by EPC Admin | Aug 30, 2017 | Ministers, Pastors, People, Uncategorized
A Turkish court added three new charges against imprisoned EPC Teaching Elder Andrew Brunson on August 24. The charges include gathering state secrets for espionage, attempting to overthrow the Turkish parliament and government, and to change the constitutional order....
by EPC Admin | Aug 23, 2017 | Church News, Pastors, People, Uncategorized
Written by Brandon O’Connor/The Vicksburg Post Photos by Courtland Wells/The Vicksburg Post Reprinted by permission The Hand Pointing to Heaven is once again in its rightful place atop the steeple of First Presbyterian Church in Port Gibson, Miss. The 10-feet...
by EPC Admin | Jun 15, 2017 | Pastors, People, Uncategorized
Robert D. “Bob” Hopper passed away suddenly on Monday, June 12, in Elyria, Ohio. He was 65. At the time of his death he was serving as Transitional Pastor for Bay Presbyterian Church in Bay Village, Ohio. A native of Pittsburgh, Pa., Hopper graduated from Grove City...
by EPC Admin | May 22, 2017 | EPC Authors, People, Uncategorized
What can we do to foster unity and deeper community in a world where so many relationships are fractured and fractious? Luder Whitlock, minister at-large for First Presbyterian Church of Orlando and a member of the EPC National Leadership Team, addresses this question...
by EPC Admin | May 19, 2017 | Ministers, Pastors, People, Uncategorized
Turkish media is reporting May 19 that EPC teaching elder Andrew Brunson is being accused of being a “Kurdish sympathizer” and a “Gülenist.” The timing of the media reports potentially reveals Turkey’s response to President Trump and Vice President Pence’s pleas to...
by EPC Admin | May 16, 2017 | Ministers, Pastors, People, Uncategorized
In meetings held on May 16, U.S. President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence appealed to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan for Andrew Brunson’s release. Brunson, an EPC teaching elder, has been imprisoned in Izmir, Turkey, since October 2016. The EPC...
