by EPC Admin | Oct 31, 2017 | Denominational News, Global Movement, Uncategorized, World Outreach
The 2017 EPC Thanksgiving Offering has been designated for the World Outreach Family Gathering. To help facilitate contributions, a bulletin insert is available in printable pdf format on the EPC website. Family Gathering, held every four years, is six days of...
by EPC Admin | Oct 27, 2017 | Denominational News, EPC Benefits, EPC Medical Plan, People, Resources, Uncategorized
Following a nationwide search, Bart Francescone of Cream Ridge, N.J., has been named Executive Director of EPC Benefit Resources, Inc. (BRI). He fills a vacancy created when the BRI Board of Directors elected to relocate operations to the EPC Office of the General...
by EPC Admin | Sep 27, 2017 | Denominational News, Pastors, People, Resources, Uncategorized
On October 7, EPC teaching elder Andrew Brunson will have been imprisoned in Turkey for one year. To mark the date, the denomination is issuing a Call to Prayer and Fasting for the weekend of October 7-8. “We are asking everyone in the EPC to consider fasting and...
by EPC Admin | Sep 5, 2017 | Denominational News, Emergency Relief, Uncategorized
As of September 5, more than $66,000 has been donated to the EPC’s Hurricane Harvey emergency relief fund as the denomination’s churches in southeast Texas continue to minister during the cleanup effort. In many cases, the relief and recovery extends to their own...
by EPC Admin | Aug 9, 2017 | Church Planting, Church Revitalization, Denominational News, General Assembly Meeting, Global Movement, Leadership Development, Uncategorized
Commissioners to the EPC’s 37th General Assembly approved a variety of business items, including funding the four strategic initiatives from the EPC operating budget, adopting the Preliminary Position Paper on Human Sexuality as the Position Paper on Human Sexuality,...
by EPC Admin | Aug 9, 2017 | Denominational News, General Assembly Meeting, Leadership Development, Uncategorized
In its report to the 37th General Assembly, the Interim Committee on Ministerial Education (ICME) presented details of the Mentored Apprenticeship Program (MAP). The program involves the eight ministry based courses now required for ordination in the EPC, and is...
