After three hours of intense debate on Wednesday evening, the synod of the Evangelical Reformed Church of Neuchâtel (EREN) decided. The temples of the canton will no longer host – with some exceptions – weddings or funerals presided over by lay celebrants. The 34 deputies gathered in La Rouvraie were very divided by the proposal of the Synodal Council, which they finally validated by 17 votes once morest 15 and 2 abstentions. Not without making a few cosmetic changes to the text submitted to them, which do not change much in the intended purpose.
Divided, the Reformed Church of Neuchâtel closes its temples to secular ceremonies
