Some historic data re: the EPC -
Current web site of the birthplace of the EPC:
www.wardchurch.org. (It used to be just
www.wardepc.org.) Their present interim - and much-loved - senior pastor is a Congregationalist who desperately seeks to turn Ward away from Reformed theology. How do I know? A dear and
first-degree family member is there every Sunday...
I was a member of Ward for almost 9 years; loved Dr. Bartlett Hess; thought it was Reformed in those years. Found out through independent reading, study and talking to others of the Reformed persuasion that it was not.
In a nutshell, Ward is explicitly in the process of becoming a clone of NorthRidge Church:
NorthRidge Church. NorthRidge has
numbers, and that's what Ward wants. (
Cf. 2 Samuel 24:10.) NorthRidge, before it moved to its fancy digs in Plymouth Twp., was Detroit's venerable old Temple Baptist, probably the most popular, and later popular African-American, church on the west side of Detroit. The current pastor, however, didn't want a "denominational assignment" in *his* church's name, and so Temple Baptist became "NorthRidge Church." Totally non-denominational, and thoroughly and unapologetically Arminian, CCM-singing...
Because of its geographical location and general (literal) Starbuck's ambience, NorthRidge, once settled in tony Plymouth from a fairly nice building just inside the Detroit city limits, quickly began to siphon people from Ward. Ward had a seismic upheaval in its administration in 2006, when its pastor was fired very publicly in the annual congregational meeting that over 2,000 people attended. A friend of mine described it to me... I still don't know what was really behind it; I do know that this pastor had solid Reformed credentials.
After that, and even before that happened, this birthplace of the EPC had been hemorrhaging profusely in membership and attendance. It had gone from about 5,600 members to around 2,500-3,000.
Whatever to do? 
"Let's become like NorthRidge! That'll bring the people back!" And so it embarked upon that goal without further ado, jettisoning anyone who wanted to keep anything Reformed about it.
As Ward EPC goes, so will go the rest of the EPC, eventually. It's already happening.
"So sad to see good Reformed churches go bad..." And if you know what song I'm paraphrasing there,
.
Margaret