CP News

The Discipleship Ministry Team and the Historical Foundation of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church and the Cumberland Presbyterian Church in America are pleased to announce the annual “Day in the Park” will take place Tuesday, October 4, 2022. Gather for a day of worship, fellowship, and fun at the Cumberland Presbyterian Birthplace Shrine in Montgomery Bell […]

William J. Flanagan, 91, better known as Billy Joe, B.J., or “Red,” of Stuart, Florida, died March 3, 2022. Born August 6, 1930, and raised in Paint Rock, Alabama, Red graduated from Bethel College (now Bethel University) in McKenzie, Tennessee, in 1952. Named “most athletic,” Red played both football and basketball for the Wildcats. Two […]

The Presbytery of East Tennessee will meet in a called session at Beaver Creek Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Knoxville, Tennessee) on Saturday, May 7, 2022, at 11:00 PM Eastern Time for the sole purpose of considering the Reverend Michael Wilkinson as a nominee for moderator of the 191st General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church.

Chattanooga First Cumberland Presbyterian Church Hosts the Chattanooga Girls’ Choir Spring Concert May 13, 2022 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM Eastern Time All choirs will perform, including a presentation of Mozart’s Coronation Mass by the Concert Choir. Local instrumentalists and soloists Sara Snider Schone, Elizabeth Schrock, Chris Plaas, and Scott Willis will all be under […]

The Board of Stewardship, Foundation, and Benefits announced April 20, 2022, they have called the Reverend Dr. Brittany Meeks as Administrative Assistant. Brittany is from Fairfield, Illinois where her home church is the Fairfield Cumberland Presbyterian Church (North Central Presbytery). She graduated from Bethel University in McKenzie, Tennessee, and Memphis Theological Seminary. In May 2022, […]

Myrtis Adams Foley, 90, of Homewood, Alabama, died April 9, 2022, following a seven-month battle with cancer. She often visited home-bound members of Homewood Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Grace Presbytery), where she also served as an ordained elder. Not a single holiday nor significant event in the lives of her people would pass without a caring, […]

Henry Lloyd Thompson, 90, of Bowling Green, Kentucky, died April 17, 2022. He was an active member of Bowling Green Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Cumberland Presbytery) where he served as an elder and filled many other roles. He was a veteran of the US Air Force and retired from South Central Bell after 31 years of […]

Cumberland Road podcast: Gwen Roddye – Everyone’s Invited This week (4/19/2022) on the Cumberland Road podcast is guest Gwen Roddye. Gwen is a former General Assembly moderator of the Cumberland Presbyterian denomination, a member of the Beaver Creek Church in Powell, Tennessee and a Weight Watcher’s coach. Gwen shares that her faith journey has been […]

Former Bethel Wildcat standout football player Jared Gentry has signed with the Vegas Knight Hawks of the Indoor Football League, Bethel University announced April 17, 2022. Gentry, a defensive lineman from Opelika, Alabama, had a good senior season this past year despite missing several games due to injuries. He finished the season with 29 total […]

Sarah Stanley, 87, of Chattanooga, Tennessee, died April 15, 2022. She was a longtime member and elder of First Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Chatanooga (Tennessee-Gerorgia Presbytery).