UNITED STATES
Courier-Journal
Posted on January 15, 2013 by Peter Smith
Two more congregations, including one named as a defendant in an expanding sexual-abuse lawsuit, have voted to leave the Louisville-based Sovereign Grace Ministries.
The congregations, both named Sovereign Grace Church, are in Fairfax and Chesapeake, Va.
The Fairfax church’s members voted by a 98-2 percent margin to accept its leaders’ recommendation to leave on Sunday, according to Executive Pastor Vince Hinders. He declined to go into details about the reasons but cited concerns about the denomination’s leadership and polity, which have been widely aired in controversies since 2011.
The Chesapeake church’s leaders also announced the congregation’s departure on Sunday. Both churches claim about 500 members.
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