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A wildfire broke out in the Wears Valley community of Sevier County, Tennessee, on Wednesday, March 30, 2022. Despite rain moving across East Tennessee overnight, officials reported the fire, driven by high winds, had burned 3,700 acres, approximately 100 structures, and several fire-fighting vehicles. The fire, officially designated as the Hatcher Mountain-Indigo Lane Fire, is […]

The 145th General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church in America has been scheduled for July 10-14, 2022, at the Embassy Suites by Hilton, 800 Monroe Street, Huntsville, Alabama, 35801. We have no further information at this time.

The Liberian Observer reports the Reverend C. Wellington Morgan, acting pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of Monrovia, Liberia, west Africa, narrowly escaped death after being attacked in a tricycle by armed robbers who left him with some serious wounds. The Presbyterian Church is the country’s third oldest after the Baptist and Methodist churches in […]

The Missions Ministry Team (MMT) of the Cumberland Presbyterian (CP) Church endorses Rev. John Jairo Correa and Rev. Esperanza Diaz Correa as missionaries of the CP Church. Following multiple interviews, evaluations, and an extensive application process, MMT is fully satisfied that the Correas have the ability and call to serve as missionaries. They will serve […]

Joe Ronald O’Dell, 80, of Greeneville, Tennessee, died March 18, 2022. He was an active member of Greeneville Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Presbytery of East Tennessee), serving as an elder and teaching Sunday school.

McKENZIE, TENN. (March 16, 2022) — The historic pipe organ at the McKenzie First Cumberland Presbyterian Church was rededicated during a concert on Wednesday, March 16. The organ was first dedicated on March 28, 1953 when it was installed in the historic First Cumberland Presbyterian Church on Stonewall Street in downtown McKenzie. When the church […]

2022 CPWM Convention Registration is LIVE! Ready for Convention in Albuquerque? Who wants to know what the new theme is? Well, here you go! The theme is Revive Us Again! Based on Psalm 85:6, “Will you not revive us again, that your people may rejoice in you?” Registration is now LIVE!!!! Share with your friends! […]

Only 27% of respondents in a Pew study said they attended services in person this month. Back in September, when the coronavirus was still surging, 26% said they attended in-person religious services. March 22, 2022 By Yonat Shimron (RNS) — Across the country, religious congregations have reopened, or reopened with some health restrictions still in […]

Roland David Morris, 74, of Fairfield, Illinois, died March 20, 2022. He was a lifelong member of the Fairfield Cumberland Presbyterian Church (North Central Presbytery), where he served as a Sunday school teacher, elder, morning worship guitarist, video and sound technician, and leader of Crusaders children’s program. He also helped with children’s musicals. The Reverend […]

Billy Don Haney, 87, of Cleveland, Tennessee, died March 9, 2022. He was a member of Charleston Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Tennessee-Georgia Presbytery) where he served as an elder for more than 30 years.