Blog written by Maddie Taylor   Hello, my fellow CP Young Adults! My name is Maddie Taylor and from August of 2019 to December of 2021, I served as the Education and Communications Intern for the Coalition for Appalachian Ministry! This position was brand new when I was hired back in 2019 and was transformed […]

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 […]

Focus Experience silence in the midst of your busy day. Take some time to relax into a time to be with God. Read Psalm 106:1-10 New Revised Standard Version Psalm 106 A Confession of Israel’s Sins 1 Praise the Lord!    O give thanks to the Lord, for he is good;    for his steadfast love endures forever.2 Who can utter the mighty […]