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The Reverend Sarah Ann Jeffery, 79, of Yellville, Arkansas, a member without charge of Arkansas Presbytery, died December 12, 2021, of COVID-19. She had been hospitalized for six months. Sarah served as a chaplain for the Good Samaritan Society in Mountain Home, Arkansas. She had been a case manager and social worker for the Area […]

Dyersburg Cumberland Presbyterian Church (West Tennessee Presbytery) is accepting donations of the following items for tornado relief in Lake and Obion Counties: (Only these items will be accepted) New Lidded plastic storage tubs/bins/containers (Any Size) Duct tape and sharpies to label boxes/tubs Unused Work Gloves Gift cards in $25 or $50 increments to Food Rite, […]

First Presbyterian Church in Mayfield, Kentucky, suffered a great deal of damage in the December 11, 2021, tornadoes. The church was organized as a Cumberland Presbyterian Church around 1832 in Anderson Presbytery. John Anderson, a founder of Mayfield, was a member. The congregation was in Obion Presbytery from 1833 until 1882 and then in Mayfield […]

(RNS) Dirk Obbink has lost a federal lawsuit over the fraudulent sale of Gospel fragments. The former Oxford University professor and visiting scholar at Baylor University, once heralded for his amazing discoveries of ancient texts, including early copies of the Gospels and unknown poems of Sappho, now owes Hobby Lobby a full refund. According to […]

Sarah Lee Butler, 90, of Huntingdon, Tennessee, died December 14, 2021, in McKenzie, Tennessee. Her son, Dr. Walter Butler, is president of Bethel University in McKenzie. Mrs. Butler was born May 28, 1931, in McKenzie to the Tom Lee and Mary Blackburn Lee. She was a retired employment counselor for the State of Tennessee and […]

The Missions Ministry Team has reported the death from COVID-19 of the Reverend Aida Melendez Diego December 14, 2021. She was leading a worshiping community in Miami, Florida, and serving as a member of the Grace Presbytery committee on pastoral care/concerns. She worked as a chaplain for Compassionate Care Hospice in Hialeah, Florida. Aida graduated […]

(RNS) — Christmas is just 10 days away, and most Americans will celebrate the birth of Jesus. But a new poll from Pew shows the share of U.S. adults who consider themselves Christian is falling. Only 63% of Americans self-identify as Christian this year, a marked drop from 75% 10 years ago. The declining number […]

According to the National Weather Service, two tornadoes struck the area of Burns, Tennessee, and southern Dickson County. Burns is adjacent to Montgomery Bell State Park and the park has a Burns mailing address.  An EF1 tornado touched down at 2:49 a.m. and stayed on the ground for five minutes, traveling through downtown Burns and […]

The home of Ann Webb Minton in the Cool Springs, Tennessee, community was destroyed by a tornado on December 11, 2021. Ann, a member of the Cool Springs Cumberland Presbyterian Church (West Tennessee Presbytery) was with her daughter Erin Street in Arlington, Tennessee, at the time the storm struck.

We now have confirmation that Bowling Green Cumberland Presbyterian Church suffered no appreciable damage. The Bowling Green church suffered considerable storm damage a number of years ago. We have not yet heard from Mt. Olivet CPC but it seems likely to have been outside of the damaged areas. WBKO in Bowling Green has confirmed the […]