by EPC Admin | Jul 25, 2018 | Andrew Brunson, Ministers, Pastors, People, Uncategorized
Turkish media is reporting that Andrew Brunson has been moved from prison and put under house arrest. According to the Daily Sabah, the EPC Teaching Elder has been moved to his home in Izmir due to “health issues.” The Second High Penal Court in Izmir issued the...
by EPC Admin | Jul 20, 2018 | Andrew Brunson, Ministers, Pastors, People, Uncategorized
A Turkish court’s decision to return Andrew Brunson to prison at the conclusion of the July 18 hearing until the next hearing on October 12 has drawn intense, bipartisan criticism. Late on July 18, President Donald Trump said on social media that not granting...
by EPC Admin | Jul 18, 2018 | Andrew Brunson, Ministers, Pastors, People, Uncategorized
In response to Andrew Brunson’s return to custody following hearings on July 18, U.S. Senators Thom Tillis, Jeanne Shaheen, James Lankford, and Lindsey Graham issued a joint statement calling for his immediate release. The court in Aliaga, Turkey, remanded the...
by EPC Admin | Jul 11, 2018 | Church News, Church Revitalization, General Assembly Meeting, Pastors, People, Uncategorized
Restoration Church in Munford, Tenn., is the recipient of the 2018 Bartlett L. Hess Award for church revitalization. The award was announced on June 22 at the 38th General Assembly at Hope Church in Cordova, Tenn. “Receiving this award came as a shock,” Pastor Mike...
by EPC Admin | Jul 9, 2018 | Andrew Brunson, General Assembly Meeting, Ministers, Pastors, People, Uncategorized
[youtube https://youtu.be/CB70rhhrz4g] Addressing the 38th General Assembly on June 21, Jacqueline Furnari—Andrew Brunson’s daughter—described her family’s ordeal over the 20 months since her father’s imprisonment in Turkey. “October 7, 2016—more than a year and a...
by EPC Admin | Jun 27, 2018 | Denominational News, General Assembly Meeting, Ministers, Pastors, People, Uncategorized
The EPC’s 38th General Assembly, held June 19-22 at Hope Church in Cordova, Tenn., made history as the first Assembly to include a “selfie” from the platform. At the beginning of the Thursday afternoon business session, Evelio Vilches, Pastor of Faith Presbyterian...
