CNN, 4/10/2022 It’s been hailed as a bipartisan triumph. • “Ooh, I love it,” exclaimed Democratic Sen. Kyrsten Sinema. • “An idea whose time has come,” said GOP Sen. Marco Rubio. • “Common-sense legislation,” Democratic Sen. Patty Murray labeled it. The Sunshine Protection Act, which cleared the Senate by unanimous consent last month, would make […]
Joyce Bray Mynatt, 89, of Mount Pleasant, Arkansas, died April 1, 2022. She was a lifelong member of the Barren Fork Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Arkansas Presbytery) where she loved to sing and to volunteer for anything needed in the church.
Synod of Great Rivers met April 2, 2022, at Fort Smith Cumberland Presbyterian Church, Fort Smith, Arkansas. The Reverend Ronald L. McMillan (West Tennessee Presbytery) was elected moderator and the Reverend Corey Cummings (West Tennessee Presbytery) vice-moderator. Re-elected the Reverend Andy McClung (West Tennessee Presbytery) as stated clerk and Kitty Stamps (Fort Smith CPC, Arkansas […]
Lincoln College in Lincoln, Illinois, notified the Illinois Board of Higher Education and Higher Learning Commission on March 30, 2022, that the institution would “permanently close” May 13, 2022. “The Board of Trustees has voted to cease all academic programming at the end of the spring semester,” the administration said. Some faculty and staff will […]
A wildfire broke out in the Wears Valley community of Sevier County, Tennessee, on Wednesday, March 30, 2022. Despite rain moving across East Tennessee overnight, officials reported the fire, driven by high winds, had burned 3,700 acres, approximately 100 structures, and several fire-fighting vehicles. The fire, officially designated as the Hatcher Mountain-Indigo Lane Fire, is […]
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.
The Liberian Observer reports the Reverend C. Wellington Morgan, acting pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of Monrovia, Liberia, west Africa, narrowly escaped death after being attacked in a tricycle by armed robbers who left him with some serious wounds. The Presbyterian Church is the country’s third oldest after the Baptist and Methodist churches in […]
The Missions Ministry Team (MMT) of the Cumberland Presbyterian (CP) Church endorses Rev. John Jairo Correa and Rev. Esperanza Diaz Correa as missionaries of the CP Church. Following multiple interviews, evaluations, and an extensive application process, MMT is fully satisfied that the Correas have the ability and call to serve as missionaries. They will serve […]
Joe Ronald O’Dell, 80, of Greeneville, Tennessee, died March 18, 2022. He was an active member of Greeneville Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Presbytery of East Tennessee), serving as an elder and teaching Sunday school.
McKENZIE, TENN. (March 16, 2022) — The historic pipe organ at the McKenzie First Cumberland Presbyterian Church was rededicated during a concert on Wednesday, March 16. The organ was first dedicated on March 28, 1953 when it was installed in the historic First Cumberland Presbyterian Church on Stonewall Street in downtown McKenzie. When the church […]
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