Presbyterians prefer cremation, no funeral: Memorial services favored
A funeral complete with casket? Plenty of Presbyterian pastors and parishioners polled on the matter prefer a memorial service to a funeral, and want their bodies cremated rather than buried.
The periodic survey by the Presbyterian Panel measured pastors’ and members’ thoughts about death and dying in late 2002; the findings were released last month. The survey went to 3,000 members, elders and ordained ministers in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.).