Communications

MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Due to the latest developments with the coronavirus (COVID-19), the Southern States Athletic Conference has announced the suspension of regular season competitions for all team sports until Wednesday, March 25. Bethel University is a member of the SSAC. SSAC Commissioner Mike Hall: “The health and well-being of our student-athletes, coaches, fans and […]

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The NAIA announced today that effective immediately, it will be cancelling all remaining winter championship events, including those that are currently underway. The health and safety of our student-athletes, as well as all involved in our championship events, is the NAIA’s highest priority. We will continue to monitor COVID-19 developments and […]

From Rev. Chris Anderson, I just received a call from our stated clerk, Janie Stamps. The Arkansas Presbytery will not have its spring meeting. It has been canceled. No word of a makeup date has been discussed. I would advise anyone that has a hotel room booked to cancel it immediately. That’s all the information […]

Jessica Clark, 31, a member of and nursery worker for the First Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Cookeville, Tennessee (Murfreesboro Presbytery), died in the E4 tornado which struck Cookeville early on March 3, 2020. Hundreds of people were lined out the door of First Cumberland Presbyterian Church to honor the life of a young woman who […]

March 11, 2020 Dear Friends, Because our Presbytery meeting involves pastors/leaders from multiple churches across our region, the Hamilton County Health Department is recommending that we alter our plans for Saturday’s meeting. In consultation with Michael Sharpe, Stated Clerk of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, Cliff Hudson, Vice-Moderator of the TN-GA Presbytery, and Kriss McGowan, Stated […]

Hester Marie Morrow Allen, 87, long time employee of the Board of Christian Education, widow of the Reverend Paul Wayne Allen, and sister of the late Reverend Hubert Morrow, died March 10, 2020. For BCE, Hester had primary responsibility for children’s ministry and the consultant program. She coordinated the publication of the Sunday school quarterly […]

The grave of the Reverend James Bell Logan in Alton, Illinois. Logan, was born December 18, 1820, in Limestone county, Alabama. At seventeen, he came under care of presbytery as a candidate for the ministry and at 21 was licensed to preach by Hiwassee Presbytery. In 1842 he moved to southwestern Missouri. Logan was among […]

The Reverend Samuel “Sam” David Melton, 84, (Tennessee-Georgia Presbytery) died Friday, February. 28, 2020. He was born on May 25, 1935, to George and Dorothy Bennett Melton in Cleveland, Tennessee, the oldest of four children: Evelyn (Visage), Carolyn (Cassidy) and George Stephen Melton. He graduated from Bradley Central High School and went on to attend […]

Although information is still sketchy, it appears at least one person connected to the Cumberland Presbyterian Church has died in the devastation surrounding the Middle Tennessee tornadoes which struck in the early morning hours of March 3, 2020. The path of the tornado which struck close to downtown Nashville appears to have passed directly over […]

Lois Gray, a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church of Germantown (West Tennessee Presbytery) died February 25, 2020. Lois was married to Davis Gray, the former executive of the General Assembly Council of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. More information will be added as it becomes available.