by EPC Admin | Nov 2, 2017 | Church News, General Assembly Meeting, Ministers, Pastors, People, Social Issues, Uncategorized
The Gospel Coalition’s lead story on November 2, “How the Country’s Largest White Presbyterian Church Became Multiethnic,” tells the story of Hope Church in Cordova, Tenn. Planted in 1988 in a predominately white suburban area, within 20 years the congregation was the...
by EPC Admin | Aug 30, 2017 | Ministers, Pastors, People, Uncategorized
A Turkish court added three new charges against imprisoned EPC Teaching Elder Andrew Brunson on August 24. The charges include gathering state secrets for espionage, attempting to overthrow the Turkish parliament and government, and to change the constitutional order....
by EPC Admin | Aug 11, 2017 | Chaplains, Ministers, Pastors, Uncategorized
Two of the 16 U.S. service members killed when a U.S. military plane crashed in Mississippi in July were members of Goodwill Evangelical Presbyterian Church in Montgomery, N.Y. Gunnery Sgt. Mark Hopkins, 34, and Staff Sgt. Joshua Snowden, 31, were serving in the U.S....
by EPC Admin | May 19, 2017 | Ministers, Pastors, People, Uncategorized
Turkish media is reporting May 19 that EPC teaching elder Andrew Brunson is being accused of being a “Kurdish sympathizer” and a “Gülenist.” The timing of the media reports potentially reveals Turkey’s response to President Trump and Vice President Pence’s pleas to...
by EPC Admin | May 16, 2017 | Ministers, Pastors, People, Uncategorized
In meetings held on May 16, U.S. President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence appealed to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan for Andrew Brunson’s release. Brunson, an EPC teaching elder, has been imprisoned in Izmir, Turkey, since October 2016. The EPC...
by EPC Admin | Apr 27, 2017 | Global Movement, Home Missions, Ministers, Uncategorized
John Bueno, EPC Home Missionary serving with Latins United Christian Ministries (LUCM), invites you to read his Spring 2017 newsletter, in which he discusses the overwhelming need in Uganda. The Moyo district of northern Uganda has seen an influx of more than 150,000...
