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SubscribeDenominational News Feb 13, 2013
The EPC Wellness Program is available to EPC Medical Plan participants. It is voluntary and offered at no charge but it provides immediate and long-term benefits. The EPC Wellness Program emphasizes member health and well-being as well as support for treatment and condition needs. Research shows ...
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Jeff Jeremiah Feb 11, 2013
When will the EPC speak out in support of the Boy Scouts? The General Assembly Office has received numerous telephone calls and emails asking this question the past few weeks. The answer: “At this point in time, the EPC cannot speak out on this issue.”
Many of us ...
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Dana Cadman Jan 29, 2013
Please pray for Christian pastor Saeed Abedini who was sentenced in Tehran, Iran on Sunday, Junary 27th to eight years in prison for threatening the national security of Iran through his leadership in Christian house churches. The evidence was based on Abedini’s activities primarily ...
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Denominational News Jan 07, 2013
Dr. Rev. Ed McCallum was appointed to another three-year term as Assistant Stated Clerk by the Committee on Administration on December 18, 2012. His new three-year term runs from January 1, 2013 to December 31, 2015. Ed has served as the Assistant Stated Clerk of the EPC since ...
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Jeff Jeremiah Dec 17, 2012
“Do not be afraid. I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people. Today, in the town of David, a Savior has been born to you; He is Christ and Lord.”
What an awesome summary of the glory of the coming of Jesus Christ! On behalf of the ...
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Denominational News Dec 17, 2012
Over $65,000 has been contributed to the Hurricane Sandy Disaster Relief Fund. These monies are being sent to meet the needs of those EPC churches in New York City and New Jersey doing relief work in the aftermath of the late October hurricane.
In New York City, Park Slope Presbyterian ...
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Dana Cadman Dec 11, 2012
Since 2010, Dana Cadman, Communications and Information Services Director, has provided EPC churches with free webinars on the topics of church communications. Topics have ranged from Sunday bulletins, to web sites, to making videos with PowerPoint.
“The problem with the live format is that ...
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Denominational News Nov 28, 2012
By the action of its Committee on Administration (COA) on November 21, the Evangelical Presbyterian Church joined other religious organizations in an amicus curiae (friend of court) brief in the case of Stormans et al v. Selecky et al, a case that is being appealed to the US Ninth Circuit Court of ...
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Jeff Jeremiah Nov 19, 2012
“Give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you” (I Thessalonians 5.18)
As we in the national office of the EPC have been very focused on those suffering from recent disasters in New York City and Indianapolis, I’ve thought repeatedly about ...
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Denominational News Nov 19, 2012
Recently the EPC Committee on Administration (COA) authorized relief accounts to receive donations in response to two disasters: Hurricane Sandy and the Indianapolis Explosion. Churches connected to the EPC are at the center of relief efforts in both of these disaster areas.
Hurricane ...
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