![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Now we believe it is time for us to do the same. New Life Presbyterian Church in Escondido, pastored by Dick Kauffman (one of our former elders) has also made the move. Our daughter/sister church in Fort Washington has organized in the PCA. Our daughter/sister church in Northeast Philadelphia was one of them. Since that time quite a few churches have, in fact, realigned from the OPC into the PCA. We were (and still are) the largest church in the denomination and we did not want to take action that would be “precipitous”, causing many other churches to leave the denomination following our lead at a time when there was much tension in the denomination. While there was much sentiment for realignment to the PCA among many in our congregation and on our session several years back, as elders we felt it was wiser to wait. After quite a few years of discussion and exchanging and reading many letters, articles, memos and papers, and after much prayer, repentance and searching of our hearts, the elders at our session meeting on December 12, 1989, approved the following resolution, “That the Session recommend to the Congregation that New Life Presbyterian Church withdraw from the Orthodox Presbyterian Church (OPC) and affiliate with the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA).” This issue is our denominational affiliation. It has not dominated our discussion, and yet it continually surfaced as a matter of significance to us. Over the past several years there has been an issue which has frequently surfaced in our deliberations as elders. As elders we are humbled and continually thankful for every member of this church who has publicly stood and identified themselves with our Lord Jesus Christ, and with us, a particular expression of his body in his kingdom. We have been stretched and challenged, often times beyond what we thought we could endure, and yet God has always proven faithful to us. Greetings in the name of Jesus Christ! As we look back over the past several years we truly want to “Praise God from whom all blessings flow!” Lives have been touched by our Lord’s power and grace in so many ways that it would be impossible to list them all! Yet these have also been years of humbling ourselves, repentance, and faith. To All the members of New Life Church-Glenside ![]()
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