by EPC Admin | Feb 20, 2023 | Emergency Relief, World Outreach
As rescue operations continue in southern Turkey two weeks after a magnitude 7.8 earthquake shook the region, EPC World Outreach is developing plans to assist with long-term recovery and ministry efforts. More than 46,000 people are reported dead in southeastern...
by EPC Admin | Feb 6, 2023 | Emergency Relief, Global Movement, Uncategorized, World Outreach
The EPC’s World Outreach partner in Sierra Leone, EduNations, experienced two disasters in the past two weeks. EduNations builds and operates schools in under-resourced communities in the largely impoverished west African nation. On February 2, a dormitory building in...
by EPC Admin | Jan 12, 2023 | Church News, Emergency Relief
A tornado described by the National Weather Service as “large and dangerous” tracked across Selma, Ala., on January 12. The tornado was part of a larger outbreak across the South. Steve Burton, Pastor of Cornerstone Presbyterian Church in Selma, reported minor damage...
by EPC Admin | Oct 28, 2022 | Emergency Relief, In All Things, Pastors
Bill Crawford, Pastor of the First Presbyterian churches in Thibodaux and Houma, La., is the guest for episode 49 of the EPC’s podcast, “In All Things.” This week, host Dean Weaver and Crawford describe his call to small church ministry and his 21 years in south...
by EPC Admin | Oct 20, 2022 | Church News, Emergency Relief, Pastors, People
The pastors of the two EPC churches in Fort Myers, Fla., are reporting that Hurricane Ian had a devastating impact on their congregations. The storm came ashore in southwest Florida September 28 with 150 mph winds. [youtube https://youtu.be/xI89EVXYcnU] “Overall, it’s...
by EPC Admin | Sep 30, 2022 | Church News, Emergency Relief
Members of the two EPC congregations nearest the Florida landfall of Hurricane Ian suffered significant effects from the near-category 5 storm. “Many of our congregation have suffered severe and total loss of home, cars, and property,” Mike Jones, Associate Pastor of...
