by EPC Admin | May 24, 2018 | Andrew Brunson, Ministers, Pastors, People, Uncategorized
In an interview on MCNBC’s “Morning Joe” program on May 24, Senators James Lankford (R-Okla.) and Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) continued their call for punitive action against Turkey due to Andrew Brunson’s prolonged imprisonment. The EPC Teaching Elder has been held since...
by EPC Admin | May 14, 2018 | Andrew Brunson, Ministers, Pastors, People, Uncategorized
by Richard White, Pastor Christ Community Church Montreat, N.C. Sad, angry, and resolute. These are my states of mind as I wake after Andrew Brunson’s trial. After 10 hours in court, I am deeply saddened that the judge refused to allow Andrew’s request to return home...
by EPC Admin | May 9, 2018 | Church News, Pastors, People, Uncategorized
Hollywood Evangelical Presbyterian Church in Greenville, N.C., celebrated its 75th anniversary on Sunday, May 6. The church started as a Sunday school in the 1920s, and became a particularized church in 1943. WITN News in Greenville aired a story about the day’s...
by EPC Admin | May 8, 2018 | Andrew Brunson, Ministers, Pastors, People, Uncategorized
In a May 8 appearance on Fox News, Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) offered harsh words for Turkey for its continued detainment of EPC Teaching Elder Andrew Brunson, who has been held since October 2016. Brunson was returned to prison following testimony on May 7, with...
by EPC Admin | May 8, 2018 | Events, General Assembly Meeting, Ministers, Pastors, People, Uncategorized
Worship has been an integral part of the EPC’s annual General Assembly since the inaugural Assembly in 1981. The 38th General Assembly, to be held June 19-22 at Hope Church in suburban Memphis, Tenn., carries on this hallmark. Eli Morris, Hope Church Senior Associate...
by EPC Admin | May 7, 2018 | Andrew Brunson, Ministers, Pastors, People, Uncategorized
The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) expressed disappointment in a Turkish court’s May 7 decision in EPC Teaching Elder Andrew Brunson’s trial on terrorism and espionage charges. After 11 hours of testimony—mostly from anonymous witnesses...
