“We believe in the singularity of Jesus as the only way to salvation for everyone. Sadly, a majority of PCUSA pastors no longer believe that He is the only way. That fact is fundamentally different from what the church has traditionally believed.”

Local First Presbyterian Church members voted Sunday to disassociate from the Presbyterian Church USA Sunday.

That move was in anticipation of a new form of church government, which took effect Monday.

The Trimble Road church had been governed under the PCUSA since the mid-1980s, when the national organization formed.

“The PCUSA recently created a new form of government,” said Bob Jones, a local church elder. “Basically, the general assembly re-wrote our book of order, which passed and took effect on Monday.”
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“There were just a number of differences in how they viewed theology,” Jones said. “As far as their views of the Scripture and theology, we just saw them drifting away from traditional theology.”
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Eighty-seven percent of the almost 400-member of the congregation voted to leave the national organization. The vote was taken after 10 weeks of study, meetings and an exchange of thoughts by congregation members.
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