by EPC Admin | Jun 15, 2017 | Pastors, People, Uncategorized
Robert D. “Bob” Hopper passed away suddenly on Monday, June 12, in Elyria, Ohio. He was 65. At the time of his death he was serving as Transitional Pastor for Bay Presbyterian Church in Bay Village, Ohio. A native of Pittsburgh, Pa., Hopper graduated from Grove City...
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 28, 2017 | Pastors, People, Uncategorized
Three EPC leaders will deliver commencement speeches for institutions of higher learning in May 2017. Jeff Jeremiah, EPC Stated Clerk, will speak at Knox Theological Seminary. Mike Moses, Pastor of Lake Forest Church in Huntersville, N.C. and Moderator of the 35th...
by EPC Admin | Apr 15, 2017 | Pastors, People, Uncategorized
National Public Radio’s “All Things Considered” afternoon news program broadcast a segment April 13 on Andrew Brunson’s imprisonment in Turkey. Interviewed for the story were Andrew’s sister, Beth Herman, U.S. State Department spokesman...
by EPC Admin | Mar 24, 2017 | Pastors, People, Social Issues, Uncategorized
Case Thorp, Senior Associate Pastor of the EPC’s First Presbyterian Church of Orlando and an alumnus of Princeton Theological Seminary, has written an op-ed article published in the Wall Street Journal on March 23. Thorp’s piece addresses the recent...
