Excerpted from Presbyterian Megachurch Leaves Denomination over Gay Policy, published Aug 31, 2006, by Associated Press:
Just over one-thousand members of Kirk of the Hills Presbyterian Church turned out and voted 967-to-36 to affirm a vote by church elders to leave.
The group then voted to request affiliation with the Evangelical Presbyterian Church…
The decision to change affiliations comes after the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) adopted a policy that some pastors say will allow gay pastors in the church.