Posts tagged Church split
EPC Church Charged for Sharing Information with MinistryWatch

After MinistryWatch published an article about the Evangelical Presbyterian Church, the administrative commission (AC) of the Presbytery of the Alleghenies filed additional charges and an indictment against Pastor Nate Devlin and the Beverly Heights Presbyterian Church session (or board of elders). The trial could result in punishment ranging from admonition to excommunication.

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Is A Storm Brewing in the Evangelical Presbyterian Church?

Now an issue involving a Pittsburgh church — Beverly Heights Presbyterian Church — is raising more questions about whether the Evangelical Presbyterian Church is going to follow its original vision. Beverly Heights is trying to leave the EPC following the stated process but has clashed repeatedly with the presbytery, culminating in a civil suit.

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Kentucky Methodists Are Dividing — And Division Is An Age-Old Tradition In Itself

(OPINION) I hate to see Christian groups, whether large or small, break up. But they do. Regularly. It seems fitting to put this development into some historical perspective. Church splits aren’t the exception; they’re the rule. The history of Christianity sometimes seems to be one division after another, endlessly, each split as agonizing for those involved as the previous ones were for earlier generations.

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The Archbishop Of Canterbury Prepares To Stand Down

(OPINION) In England, proclaiming God’s blessing on same-sex relationships has become the new orthodoxy for clergy with established ties to the powers that be. But that’s not the case in Nigeria and the Global South, where Anglican leaders have urged the Church of England to consider the impact of its actions on believers facing conflict with Jihadi terrorists.

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