Communications

Faith Fellowship Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Columbia, Tennessee (Columbia Presbytery) lent its support to Kid’s Place Child Advocacy Center, Lawrenceburg, Tennessee, in memory of dedicated church elder Meredith Campbell Bybee who died unexpectedly in May 2020. Faith Fellowship and Kid’s Place partnered to create “Meredith’s Toy Box” to honor Bybee. Church members collected 319 toys, […]

Memphis Theological Seminary’s Director of Student Services, Barry Anderson, was featured in a WREG Memphis story about the Iona Burrito Ministry. Anderson serves as the coordinator for the Burrito Ministry, which provides food, clothing, and supplies to people experiencing homelessness in downtown Memphis. Anderson says, “We just don’t judge what happens that brings a person here. This is […]

Pastor Christopher Phifer was officially appointed as the Assistant Dean for the Elders Academy, Logistics & Operations of The Franklin Knight-Solomon Williams Institute for the General Council of Pastors and Elders of the Church Of God In Christ worldwide serving 15,000 pastors and 40,000 ordained elders. We are so honored that Pastor Phifer is Memphis […]

MEMPHIS 7/28/2021: MTS is delighted that the safety and effectiveness of the Covid-19 vaccines have made it possible for us to re-open and welcome our community back to campus. At the same time, we’re aware that certain health conditions, as well as the rapid spread of the Delta variant, mean that some MTS folks are […]

Glenn E. Wills, 85, of Lebanon, Tennessee, died July 26, 2021. Glenn was an elder and long-time Sunday school superintendent for Lebanon Cumberland Presbyterian Church. His son, the Reverend Brent Wills, is a Cumberland Presbyterian minister.

Walter Leslie Waddle, 65, of McKenzie, Tennessee, died July 23, 2021. Walter was a member of McKenzie Cumberland Presbyterian Church (West Tennessee Presbytery) where he had served as choir director. As a “preacher’s kid,” he was well known in the Cumberland Presbyterian and Bethel College communities. Walter was born May 9, 1956, to the Reverend […]

Sue Zwingle, long-time Dickson County, Tennessee, circuit court clerk, died July 19, 2021. Although she never joined the church, Sue was an active congregant of the Charlotte Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Nashville Presbytery), before the COVID-19 pandemic. She served four terms as Dickson County circuit court clerk from 1986 to her retirement in 2002.

In light of the dramatic spike and alarming spread of the COVID-19 Delta variant and the resulting increase in cases in the state of Tennessee, and in an abundance of care for those who are not yet or cannot be vaccinated, the Cumberland Presbyterian Denominational Center will remain closed to the public until October 4, […]

MCKENZIE, Tenn. July 22, 2021 – James Derek Jones has been named as the next director of the Renaissance Regiment at Bethel University. Jones has been director of bands at Calloway County High School in Murray, Kentucky, since 2010. Prior to Calloway County, Jones taught at Lambuth University in Jackson, Tennessee, where he conducted the […]

Virginia Powers, 94, of Richard City, Tennessee, died July 20, 2021. She was a member of Richard City, Tennessee, Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Tennessee-Georgia Presbytery) for over 80 years and served as a deacon. She was given a Golden Patron Award for serving the church and Cumberland Presbyterian Women’s Ministry for over 50 years. Virginia is […]