Dolores Rustenhaven, 88, of Marshall, Texas, died July 17, 2022. Born February 14, 1934, Dolores was from Overton, Texas. She graduated from Overton High School in 1952. As a clergy spouse to the late Reverend William Rustenhaven, she lived and ministered across the Cumberland Presbyterian denomination. According to Beth O’Gwynn Rustenhaven writing on Facebook, Dolores […]

Below are churches that are in active searches for a pastor or some other type of leadership, as indicated parenthetically. Our purpose in sending you this listing, along with contact information for search committee chairs who have email contact, is to make the openings known to a wider audience of clergy than just those who […]

Timothy John Orr, 56, of Newbern, Tennessee, died July 18, 2022. Tim was a member of Dyersburg Cumberland Presbyterian Church (West Tennessee Presbytery) and a former trustee of Memphis Theological Seminary. He was the youngest son of the Reverend Melvin and Naomi Orr. Tim had a long and fruitful relationship with MTS. In the summer […]

Rev. Dr. Autura Eason-Williams, pastor of Capleville United Methodist Church, a Memphis Theological Seminary alumna, and sometimes adjunct faculty member at MTS, was ordered from her vehicle, a Chevrolet Malibu, and shot three times in an apparent carjacking at her home in Whitehaven, a neighborhood in Memphis, Tennessee, on July 18, 2022. The incident was […]

Focus Pay attention to the tension in your body. Let go of it and any expectations to do anything other than God’s will today. Prepare yourself to hear God’s word. Read Isaiah 42:1-9 New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition The Servant, a Light to the Nations 42 Here is my servant, whom I uphold,    my chosen, in […]