by EPC Admin | Mar 24, 2020 | Chaplains, Ministers, People, Social Issues, Uncategorized
Matthew Sullivan, an EPC Chaplain for a Christian school in Nashville, Tenn., is requesting prayer as more than 40 members of the school community have tested positive for coronavirus (COVID-19) following a school fundraising event held earlier in March. Sullivan, 52,...
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...
by EPC Admin | Feb 27, 2020 | Chaplains, Leadership Development, Ministers, Ministries, Pastors, People, Uncategorized
Meeting at the Office of the General Assembly in Orlando February 24-25, the EPC Chaplains Work and Care Committee (CWCC) discussed a variety of topics related to its oversight of the EPC’s chaplaincy ministry. More than 60 EPC-endorsed chaplains currently serve in a...
