Jack Particpates in Receiving Community OPC in Sonora
Sonora Church Comes Into Being, Presbyterian Guardian, March 1962, Page 47
March, 1962, Volume 31, Number 3, Page 47 Sonora ChurchComes into Being
February 15, 1962 marked an important step in the organization of an Orthodox Presbyterian Church in Sonora.
A Commission of three from the Presbytery of California was present at a meeting in Grange Hall to accomplish the formal groundwork.
The Rev. Henry Coray gave a brief survey of the reasons and events which called the Orthodox Presbyterian Church into being.
The Rev. C. John Miller of Stockton then questioned the prospective members of the nascent church. Nine adult members were then voted into membership to be publicly received the following Sunday.
The following motion was then passed: "This Commission on motion recognizes the Community Presbyterian Church of Sonora as a constituted church of Christ under the care of the Presbytery of California, with the view to its formal reception as a fully organized church of the Orthodox Presbyterian Church at the April meeting of Presbytery."
Elder Clarence Westra of the Stockton Church was then appointed to serve as Elder Pro-tern.
The pastor, Rev. R. K. Churchill, has started communicant classes for others who will become members at the Easter season.
A committee has also been formed to survey possible church building sites. Mr. Churchill and his wife moved into Sonora, in the heart of the 'Mother Lode' country, last May.
Location: Sonora, California
With: Rev RK Churchill, planter, Rev. Henry Coray, Elder Clarence Westra