by EPC Admin | Oct 27, 2017 | Denominational News, EPC Benefits, EPC Medical Plan, People, Resources, Uncategorized
Following a nationwide search, Bart Francescone of Cream Ridge, N.J., has been named Executive Director of EPC Benefit Resources, Inc. (BRI). He fills a vacancy created when the BRI Board of Directors elected to relocate operations to the EPC Office of the General...
by EPC Admin | Oct 19, 2017 | Emergency Relief, Pastors, People, Uncategorized
Following two weeks in a “wait and pray” stance toward relief efforts in Puerto Rico, the EPC has restarted its Hurricane Maria emergency relief fund. While the fund had not closed to contributions, active promotion of the fund was put on hold until leaders of the...
by EPC Admin | Sep 29, 2017 | Church News, Emergency Relief, Pastors, People, Uncategorized
As of September 28, $3,255 has been contributed to the EPC’s Hurricane Maria emergency relief fund. However, Stated Clerk Jeff Jeremiah said further efforts to assist the three EPC congregations in Puerto Rico are in a “wait and pray” mode. “The recovery and...
by EPC Admin | Sep 29, 2017 | Church News, Emergency Relief, Pastors, People, Uncategorized
As of September 28, a total of $343,072.19 has been contributed to the EPC’s Hurricane Harvey and Hurricane Irma emergency relief funds. “The ‘above and beyond’ giving of our churches and members has been amazing,” said Jeff Jeremiah, EPC Stated Clerk. “I’m so...
by EPC Admin | Sep 27, 2017 | Denominational News, Pastors, People, Resources, Uncategorized
On October 7, EPC teaching elder Andrew Brunson will have been imprisoned in Turkey for one year. To mark the date, the denomination is issuing a Call to Prayer and Fasting for the weekend of October 7-8. “We are asking everyone in the EPC to consider fasting and...
by EPC Admin | Sep 21, 2017 | Church News, Emergency Relief, Pastors, People, Uncategorized
EPC churches in Texas and Florida continue to both recover and minister in their communities following hurricanes Harvey and Irma. Eddie Spencer, pastor of New Hope Presbyterian Church in Fort Myers, Fla., said Irma brought heavy winds and flooding rains to southwest...