Riverside Presbyterian Church of Linn Grove, Iowa, voted to leave the PC(USA) over the summer, the Session voting on June 28 and the congregation on July 30.  At a called presbytery meeting on August 14 an administrative commission was formed to handle the situation and the report of that administrative commission to the September 9 presbytery meeting is now posted on the presbytery web site.

Reading through the report it presents one side of the story.  The report says that the AC was aiming to be pastoral and possibly conciliatory but they say that they were stopped from carrying out their task by the church’s lawyer and the leaders of the church prohibiting them from leading worship services and holding meetings.  So, they have gotten their own lawyer, sent stronger letters, and are ready to bring in the Office of the General Assembly.

This is one side of the story.  It would be interesting to hear the church’s side and I will keep looking for it.