Across the PC(USA), new and varied forms of church are being raised up by leaders seeking to ignite discipleship and transformation. These new worshiping communities have the potential to help the PC(USA) shift from an inward-focused, membership-maintenance model of church to a more outward-focused, creative, and disciple-making model.
Congregations Leaving the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) by Joelle Kopacz (M.A., UW-Milwaukee, 2008), Jack Marcum, and Ida Smith. Paper presented at the 2014 annual meeting of the Religious Research Association in… 