The White Clay Creek Presbyterian Church and the ministry overseeing the Presbyterian faith throughout the United States have reached a settlement in their dispute over the congregation’s planned departure from the national body, according to an attorney involved in the case.
Under the settlement, White Clay Creek will pay $220,000 to Presbyterian Church (USA), or PC(USA), the faith’s national governing body. In exchange, the PC(USA) will drop its claim that it owns the church building and surrounding property. White Clay Creek will continue to use the grounds when it transfers its religious corporation to ECO: A Covenant Order of Evangelical Presbyterians. ECO is a conservative branch of the Presbyterian Church that opposes the admission of gay and lesbian clergy.
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