by EPC Admin | Feb 5, 2019 | Andrew Brunson, Ministers, Pastors, People, Uncategorized
EPC Teaching Elder Andrew Brunson and his wife, Norine, will attend the State of the Union address in Washington, D.C., on February 5. The North Carolina natives will be guests of U.S. Senator Thom Tillis (R-N.C.). Tillis worked to help secure the release of Pastor...
by EPC Admin | Jan 7, 2019 | Andrew Brunson, Ministers, Pastors, People, Uncategorized
Editor’s note: This article replaces an earlier version that contained potentially sensitive information. As of January 2, the goal for the EPC’s “Welcome Back, Andrew!” Fund has been met. Donations to the fund will be used to assist Andrew and Norine Brunson in their...
by EPC Admin | Dec 6, 2018 | Andrew Brunson, Ministers, Pastors, People, Uncategorized
Andrew Brunson has been named the WORLD Magazine “Daniel of the Year” for 2018. The publication gives the annual award to an individual who exhibits bravery in defense of God’s authority by helping the persecuted. Brunson and his wife, Norine, were missionaries and...
by EPC Admin | Nov 2, 2018 | Andrew Brunson, Church News, Denominational News, Ministers, Pastors, People, Uncategorized
The EPC has established a fund to assist Andrew and Norine Brunson in their recovery from their two-year ordeal in Turkey. Andrew will serve as Missionary-in-Residence at Christ Community Church in Montreat, N.C., for one year, and gifts to the fund—dubbed the...
by EPC Admin | Oct 12, 2018 | Andrew Brunson, Ministers, Pastors, People, Uncategorized
Andrew and Norine Brunson left Turkey on a military aircraft late on October 12, local time. They are expected to arrive at Joint Base Andrews outside Washington, D.C., on Saturday, October 13, after a stop at the U.S. military hospital in Landstuhl, Germany. The...
by EPC Admin | Oct 12, 2018 | Andrew Brunson, Ministries, Pastors, People, Uncategorized
President Donald Trump, Vice President Mike Pence, U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley, and others took to social media to celebrate the release of Andrew Brunson on October 12. Brunson was convicted by a Turkish court on terrorism charges and sentenced to 37 months in...