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-- Associated Press
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Tennessee Congregation Votes to Leave
Signal Mountain Presbyterian Church of Signal, Tenn., has voted to leave the Presbyterian Church (USA) because of the congregation's theological differences with the national denomination.
The 2,000-member church voted overwhelmingly Sunday to break away and join the Evangelical Presbyterian Church, which has fewer than 200 churches and a more conservative view of Scripture than the 2.3 million-member Presbyterian Church.
The Presbyterian Church has been struggling for years to reconcile members who disagree over many religious issues, including ordaining partnered gays.
The Presbytery of East Tennessee will now consider whether the Signal Mountain church can keep its property.
-- Associated Press
INDIANA SENATE
Prayer Begins Session as Ruling Awaited
The Indiana Senate began its session Monday with a prayer for the first time since a federal judge's ruling barred sectarian House invocations as part of legislative business.
The Senate had been observing a moment of silence at the start of each session day since November 2005, when U.S. District Judge David Hamilton ruled that House prayers that mentioned Jesus Christ amounted to state endorsement of a religion. That case is on appeal to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit in Chicago.
Senate leaders said members felt it was important to return to oral prayer, even if the invocations cannot mention Jesus. Sen. Dennis Kruse (R) gave the opening prayer, which asked for "divine guidance."
-- Associated Press
