by EPC Admin | Feb 7, 2017 | Ministers, Pastors, Social Issues, Uncategorized, URGENT
Technical issues have plagued the “Forgotten American in Turkey” petition at https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/forgotten-american-turkey since it launched on February 6. While tested prior to release, when published it was discovered that the signature counter...
by EPC Admin | Feb 6, 2017 | Ministers, Pastors, Social Issues, Uncategorized, URGENT
The Evangelical Presbyterian Church has launched a “Forgotten American in Turkey” petition in an effort to bring Andrew Brunson’s imprisonment in Turkey to the attention of the White House and President Trump. Brunson is an EPC teaching elder who was arrested in...
by EPC Admin | Jan 25, 2017 | Ministers, Pastors, People, Uncategorized
Blaine Hughes, pastor of Forest Hills Presbyterian Church in Wilson, N.C., died on January 17 following a lengthy illness. He was 70. He had served as pastor of Forest Hills since 2013, when he was commissioned by the Presbytery of the Mid-Atlantic as a Commissioned...
by EPC Admin | Jan 20, 2017 | Pastors, People, Social Issues, Uncategorized
David Swanson, pastor of First Presbyterian Church in Orlando, Fla., will be among 26 faith leaders from across the country taking part in the National Prayer Service on January 21 at 10 a.m. at the Washington National Cathedral. Swanson said he is praying “that God...
by EPC Admin | Jan 5, 2017 | Ministers, Pastors, People, Social Issues, Uncategorized
by Jeff Jeremiah EPC Stated Clerk One of the memorable moments at the 2016 General Assembly was First Presbyterian Church of Orlando (Fla.) lead pastor David Swanson’s report on the June 11 murder of Christina Grimmie and the June 12 Pulse nightclub shooting in...
by EPC Admin | Dec 14, 2016 | Pastors, People, Social Issues, Uncategorized
Andrew Brunson has been charged in Turkey with membership in an armed terrorist organization and sent to prison by the officiating judge. Brunson, an EPC teaching elder and member of the Presbytery of the Mid-Atlantic, had been held without charge in a detention...
