A handful of Northern Virginia churches are expected to soon resolve whether to officially split from the Episcopal Church, part of a growing ideological rift within the Protestant religion.

Truro Church in Fairfax and The Falls Church in Falls Church are among nine congregations within the Episcopal Diocese of Virginia to consider leaving the national church and are slated to announce the results Sunday after a week of voting. On Dec. 10, All Saints’ Church in Prince William County announced its members had voted overwhelmingly to leave the national church, becoming the first of the congregations to do so.