PCUSA

“The United Presbyterian Church of Binghamton…hosted a fifteen-foot tall totem sculpture known as the Sviatovid…. a local Slavic god of war, fertility, and abundance in the Baltic region” - Christian Post

“The PCUSA Presbytery of the James will ordain Jess Cook, who identifies as a nonbinary individual, at a ceremony scheduled to take place on June 29 at Ginter Park Presbyterian Church in Richmond.” - Christian Post

“While still the largest Presbyterian denomination in the United States, from 2017 to 2018 PC(USA) saw their active membership decline by 62,375 people, going from approximately 1.41 million to approximately 1.35 million.” - Christian Post

“San Francisco Theological Seminary of California, founded in 1871 and the lone PC(USA) seminary located west of Iowa, recently entered an agreement with the University of Redlands that will make it into a new Graduate School of Theology.” - Christian Post

“The United States Supreme Court has rejected a Presbyterian Church (USA) regional body’s effort to claim ownership of the property of a dismissed conservative congregation in Minnesota.” CPost

“General Assembly Stated Clerk J. Herbert Nelson II, head of PCUSA, said in a statement released Monday that he believed it “is clear that Presbyterians are doing poorly at evangelism.” CPost

“While still the largest Presbyterian denomination in the country, in 2016 PCUSA saw a loss of nearly 90,000 members, slipping below the 1.5 million-member mark. This is nearly 300,000 fewer members than in 2013.”

“A relatively new conservative Presbyterian denomination has been enjoying increased growth over the last four years as hundreds of churches continue to leave the more liberal Presbyterian Church (USA).” One News Now

“The presbytery dismissed them on a voice vote that was overwhelmingly in favor,” explained Cole, whose regional body has seen other churches leave the presbytery over the past few years because of the PC(USA)’s liberal theological direction.”

“For months FPC Bethlehem has considered seeking dismissal from PC(USA) amid disagreement over the increasingly theologically liberal direction of the denomination.” CPost