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Constitutional Musings: Transferring Congregations and Other Forms of Corporate Witness

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How does mission relate to transferring congregations?

What parties must approve a congregation's transfer?

Can a congregations transfer to a presbytery that it does not directly border?

Can a congregation transfer to a presbytery in a different synod?

Can worshiping communities, fellowships, new church developments, or other forms of corporate witness transfer into a presbytery that is not their geographic presbytery?

Where are non-geographic presbyteries found in the Book of Order?

Can a racial ethnic or immigrant entity that is not a congregation join or transfer to a presbytery that is not in its geographic presbytery?

Can transfers of multiple congregations be lumped together as a single item of council business?

Published Date
Nov 15, 2024