by EPC Admin | Apr 24, 2019 | Denominational News, Global Movement, Leadership Development, Ministers, Pastors, People, Social Issues, Uncategorized
At its second in-person meeting of 2019, the EPC’s Revelation 7:9 Task Force evaluated input and feedback received during its “listening tour” over the past seven months. Input came from a variety of sources, including an online survey of EPC pastors and individuals...
by EPC Admin | Mar 21, 2019 | Ministers, Pastors, Social Issues, Uncategorized
A three-judge panel of the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago ruled unanimously on March 15 that the housing allowance tax exemption for ministers is constitutional. The decision reversed a 2017 opinion by U.S. District Judge Barbara Crabb. Crabb ruled that...
by EPC Admin | Feb 18, 2019 | Denominational News, Social Issues, Uncategorized
The Evangelical Presbyterian Church has issued a formal statement in response to recent legislative action at the state level regarding abortion. The statement begins with the words, “In light of recent legislation at the state level regarding abortion, the...
by EPC Admin | Feb 6, 2019 | Denominational News, Global Movement, Leadership Development, Ministers, Pastors, People, Social Issues, Uncategorized
Members of the EPC’s Revelation 7:9 Task Force continue to study how the EPC can better become a denomination that faithfully embraces and serves its neighbors from every nation, tribe, people, and language as described Revelation 7:9. The group met at the Office of...
by EPC Admin | Nov 15, 2018 | Denominational News, Global Movement, Ministers, Pastors, People, Social Issues, Uncategorized
Members of the EPC Revelation 7:9 Task Force met at the Office of the General Assembly in Orlando, November 13-14. The group was appointed by Moderator Tom Werner (standing) in response to a recommendation approved by the 38th General Assembly “to study how the...
by EPC Admin | Dec 14, 2017 | Church News, Pastors, Social Issues, Uncategorized
Lead Homelessness, a national initiative formed to fight the causes and effects of homelessness in the United States, has named David Swanson, Pastor of First Presbyterian Church in Orlando, one of the “11 Most Important Leaders Needed to Solve Homelessness in...
