by EPC Admin | Mar 31, 2020 | Church News, Denominational News, Ministers, Pastors, People, Social Issues, Uncategorized
Dear EPC family, It is with a heavy heart that I inform you of the death late Monday night (March 30) of TE Tim Russell. He had been hospitalized with COVID-19 for about two weeks. He served as Assistant Pastor for Middle Adults at Second Presbyterian Church in...
by EPC Admin | Mar 30, 2020 | Church News, Denominational News, Emergency Relief, Ministers, Pastors, Resources, Small Church, Social Issues, Uncategorized
On March 27, President Donald Trump signed the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act. The legislation provides many benefits to individuals and churches. The purpose of this article is to provide information solely about how EPC churches may apply...
by EPC Admin | Mar 23, 2020 | Church News, Ministers, Pastors, People, Uncategorized
On a normal Sunday morning, David Swanson will shake hundreds of hands. On an abnormal Thursday afternoon, there were only 20 hands in the building. No ushers, no bulletins, no offering plates, no choir, and no congregation. Swanson took the stage, and all he saw was...
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...
