Lewes Presbyterian Church has separated from the national denomination Presbyterian Church (USA). Local officials say the national denomination's liberal interpretation of scripture is not in line with the local church's more conservative approach.
Shortly after the official separation earlier this year, Lewes Presbyterian Church aligned itself with the Covenant Order of Evangelical Presbyterians, a denomination formed in 2012 by former congregations of the Presbyterian Church (USA). ECO, as it's called, has grown to more than 200 congregations nationwide, with Lewes Presbyterian and White Clay Creek Presbyterian in Newark as its only Delaware congregations.
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