Over the past year Pittsburgh Presbyery has made news for the churches it lost to another denomination. But at its most recent meeting there was unanimity and celebration when the 214 commissioners voted to ordain seminarian Jeff Eddings, who has already co-founded the fastest-growing church in the presbytery.
Hot Metal Bridge Faith Community on the South Side was founded in 2003 with $237,000 from the presbytery’s New Church Development Fund. Now that fund is nearly out of money, and its overseers plan to ask the presbytery to build it back up. They hope one source will be money left by churches that are leaving the Presbyterian Church (USA) for a more conservative denomination.
“We believe that God is not finished with what he wants to do here,” said Vera White, director of new church development for the presbytery.
When the presbytery voted in 2000 to put $1.55 million of reserve funds toward new congregations, “we had gone 40 years without starting a new church,” Ms. White said.
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Pittsburgh Presbytery asked to fund ongoing development of new churches
Over the past year Pittsburgh Presbyery has made news for the churches it lost to another denomination. But at its most recent meeting there was unanimity and celebration when the 214 commissioners voted to ordain seminarian Jeff Eddings, who has already co-founded the fastest-growing church in the presbytery.
Hot Metal Bridge Faith Community on the South Side was founded in 2003 with $237,000 from the presbytery’s New Church Development Fund. Now that fund is nearly out of money, and its overseers plan to ask the presbytery to build it back up. They hope one source will be money left by churches that are leaving the Presbyterian Church (USA) for a more conservative denomination.
“We believe that God is not finished with what he wants to do here,” said Vera White, director of new church development for the presbytery.
When the presbytery voted in 2000 to put $1.55 million of reserve funds toward new congregations, “we had gone 40 years without starting a new church,” Ms. White said.
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