The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), struggling financially, is offering severance packages to about 30 employees at the denomination's Louisville headquarters. The Courier-Journal reported the denomination has been dealing with losses in members and churches over the last decade and now has sustained investment return losses.The Louisville Courier-Journal reported "the council had already eliminated 250 jobs in five separate cuts since 2002." (AP story via Washington Post)
KENTUCKY (March 23) Louisville Presbyterian Church employee charged in theft of $311,255 in fraudulent loan.
SOUTH CAROLINA (Mar 31) Mount Pleasant parish members vote to leave Episcopal Church (via Episcopal Life Online)
SOUTH CAROLINA (March 31 S.C. church breaks with diocese
St. Andrew's is one of four parishes to take steps to disassociate from The Episcopal Church in recent months. The others are St. Luke's Church on Hilton Head Island; Trinity Episcopal Church in Myrtle Beach; and St. John's Church on Johns Island. (via The Sun Times)
PENNSYLVANIA (Mar 27): Beaver Presbyterians to depart denomination
(March 28): Episcopal Diocese Sells Church Building to Muslims
"The Episcopal Diocese of Central New York recently sold the former home of the Church of the Good Shepherd in Binghamton, N.Y. to a Muslim awareness group.The facility was sold to the Muslim group for $50,000 - considerably less than the assessed value of $386,000.
The move comes after the diocese filed a lawsuit against the Good Shepherd congregation to retain the facility when the church's members left the Episcopal Church of North America. Prior to the lawsuit, the building had served as the home of Church of the Good Shepherd since 1879." (via CBN News) (Photo now) Photo before Also see VirtueOnline This is the new church they founded. (Photos)
MICHIGAN (Mar 21): For sale: Flint churches Realtor helps churches sell property.
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