Posts by Matthew Gore

The 100th episode of Cumberland Road, the Reverend T.J. Malinoski’s popular podcast featuring the faith journeys of prominent Cumberland Presbyterians and exploring the impact of faith on their daily lives, was released July 26, 2022. The episode features the Reverend Sandra Shepherd, Associate Minister at Brenthaven Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Nashville Presbytery) in Brentwood, Tennessee.  Sandra […]

On Sunday, the 31st of July, 2022, Shiloh Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 7810 Shiloh Road, Midlothian, TX, 76065, will celebrating their 175th birthday. They will be having a potluck after the regular worship service at 11:00 AM. Everyone is welcome to celebrate with them. There will be plenty of food! Contact Patrick Wilkerson for more information.

MCKENZIE, Tenn. – The Bethel Athletic Department and the University take great pride in the Athletic Hall of Fame. Each October during Homecoming week, the University honors individuals who have excelled as athletes, team members, coaches and staff, or contributors. This year the Hall-of Fame Breakfast will be held October 22.  It will mark the […]

Rev. Dr. Charles David Smith The Reverend Dr. Charles David Smith, 76, of Louisianan, died July 16, 2022. Chuck was born in Arkansas June 3, 1946, but called Lafayette, Louisiana, his home. He graduated from Lafayette High School in 1964 and spent the next two decades working and raising a family. In the 1960s, he […]

Mary Frances McCoyle Seeger, 100, of Symsonia, Kentucky, died July 1, 2022. Her niece, Lora Rogers Kerner, serves the Cumberland Presbyterian denomination as an elected member of the Ministry Council. Grandniece, the Reverend Leanne Kerner, is Director of Youth and Children’s Ministries at Lake Highlands Presbyterian Church (Red River Presbytery). Mary Frances was a member […]

Dolores Rustenhaven, 88, of Marshall, Texas, died July 17, 2022. Born February 14, 1934, Dolores was from Overton, Texas. She graduated from Overton High School in 1952. As a clergy spouse to the late Reverend William Rustenhaven, she lived and ministered across the Cumberland Presbyterian denomination. According to Beth O’Gwynn Rustenhaven writing on Facebook, Dolores […]

Below are churches that are in active searches for a pastor or some other type of leadership, as indicated parenthetically. Our purpose in sending you this listing, along with contact information for search committee chairs who have email contact, is to make the openings known to a wider audience of clergy than just those who […]

Timothy John Orr, 56, of Newbern, Tennessee, died July 18, 2022. Tim was a member of Dyersburg Cumberland Presbyterian Church (West Tennessee Presbytery) and a former trustee of Memphis Theological Seminary. He was the youngest son of the Reverend Melvin and Naomi Orr. Tim had a long and fruitful relationship with MTS. In the summer […]

Rev. Dr. Autura Eason-Williams, pastor of Capleville United Methodist Church, a Memphis Theological Seminary alumna, and sometimes adjunct faculty member at MTS, was ordered from her vehicle, a Chevrolet Malibu, and shot three times in an apparent carjacking at her home in Whitehaven, a neighborhood in Memphis, Tennessee, on July 18, 2022. The incident was […]