Great News from Kansas EPC Church
Lighthouse Presbyterian Church, an Evangelical Presbyterian congregation in Paola, Kansas (about 40 minutes south of the KC Beltway) walked away from its property when they departed from the PCUSA to join the EPC in 2007. Now, just two years later, they have grown to the point that they have acquired 20 acres of land at an... Continue Reading
Rock Reaching Out
Rock Presbyterian Church of Greenwood, South Carolina – a congregation of the Evangelical Presbyterian Church – recently enjoyed two successful outreach ministry engagements in their community. The regional chamber of commerce hosted a “Super-Networking” night and Rock was there. Pastor Joe Johnson reported, “It was a great advertizing opportunity for the church and the EPC.... Continue Reading
2009 EPC Youth Worker Oasis
When: Sept. 30 – Oct. 3 2009 Where: Signal Mountain Presbyterian, Chattanooga, Tennessee Cost: $50, plus hotel (a special group rate has been obtained) The Youthworker Oasis exists “to provide a context for EPC youth workers (full-time, part-time, paid & volunteer) to come together in order to step off the front lines of ministry for... Continue Reading
EPC Presbyteries Address the Ordination of Women as Teaching Elders
The EP News of the Evangelical Presbyterian Church (EPC) reports that three Presbyteries have taken various actions on the issue of the ordination of women as teaching elders at their recent winter meetings. The Presbytery of the Mid-America, by an approximate vote of two to one, approved a proposal to draft an overture for General... Continue Reading
PCUSA GA Approves $2 million Legal War Chest to Fight EPC, New Wineskins
SAN JOSE, Calif. — The Layman Online reported that on a 395-286-9 vote Thursday, June 26, 2008, delegates to the 218th Presbyterian Church (USA) General Assembly passed a resolution to provide up to $2 million "for the purpose of sharing the cost of legal fees defending our Constitution against the New Wineskins non-geographic presbytery... Continue Reading