| Date filed |
Church |
City, state
|
Presbytery
|
Decision |
| 2/5/07 |
First |
Corinth, MS |
St. Andrew |
in court |
| 3/2/07 |
First |
Vicksburg, MS |
Mississippi |
Final declaratory judgment on 3/2/07; church owns
property |
| 3/2/07 |
First |
Pascagoula, MS |
Mississippi |
Final declaratory judgment on 3/2/07; church owns
property |
| 2/26/07 |
J.J. White Memorial |
McComb, MS |
Mississippi |
Final declaratory judgment on 2/26/07; church owns
property |
| 9/6/06 |
First |
Baton Rouge, LA |
South Louisiana |
presbytery approved stipulated judgment on 11/4/05;
church owns property; (see
Churches
that have voted to leave the Presbyterian Church (USA) for
further developments) |
| 5/9/07 |
Peters Creek United |
Venetia, PA |
Washington Presbytery |
complaint seeking "quiet title" claim to
its property was filed May 9; along with temporary injunction that
prevents Washington Presbytery from installing an administrative
commission against Peters Creek United Presbyterian Church in
Venetia, Pa. The order also enjoins the presbytery from "occupying,
seizing or exercising control" over the church's real and
personal property and from interfering with the church's "operations
and members in any way until otherwise ordered by this court."
Court filings were made one day after presbytery commissioners
approved the administrative commission with all powers granted to it
in the PCUSA's Book of Order, except the power to dismiss a
church to another denomination. (see
Churches
that have voted to leave the Presbyterian Church (USA) for
further developments) |
| 5/21/07 |
Woodland |
New Orleans, LA |
South Louisiana |
The church sought a temporary restraining order,
preliminary injunction and declaratory judgment on May 21. It was
granted a temporary restraining order May 22, followed by a
stipulated preliminary injunction nine days later. No hearing dates
have been set for the declaratory judgment petitions. Case filed in
the 19th District Judicial Court in East Baton Rouge Parish. |
| 7/2/07 |
First |
Marion, NC |
Western North Carolina |
temporary restraining order granted; administrative
commission appointed by presbytery at 7/31/07; by unanimous voice
vote presbytery commissioners on 10/26/07 approved the
administrative commission's original-jurisdiction powers over the
church. The church's session requested the resignation of the
pastor, the Rev. Jim Wilken, who submitted his resignation 10/21/07,
effective 11/4/07. |
| 8/1/07 |
First |
Thibodaux , LA |
South Louisiana |
The church filed a declaratory judgment on Aug. 1.
The lawsuit was filed in the 19th District Judicial Court in East
Baton Rouge Parish. |
| 3/28/08 |
Providence |
Hilton Head Island, SC |
Charleston Atlantic |
The church filed a civil suit at the Beaufort
County Courthouse against the presbytery to prove ownership of two
island properties. The church has almost 26.5 acres of land, roughly
16 of it undeveloped. The presbytery gave Providence the properties
for a total of $15, but the name on the land deed is Providence, not
the presbytery. |
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