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)
Presbytery Separation-Dismissal Policies
PLC’s Legal Resource Databank (legal documents)
Why my pastor’s pension is not at risk!
Is our former ‘southern’ church property safe?
A Guide to Church Property Law, second edition
- 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
GAPJC decision in Wilbur Tom, David Hawbecker and Thomas Conrad, vs., Presbytery of San Francisco
Related news and analysis:
GAPJC declares presbyteries must consider property values when dismissing congregations
Tightening the screws on conservatives at every conceivable turn
PCUSA resource: Legal Resource Manual for Presbyterian Church (USA) Middle Governing Bodies and Churches, third edition (2010)
Church Conflict
Negotiation and church conflict resources