by EPC Admin | Sep 28, 2022 | Church News, Emergency Relief
Hurricane Ian neared Category 5 status with sustained winds of 155 mph on Wednesday morning, September 28, as it bears down on Florida. At 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, the center of the storm was located about 75 miles southwest of Fort Myers, home of two EPC...
by EPC Admin | Sep 22, 2022 | Church News, Emergency Relief
Hurricane Fiona, which made landfall in Puerto Rico on September 18, delivered flooding rains and an island-wide power outage. While two deaths on the island are attributed to the storm, the EPC churches on the island experienced no casualties. Those congregations are...
by EPC Admin | May 5, 2022 | Denominational News, Emergency Relief, Global Movement, Uncategorized, World Outreach
As of Thursday, May 5, $437,481 has been donated to the EPC’s International Disaster Relief Fund. This amount includes two separate gifts of $50,000 each and nine additional donations of $10,000 or more. “I should never be surprised at the generosity of the EPC...
by EPC Admin | Apr 22, 2022 | Denominational News, Emergency Relief, Global Movement, In All Things, People, World Outreach
Episode 22 of the EPC’s podcast, “In All Things,” features Bruce Anderson, Founder and Coordinator of the International Theological Education Network (ITEN) of EPC World Outreach. This week, host Dean Weaver and Anderson discuss how relationships built over more than...
by EPC Admin | Mar 1, 2022 | Denominational News, Emergency Relief, Global Movement, World Outreach
The EPC has launched an international disaster relief fund to help relieve suffering when needs arise round the world that are outside the scope of the domestic EPC Emergency Relief Fund, used for situations in North America. “The crisis in Ukraine is dire, and we are...
by EPC Admin | Dec 13, 2021 | Church News, Emergency Relief, Pastors, People
The deadly December 10-11 tornado outbreak affected at least one EPC congregation. Paul Tucker, Pastor of First Presbyterian Church of Greenfield, Tenn., reported on December 13 that a family in the church who lives in Dresden, Tenn., suffered “a total loss.” “They...
