CPCA

The Reverend Endia J. Scruggs, 79, pastor emerita of Madkins Chapel Cumberland Presbyterian Church in America, died April 28, 2023. Endia was born August 19, 1943, in Madison County, Alabama, and educated in the Madison Country School System. She received her Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts Degrees in Religion from the Heritage Bible […]

The 146th General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church in America will meet in Independence, Ohio, a suburb of Cleveland, June 4-7, 2023, at the Embassy Suites Hotel by Hilton,  5800 Rockside Woods Blvd. The theme is Awaken! Answering God’s Call to Witness based on Romans 13:11-12 KJV.

Dr. Christa Martin, Vice Mayor of Columbia, Tennessee, has  been elected to the planning commission by the Columbia City Counsel. The council also unanimously voted to name Fairview Park’s community center the Dr. Christa Secrest Martin Community Center. Previously, the center had no name. Martin served 22 years as a member of the council representing […]

On Thursday, October 27, 2022, at 2:08 PM, the Cumberland Presbyterian Church in America General Assembly Office announced the death of the Reverend Dr. Nancy J. Fuqua earlier in the day as a result of various health complications. Rev. Dr. Fuqua was Stated Clerk of Florence Presbytery and the Denominational Historian for the CPCA. She […]

The Reverend William Lee Robinson, 77, of Huntsville Presbytery, Alabama Synod, Cumberland Presbyterian Church in America, died August 25, 2022. Robinson served as Pastor of the St. James No. 2 Cumberland Presbyterian Church in America (Huntsville Presbytery) in Harvest, Alabama for more 40 years. Robinson served the Cumberland Presbyterian Church in America at all judicatory […]

The Reverend Joel P. Rice of Brazos Presbytery, Texas Synod, Cumberland Presbyterian Church in America, died August 10, 2022. A past General Assembly Moderator, he was a longtime pastor in the Cumberland Presbyterian Church in America and made history as the man to break the color barrier at Bethel College (now University) in McKenzie, Tennessee. […]

Elaine Toney Hill, 71, of Chattanooga, Tennessee, died July 2, 2022. She was a member and elder of Christian Fellowship Cumberland Presbyterian Church in America (Hiwassee Presbytery). She served in integral roles with the local, presbyterial, and denominational levels of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church in America.

Not having met over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Cumberland Presbyterian Church in America will hold their 145th General Assembly July 10 through July 14, 2022, hosted by Huntsville Presbytery, at the Embassy Suites Hotel, 800 Monroe Street SW, Huntsville, Alabama 35801.

Pearlie Mae Mitchell, 89, of Dyersburg, Tennessee, died April 11, 2022. She was well know as a song leader and piano player for Beech Grove Cumberland Presbyterian Church in America (New Hopewell Presbytery) in Dyersburg where she was also an elder.

The 145th General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church in America has been scheduled for July 10-14, 2022, at the Embassy Suites by Hilton, 800 Monroe Street, Huntsville, Alabama, 35801. We have no further information at this time.