Presbyterian Mission Agency rhodes college Archives

J. Phillips Noble, a civil rights activist who helped guide the Board of Pensions after reunion, dies at age 100

Posted March 16th, 2022

The Rev. James Phillips Noble, a distinguished Presbyterian minister and civil rights activist who helped guide The Board of Pensions of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) through the Presbyterian reunion, died March 12, 2022, in Decatur, Georgia. He was 100 years old.

‘When we reach into the community, we bring people in’

Posted August 9th, 2019

After hearing social media feedback that parents were not enamored with Vacation Bible School offerings at nearby churches, Evergreen Presbyterian Church in Memphis, Tenn., created from scratch its own Peace Camp, which it held last month.

Nostalgia Creates New Connections

Posted July 19th, 2016

Nostalgia Creates New Connections More than a decade had passed, but church members throughout the presbytery remembered the Pentecost Event. “Remember all those people? We filled the gym at Rhodes College!” “Remember that choir? Magnificent!” “I got to catch up with so many old friends!” “It was the best thing our presbytery has ever done!”