by EPC Admin | Mar 21, 2020 | Church News, Emergency Relief, Ministers, Pastors, People, Social Issues, Uncategorized
Having an entire state on mandatory lockdown as a result of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic presents unique challenges for state and local government, businesses, and 40 million residents of California. For pastors and churches accustomed to gathering in groups...
by EPC Admin | Mar 9, 2020 | Church News, Church Planting, Emergency Relief, Ministers, Pastors, People, Uncategorized
All Souls Church, an EPC church plant in Nashville, Tenn., received $5,000 from the EPC Emergency Relief Fund on March 4 for its ministry to its neighbors in the wake of a devastating tornado outbreak on March 3 that took the lives of at least 25 people. The church...
by EPC Admin | Mar 2, 2020 | Church Planting, Denominational News, Ministers, Pastors, People, Uncategorized
The third episode of Case Thorp’s “Church Pivot” podcast features the Moderator of the 39th General Assembly talking with Tom Ricks, leader of the EPC Church Planting Team. In their discussion, Ricks reflects on his years in church planting and explains what it takes...
by EPC Admin | Feb 27, 2020 | Chaplains, Leadership Development, Ministers, Ministries, Pastors, People, Uncategorized
Meeting at the Office of the General Assembly in Orlando February 24-25, the EPC Chaplains Work and Care Committee (CWCC) discussed a variety of topics related to its oversight of the EPC’s chaplaincy ministry. More than 60 EPC-endorsed chaplains currently serve in a...
by EPC Admin | Feb 19, 2020 | Andrew Brunson, EPC Authors, Ministers, Pastors, People, Uncategorized
In October 2016, Andrew Brunson was arrested by Turkish authorities—along with tens of thousands of Turkish military personnel, civil servants, educators, journalists, and dissidents following a failed coup. Brunson, an EPC pastor of a small Protestant church in...
by EPC Admin | Feb 6, 2020 | Church News, Church Revitalization, Ministers, Pastors, People, Uncategorized
If you stop by Mt. Lebanon Evangelical Presbyterian Church on the first Friday of the month, you are sure to encounter a lot of commotion…and a building full of kids. Ten years ago, the church began inviting children from the community to an event called “Fired Up...
