RELEASED! Andrew Brunson convicted but released on time served; return to U.S. expected soon

by EPC Admin | Oct 12, 2018 | Andrew Brunson, Ministers, Pastors, People, Uncategorized

A Turkish court lifted the house arrest and international travel ban against EPC Teaching Elder Andrew Brunson on October 12, while sentencing him to 3 years, 1 month, and 15 days on charges that he assisted the Fethullah Gülen organization. The Turkish government...

Pray for Andrew Brunson

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...

EPC issues Call for Prayer and Fasting ahead of October 12 Andrew Brunson hearing

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...

Mid-Atlantic church leaders assess damage from Hurricane Florence

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...

Howard Shockley, Presbytery of the Mid-Atlantic Stated Clerk, dies at 74

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...

Senators, Administration, religious freedom council applaud Turkey court ruling as Brunson leaves prison for house arrest

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.)...