Ecumenism Sparks Split in Presbyterian Church in U S A
A dissident movement within the PCUS grows as ecumenism prompts a breakaway effort toward a new denomination. About 1,000 of 4,000 churches are expected at a May convocation in Atlanta to discuss a merger with the United Presbyterian Church and a new, less doctrinally specific confession. leads.
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World Almanac Facts and Presbyterian Church Split Timeline
Census Day 1970 records 50,968,827 US families with 5,504,104 headed by women and 11,100,000 living alone. The article also covers a Presbyterian schism over church property, court rulings on ownership, and plans for a Continuing Church movement with May 18 meetings and potential regional synod formations in Alabama Florida and Tennessee.
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