Rev. Johan Daza has announced his resignation as Director of Cross-Culture Immigrant Ministries. His last day of work will be May 31, 2022. Johan and his wife Erin have been called to serve as the Mennonite Central Committee Country Representatives for Colombia, South America. They will lead a team of 20 people from different nationalities […]
Donald Bruce Baldree, 91, of Cleveland, Tennessee, died January 9, 2022. Don was gifted with a strong singing voice and an ear for harmony. He and his two middle siblings performed as a gospel trio as young adults. Don shared his musical gifts as a chorister at Cleveland Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Tennessee-Georgia Presbytery) where he […]
He calls himself the “chief servant” of the seminary that helps prepare the next generation of pastors, ministers, chaplains, and other spiritual leaders of the church. The Rev. Dr. Jody Hill, president of Memphis Theological Seminary (MTS) described the school’s mission during a recent meeting of the Rotary Club of Olive Branch. Hill said MTS, […]
(RNS) January 7, 2022, by Kathryn Post. On New Year’s Day, 43 congregations of the Reformed Church in America split from the national denomination, one of the oldest Protestant bodies in the United States, in part over theological differences regarding same-sex marriage and the ordination of LGBTQ clergy. The departure of the theologically conservative congregations […]
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 […]
William Gipson Knight, 92, of Winchester, Tennessee, died January 2, 2022. William had been a member of Goshen Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Murfreesboro Presbytery) in Winchester for more than 60 years. Her served as an elder and sang in the choir. His first job as “the Knight of the Turntable,” a DJ on Winchester’s WCDT radio.
We know that many of our congregations calculate their Our United Outreach giving at the end of the year, and that for many it is important that their contributions be properly credited for 2021. This is just to let you know that in order for proper 2021 credit, your gift must be postmarked by no […]
February 24, 2022, MTS Master’s Degree Preview Day. Sponsored by Memphis Theological Seminary. There is no cost to participate but you must register. Contact the Office of Admissions at Admissions@MemphisSeminary.edu or 901.334.5891. Register at https://memphisseminary.edu/schedule-a-visit/.
February 7, 2022, 11:00 AM, Virtual Book Tour Stop with Dr. Christopher Carter, author of The Spirit of Soul Food: Race, Faith, and Food Justice. Sponsored by Memphis Theological Seminary. Register at www.memphisseminary.edu/events.
The Reverend Dr. M. Rebecca Salisbury, 76, of Murfreesboro, Tennessee, died January 4, 2022. Rebecca was retired, a member without charge, of Murfreesboro Presbytery. She was the widow of the Reverend Dr. Loyce Standefer Estes who died June 9, 2010. Rebecca was born in 1945 to the Reverend A.D. Salisbury, Jr., and Helen Margaret Lawson […]
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