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“Opened in 1926, this building was the home of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. In 1930, the church hosted the annual meeting of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church,” said Pastor of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Olney, Texas, the Reverend David Carpenter. Read More: https://www.olneyenterprise.com/news/first-assembly-god-church-donated-house-mercy

In his weekly message on July 2, 2020, Bethel University President Walter Butler urged his constituents to “Love Thy Neighbor.” The text of his message follows. I wish I could say the right words about what our United States of America has seen since May 25, 2020. Those 8 minutes and 46 seconds should have […]

Dear Sisters and Brothers in Christ: It is Pentecost Sunday 2020 as I write. A week ago, many of us were still focused on COVID–19, making plans for when we can safely open our church facilities for communal gatherings of the body of Christ. Some met together today for the first time in months. That […]

In 1947, William Faulkner wrote to the editor of the Oxford Eagle newspaper on the topic of the old Oxford courthouse and other buildings, “they will go the way of the Old Cumberland Church. It was here in 1861; it was the only building on or near the Square still standing in 1865. It was […]

The Cumberland Presbyterian Children’s Home in Denton, Texas, received an $1,800 grant from the Sundt Foundation to help defray increased costs brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic. With eleven offices in California, Arizona, Texas, and Utah, employee owned Sundt Construction Inc. is the 52nd largest general contractor in the United States. The 130-year-old firm specializes […]

The Center Inter-agency Team, made up of the executives of the Cumberland Presbyterian Center boards, agencies, and institutions, met on May 28, 2020, and unanimously decided the Denominational Center would remain closed to the public through Monday, July 6, 2020, due to ongoing concerns surrounding the spread of COVID-19. Center staff will continue to work […]

For her birthday on Sunday, May 24, 2020, Mindy Arendt, president and co-founder of Friends with Benefits Denton, instead of getting gifts put together a fund-raiser for the Cumberland Presbyterian Children’s Home. She quickly raised more than her initial goal of $5,000. Friends with Benefits had already teamed up with the Cumberland Presbyterian Children’s Home […]

The Reverend Daryl William Alhart, 79, (Murfreesboro Presbytery) of Decherd, Tennessee, died May 17, 2020. He was a retired Cumberland Presbyterian minister. Daryl was born on Jan. 31, 1941 in St. Louis, Missouri, to William Earl Alhart and Virginia Stratham Alhart.  He graduated from Wittenberg University, Springfield, Ohio, in 1964. Daryl married Reba Kay Alhart. […]

The Reverend Geoffry Barrett, 77, (Cumberland Presbytery) of Harrodsburg, Kentucky, died Sunday, May 24, 2020. He was born October 8, 1942, in Cleveland, Ohio, to Julius and Etta Elizabeth Teter Barrett. He was educated at Kent State University in Kent, Ohio, Asbury College in Wilmore, Kentucky, and Trinity College in Newburgh, Indiana. Geoff came to […]

The Reverend James John Pinnell, 63, (West Tennessee Presbytery), pastor of the Gleason Cumberland Presbyterian Church, died on May 25, 2020, after a battle with cancer. He was born January 4, 1957, to the Reverend Samuel Johnnie Pinnell and Dorothy Ann “Dottie” Brown Pinnell, a family with deep roots in the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. Jim’s […]