1Aug 16, 2022
In 1961, Rita Wilson, a young Cumberland Presbyterian from Humboldt, Tennessee, won the Miss Tennessee pageant. She is featured in “Our Stories” in the August 2022 issue of the Cumberland Presbyterian Magazine. She was also featured, along with two other pageant winners, in the August 25, 1961, issue of LIFE. LIFE®© 1961
2Jan 10, 2022
There is a Civil War era cannonball in the wall of the Greeneville Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Greeneville, Tennessee (Presbytery of East Tennessee). Stories about the “Greeneville Cannonball” seem to come around about once a decade as each new generation “discovers” the controversial artifact. The Reverend Walter Chestnut, an accomplished Cumberland Presbyterian historian with ties […]
3Dec 22, 2021
December 21, 2021 By Diana Kruzman COLUMBUS, Ohio (RNS) — Chief Glenna Wallace spent the summer solstice this past June walking the narrow asphalt path that encircles Serpent Mound, a low, serpentine wall of earth built by her ancestors hundreds or even thousands of years ago. Wallace, who leads the Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma, was […]
4Dec 21, 2021
The 225th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (USA) plans to address the historic injustices toward Indigenous peoples harmed by the Presbyterian Church (USA) and its predecessor denominations. The pre-1906 Cumberland Presbyterian Church is counted as one of those predecessor denominations. In order to facilitate discussion, the Presbyterian Historical Society has prepared a guide to […]
5Dec 16, 2021
(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 […]
6Jul 15, 2021
Part-Time Is Plenty: Thriving Without Full-Time Clergy by G. Jeffrey MacDonald A Book Review by Andy McClung A once-thriving congregation shrinks in membership until finances necessitate changing from a full-time to a part-time pastor. Over the next several years–or even decades–the membership dwindles while the focus on survival increases, and the focus on doing […]
7Jul 15, 2021
Enough About Me: The Unexpected Power of Selflessness by Richard Lui Zondervan Books, 2021 Reviewed by Pat White Enough About Me caught my eye when I saw it was written by Richard Lui, a journalist and anchor for NBC News and MSNBC whom I have enjoyed following. Even more noteworthy to me is that Richard […]
8Apr 29, 2021
According to WREG television reporter, Melissa Moon, “Jack Brewer of Memphis Ghost Hunters, recently got the deed to the Old Raleigh Cemetery on Old Raleigh LaGrange Road” in Memphis, Tennessee, and intends to raise funds to restore the property. It is not clear what WREG means by Brewer’s claim of ownership or of “got the […]
9Jan 25, 2021
A brief biography by Liz Rapp by Elmina Lane Kirkpatrick It is likely many individuals were enticed to make the arduous journey to the Willamette Valley in Oregon Territory by glowing reports of those who had already traveled west. Forty–eight year old Peter Bilyeu (1802-1877), a former resident of Richwood in Miller County, Missouri had been to the Oregon Territory in 1850 and returned to Richwood to share news of the wonders of the Willamette Valley with them. […]
10Jan 22, 2021
“Dear children, let us not love with words or speech but with actions and in truth.” (I John 3:18). Appropriate words for this week in the United States as we observed Martin Luther King, Jr. Day and we watched a peaceful transition of power during the U.S. Presidential inauguration ceremony. In the third chapter of 1 John the […]