by EPC Admin | May 26, 2020 | Church News, Emergency Relief, Ministers, Pastors, People, Uncategorized, Women In Ministry, World Outreach
Hamtramck, Mich., is an area that was hit hard by COVID-19. About five miles from downtown Detroit, 42 percent of Hamtramck’s 22,000 residents are foreign-born—giving Hamtramck the largest percentage of immigrants in the state and a longtime focus of EPC World...
by EPC Admin | May 8, 2020 | Church News, Church Planting, Ministers, Pastors, People, Uncategorized
For EPC Teaching Elder Jeff Ryan, who planted Three Timbers Church in Bennington, Nebr., in 2015, reaching his Omaha suburb for Christ means taking a holistic approach and embracing the church’s entire sphere of influence. On May 12, Ryan will find out how far that...
by EPC Admin | Apr 19, 2020 | Church News, Emergency Relief, Ministers, Pastors, People, Uncategorized
One week after a series of tornados raked the southeastern United States, EPC churches are helping members of their churches and communities affected by the storms. Michael Allen, Pastor of Westminster Presbyterian Church in Laurel, Miss., said several members of the...
by EPC Admin | Apr 10, 2020 | Church News, Ministers, Ministries, Pastors, People, Social Issues, Uncategorized
As the human and economic toll from the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic mounts, EPC churches in some of the hardest-hit areas of the United States have witnessed the death of parishioners in quarantine among other unprecedented challenges as they continue to minister...
by EPC Admin | Apr 9, 2020 | Church News, Ministers, Pastors, People, Social Issues, Uncategorized
Drive-in restaurants. Drive-in oil changes. Drive-in car washes. And for those old enough to remember, drive-in theaters. Big Creek EPC in Hannibal, Mo., has added “drive-in church” to the list. Nathan Markley serves as pastor of the congregation of less than 50 in...
by EPC Admin | Apr 6, 2020 | Church News, Ministers, Pastors, People, Social Issues, Uncategorized
On the April 4 edition of the “Today” show on NBC, host Willie Geist began the “Highs and Lows” segment with a tribute to the choir of Second Presbyterian Church in Memphis. The church’s Chancel Choir sang hymns outside Kathe Russell’s home on April 1. Her husband,...
