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Joyce Margaret Bishop Matthews, 81, of Bowling Green, Kentucky, died October 14, 2020. Joyce was a loyal and devoted member of Bowling Green Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Cumberland Presbytery) for 49 years. She served on the Cumberland Presbyterian Women’s Ministry committee, taught Logos Bible study for youth, began a preteen youth group called the Crusaders, and […]

Carroll Dean Enos, 86, of Greenback, Tennessee, died October 13, 2020. He was a member of the First Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Maryville, Tennessee, where he served as an elder. He volunteered many hours to the church and to the Presbytery of East Tennessee. He served over 22 years in the US Air Force, retiring […]

Robert Melvin Knight, 84, of Clarksville, Tennessee, died October 5, 2020. He was a deacon at Bethel Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Clarksville (Nashville Presbytery). Robert retired as an executive director of YMCA in Clarksville. Read more: https://www.mainstreetclarksville.com/obituaries/robert-melvin-knight/article_da629c46-0c32-11eb-8d1c-5f7b0f2c4274.html

This week on the Cumberland Road podcast is Rev. Dr. Susan Parker who shares that even during times of challenges and questions, she sees the life of Christ is the life she wants to emulate and finds hope in the love expressed in the Church today.    Rev. Joyce Merritt, director of the Still Waters […]

Rodney M. Phillips, 86, of Bremen, Kentucky, died Monday, October 12, 2020. He was born June 28, 1934, in Madisonville, Kentucky. Rodney was a member of Brier Creek Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Cumberland Presbytery). He was a U.S. Air Force veteran, serving in the Korean War. Rodney served 25 years in Muhlenberg County law enforcement and […]

By now, many presbyteries have met but we only have a summary of actions for publication from just a few. Please, if you have not already reported, do so at your earliest convenience for inclusion in the November/December issue. Although clearly ignored by many, submission of a summary of actions for publication from each middle-judicatory […]

Madera County (California) Historical Society Borden’s Cumberland Presbyterian Church, shown here circa 1900, stood right beside Rev. W.B. McElwee in his protestations against Madera’s Grand Fiesta of 1901. It issued a denunciation of its own. Although the article forgets the church and pastor were Cumberland Presbyterian, the article is interesting none-the-less. Read it here: http://www.maderatribune.com/single-post/2020/10/07/Pioneer-preacher-cracked-the-whip

John Stephen Forester died Friday, October 2, 2020 from complications of COVID-19. Steve was born September 6, 1948, in Batesville, Arkansas, to the Reverend J.C. Forester and Willie Mae Forester. The family settled in McKenzie, Tennessee, in 1964. Steve graduated from McKenzie High School in 1967. He attended Bethel College (now university) and graduated in […]

Bethel University will hold the 2021 Hendrix Scholarship Competition for high school seniors on February 26 & 27, 2021. Students participate in an essay, an academic exam and an interview. Lodging and meals provided on the Bethel campus. The competition winner will earn full tuition, room and board, and the runner-up will earn full tuition. […]

The Reverend Ernest Harris, 97 (Trinity Presbytery), known to most as Ernie, died September 24, 2020, in Ukiah, California, where he lived near his son, Robin, and daughter in law, Becky. The Reverend Mark McNeese said of Ernie, “He was truly one of my heroes and I was very blessed to be considered a brother […]