by EPC Admin | Oct 1, 2018 | Andrew Brunson, Ministers, Pastors, People, Resources, Uncategorized
by William P. (Bill) Campbell It was July 18, 2018. I sat in the cavernous Aliağa courtroom in Western Turkey, watching Andrew Brunson boldly testify to the gospel of salvation and forgive the Turkish officials for persecuting him without cause. It was a message that...
by EPC Admin | Sep 28, 2018 | Andrew Brunson, Denominational News, Ministers, Pastors, People, Resources, Uncategorized
The trial of Andrew Brunson, EPC Teaching Elder imprisoned in Turkey since October 2016, resumes on Friday, October 12. In an effort to stand with and pray for the Brunson family, the EPC is issuing a Call to Prayer and Fasting for the week of October 8. “Recent...
by EPC Admin | Sep 20, 2018 | Church News, Emergency Relief, Ministers, Pastors, People, Uncategorized
As flooding from Hurricane Florence continues to affect the Carolinas, pastors of EPC churches in the Presbytery of the Mid-Atlantic continue to assess storm damage and prepare for further flooding from rain-swollen rivers. At least 37 deaths in three states have been...
by EPC Admin | Aug 9, 2018 | Ministers, Pastors, People, Uncategorized
Howard Grady Shockley Jr., Stated Clerk of the Presbytery of the Mid-Atlantic since 1999, passed away on August 7, 2018, at Spartanburg (S.C.) Regional Medical Center. He was 74. The only son of the late Grady and Lucille Shivers Shockley, Shockley felt the call to...
by EPC Admin | Jul 25, 2018 | Andrew Brunson, Ministers, Pastors, People, Uncategorized
In response to a Turkish court’s ruling July 25 to release Andrew Brunson from prison to house arrest, officials in Washington, D.C., have issued statements supporting the decision. Senators James Lankford (R-Okla.), Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), and Thom Tillis (R-N.C.)...
by EPC Admin | Jul 25, 2018 | Andrew Brunson, Ministers, Pastors, People, Uncategorized
Turkish media is reporting that Andrew Brunson has been moved from prison and put under house arrest. According to the Daily Sabah, the EPC Teaching Elder has been moved to his home in Izmir due to “health issues.” The Second High Penal Court in Izmir issued the...
