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January 27, 2022 By Yonat Shimron   (RNS) — A Tennessee school board voted unanimously to remove a Pulitzer Prize-winning graphic novel about the Holocaust from its curriculum earlier this month over concerns about offensive words. The 10-member board of education in McMinn County, about 60 miles south of Knoxville, voted Jan. 10 to remove […]

Robert John Hanna, Sr., 82, of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, died January 18, 2022. Bob was, according to the Reverend Leslie Johnson, a “good solid member” of Eastlake Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Red River Presbytery) in Oklahoma City. Bob joined the US Air Force in 1956 and retired from Tinker Air Force Base in Oklahoma County in […]

Dresden Cumberland Presbyterian Church suffered significant tornado damage on December 10, 2021 (see additional coverage in our January issue.) However, an unforseen benefit is the church bell was rediscovered. Tornado damage to the church has been determined impractical to repair and the structure will be raised. The session hopes to rebuild later in 2022. Originally […]

Aurora Santana of Zamora, Colombia, in Antioquia near Medellin, has reportedly died. Aurora was a lay pastor at the Iglesia Presbiteriana Cumberland in Zamora (Emaus Presbytery). The widow of the Reverend Arturo Taborda, Aurora was a strong leader in Colombia for women´s ministries. This article is incomplete. More information will be added as it becomes […]

Robert Edward Minton, 92, of Kenton, Tennessee (Cool Springs Community), died on Monday, January 17, 2022. The founder of Minton Farms, Robert was a life-long member of Cool Springs Cumberland Presbyterian Church (West Tennessee Presbytery), former director of Gibson Electric Membership and a member of Farm Bureau.

Across the globe, Open Doors found that there has been a 24% increase in Christians killed because of their faith. January 19, 2022 By Adelle M. Banks (RNS) — Afghanistan is the most dangerous country for Christians, according to an annual list put together by the Christian watchdog group Open Doors. It is the first […]

Marian E. Keithley Roberson, 99, of Chandler, Indiana, died January 17, 2022. She worked tirelessly in the Chandler Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Covenant Presbytery) as a choir member, Sunday school and VBS teacher, and youth group sponsor. Her love of music led her to become the church organist for more than 30 years. She also played […]

Ministry Council of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church elected member Amy Cresswell was recently selected as the Outstanding Junior Member of the Key Corner Chapter of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution (NSDAR or DAR). Amy proved her lineage to Patriot Andrew Hampton and joined the local Key Corner Chapter NSDAR in January 2021. […]

Wilbur Ray Doran, 98, of Dyer, Tennessee, died January 11, 2022. He served for many years as an elder and as session clerk of Cool Springs Cumberland Presbyterian Church (West Tennessee Presbytery).

Jimmy Finnell, 81, of Paducah, Kentucky, died January 12, 2022. He was a long time member of Highland Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Covenant Presbytery) in Paducah. He served as an elder, a member of the cemetery committee, and various other church committees and boards.