{"id":15769,"date":"2009-10-27T15:43:57","date_gmt":"2009-10-27T15:43:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/127.0.0.1\/site\/2017\/2\/1985\/in_california_3_valley_presbyterian_churches_part_ways\/"},"modified":"2009-10-27T15:43:57","modified_gmt":"2009-10-27T15:43:57","slug":"in_california_3_valley_presbyterian_churches_part_ways","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=15769","title":{"rendered":"In California 3 Valley Presbyterian churches part ways"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Three Valley Presbyterian churches have finalized their divorce from the nation&#8217;s largest Presbyterian denomination, citing differences over the Bible&#8217;s supreme authority and the possible ordination of gays.<\/p>\n<p><b>But unlike the split within the Valley&#8217;s Episcopal diocese, which turned into a bitter court fight, the three congregations are leaving on friendly terms<\/b>. They have retained their church properties and have agreed to fulfill financial pledges for ministries run by the church they&#8217;re leaving.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The relationships we share with these three congregations, as brothers and sisters in Christ, are more important than property,&#8221; said the Rev. Rick Irish, interim leader of the Presbytery of San Joaquin, which governs Valley congregations within Presbyterian Church (USA). &#8220;Therefore, we didn&#8217;t make property an issue.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fresnobee.com\/local\/story\/1686626.html\">Read it all<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Three Valley Presbyterian churches have finalized their divorce from the nation&#8217;s largest Presbyterian denomination, citing differences over the Bible&#8217;s supreme authority and the possible ordination of gays. But unlike the split within the Valley&#8217;s Episcopal diocese, which turned into a<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=15769\">Read more &#8250;<\/a><\/div>\n<p><!-- end of .read-more --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":794,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36,39,42,66,114,154,177,417,376,34],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15769","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-anglican-episcopal","category-culture-watch","category-religion-news-commentary","category-episcopal-church-tec","category-law-legal-issues","category-other-churches","category-pastoral-theology","category-presbyterian","category-tec-conflicts","category-theology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15769","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/794"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15769"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15769\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15769"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15769"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15769"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}