Splinter groups turn into churches
There's a popular saying in church-planting circles: it's easier to make babies than to raise the dead.
That
principle applies to denominations as well, said Paul Detterman, who in
January helped found the Evangelical Covenant Order of Presbyterians.
"We thought it was easier in the long run to create something new rather
than to keep on trying to modify existing forms," he said.
The
"existing form," in Detterman's case, was the Presbyterian Church
(U.S.A.), which remains the largest Presbyterian denomination despite a
decades-long plunge in membership.
