From Delaware-One of Delaware's oldest and most historic congregations is in a religious dispute that will be argued this month in the Court of Chancery.
Many members of White Clay Creek Presbyterian Church want to split from the Presbyterian Church (USA) because that body has voted to allow gay and lesbians to be ordained. Congregants voted 96-2 to affiliate with ECO, a recently formed conservative order of Presbyterians.
The issue before Vice Chancellor J. Travis Laster on April 30 is whether the congregation or the governing body, the New Castle Presbytery, owns the church building and surrounding property. The church is located about two miles east of Newark along the Kirkwood Highway, which is named for Revolutionary War hero Robert Kirkwood who is buried in the church cemetery.
According to Frank Zebley, chronicler of Delaware's churches, the congregation was organized in 1722 and incorporated in September 1787 within days of the adoption of the U. S. Constitution. The present brick church, dedicated in 1856, is on the National Register of Historic Places.
More here-
http://www.delawareonline.com/story/opinion/contributors/2014/04/06/owns-historic-white-clay-creek-presbyterian-church/7257089/
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