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Mitchell George Lawson, 100, of Rogersville, Tennessee, died November 16, 2021. He and wife Frances Porter Lawson were long-time faithful and active members of Beaver Creek Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Powell, Tennessee. He was born on March 4, 1921, in Rogersville. George attended Rogersville City School before entering military service October 19, 1942. He served […]

Violet Ann Hudelson McCain, 91, of Eastpointe, Michigan, widow of the Reverend Terence Robbins McCain formerly of North Central Presbytery, died November 15, 2021. Violet was born November 7, 1930. Born to Agnes Hudelson in Fairfield, Illinois, Violet attended Bethel College (now Bethel University) in McKenzie, Tennessee, where Terence, of Moulton, Alabama, was already a […]

Doug Doran, 60, of Birmingham, Alabama, an elder at Rocky Ridge Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Grace Presbytery) in Birmingham, died November 15, 2021. Doug was born July 10, 1961, and raised in Birmingham. He went to Shades Valley High School in Birmingham and graduated in 1980.

Memphis, November 15, 2021: The Missions Ministry Team (MMT) is pleased to announce that the Reverend Rebecca Zahrte has accepted the call to be the new full-time Director of Ministry with Women. For the last four years, Becky has served as pastor of two Cumberland Presbyterian churches (Madisonville First in Madisonville, KY, and Rose Creek […]

The Reverend James Columbus Greenwell, 86, known widely as “J.C.,” of Knoxville, Tennessee, died November 13, 2021. He was a minister without charge in the Presbytery of East Tennessee. J.C. was born to Dewey Edward Greenwell and Elizabeth May “Lizzy” Rye Greenwell on April 4, 1935, in McEwen, Tennessee, but he claimed Erin, Tennessee, as […]

The Russellville First Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Arkansas Presbytery) will celebrate its 150th anniversary on Sunday, November 21, 2021, with a homecoming celebration.   November 21 is also the 44th anniversary of the present church building. First CPC was the first established church in Russellville, and is part of the fruit of the earliest protestant missionary […]

St. Mark Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Fort Worth (Red River Presbytery) is having a special service at 11:00 am November 21, 2021, to honor the ministry of the Reverend Roosevelt Baugh and his many years of faithful service.  Everyone is invited to attend. St. Mark Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 4101 Hardeman St., Fort Worth, TX 76119

By request of the aging congregation, Red River Presbytery will close Saint Mark Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Fort Worth, Texas, at the end of 2021. The last worship service will reportedly be December 19, 2021. Worship attendance has been in decline for quite some time.

The Biden administration is urging U.S. citizens in Haiti “to strongly consider returning to the United States” amid a gang-aggravated fuel shortage and a deteriorating security climate in which 17 Christian missionaries, including 16 Americans, have been held hostage more than three weeks. The Cumberland Presbyterian congregations in Haiti are all served by Haitian pastors […]

Each year during Homecoming week, Bethel University in McKenzie, Tennessee, honors individuals who have excelled as athletes, team members, coaches and staff, or contributors. The 41st class was honored Saturday, November 7, 2021. Three great athletes, one contributor, and one team were inducted into the Hall of Fame in an event held in the Vera […]