A legal dispute that threatened to sever the ties that bind Erskine College to the church that founded it is on its way to a peaceful resolution, officials on both sides of the conflict said.
The Synod, or ruling body, of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church voted down a proposal to withhold the church's financial support of the college and seminary. And it approved an agreement to withdraw its appeal of an injunction issued against the church in a lawsuit filed by college trustees ousted by the Synod, if the trustees will drop the suit.
That would have the effect of undoing the removal of 14 board members who were bumped from office three months ago in a bid by the Synod to take control of the board....
