceford
Beware of the reverter clause in dismissal process
Why my pastor’s pension is not at risk!
Is our former ‘southern’ church property safe?
A Guide to Church Property Law, second edition
GAPJC decision in Wilbur Tom, David Hawbecker and Thomas Conrad, vs., Presbytery of San Francisco
- GAPJC declares presbyteries must consider property values when dismissing congregations
- Tightening the screws on conservatives at every conceivable turn
- Church Property Disputes: A Resource for Those Representing Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Presbyteries and True Churches in the Civil Courts
- Processes for use by presbyteries in responding to congregations seeking to withdraw
Per-capita resource: Responding Faithfully — Making Decisions about Financial Support of PCUSA Governing Bodies in Times of Disorder
PCUSA resource: Legal Resource Manual for Presbyterian Church (USA) Middle Governing Bodies and Churches, third edition (2010)
PCUSA resource: Negotiation and church conflict
Denominational comparisons
Biblical discernment regarding denominational affiliation
Denomination Comparison (EPC, ECO, EPC- added 9/12/12)
13 differences between the PCA and the PCUSA
Differences between the PCUSA/ECO/EPC (comparison charts)
Changing from the PCUSA to ECO? How can I learn more?
Examples of church discernment processes
Below are links to position papers and summaries of the discernment process for congregations that have made — or are making — a decision to leave the PCUSA.
Los Ranchos engaged in a presbytery-wide process.
College Hill PC, Cincinnati, OH
Colonial Presbyterian Church, Kansas City, MO and Overland Park, Kan.
- Summary of Discernment Process to Determine Denominational Affiliation
- Denominational Affiliation – Discernment Process – Position Paper
First Presbyterian Church of Omak: The Folder and Deep Discernment
Community Presbyterian Church, Danville, Calif.: Position Statement of the Session of Community Presbyterian Church Danville
Fremont Presbyterian Church, Sacramento, Calif.
The Watchman’s Cry, Woodbury Presbyterian, Orlando, Fla.
Eastminster Presbyterian Church, Marietta, Ga.
Sunset Presbyterian Church, Portland, Ore.: Position statement of the session of Sunset Presbyterian Church
Frequently Asked Questions Regarding Trinity Presbyterian Church’s Denominational Affiliation
Why stay?
Why choose the PCUSA? prepared by the Presbyterian Mission Agency (April 2013)
Why Stay video Part 1: A video from Tropical Florida Presbytery and Part 2
A series of Why Stay videos from Olympia Presbytery
Appeal by denominational leaders for churches to re-think leaving