It would be easier to say I teach church history. Not accurate, but easier. I did have the honor of teaching American history for five years at Fairmont State University; since then, I’ve been an ...
In a move that some are calling “defiant,” delegates at the annual meeting of the Eastern Pennsylvania Conference of the United Methodist Church last Saturday declared themselves a “One Church Plan ...
Harry Reid hasn't quite hit the nail on the head but he has made a close approximation ("Schism in the Kirk is a distinct reality", The Herald, December 11). In highlighting the work which is done by ...
Like other mainline Protestant churches, the Presbyterian Church (USA), of which my congregation is a member, has experienced shrinkage and divisive controversy in recent decades. But one thing has ...
The UMC, a global church, prides itself on its democratic and decentralized polity. All this shapes its response to LGBTQ couples and clergy. I used to read Ephesians 4 and get that vague, warm glow ...
Do church and state really need to be separate? Are they at all? Many Americans are keen on the line drawn between these two spheres, regarding it as a key tenet of American values. Yet we know that ...
The Southworth lectures for 1914-15 will be delivered by the Reverend Ambrose White Vernon, D.D., Minister of the Harvard Church, Brookline, in Room A. Andover Theological Seminary, on Tuesday and ...
TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers. About the Archive This is a digitized version of an article from The Times’s print archive, before the start of online ...
The western district of the United Methodist church (UMC) elected an openly gay bishop on Friday, despite its ban on same-sex relationships. The Rev Karen Oliveto was elected late in the evening at a ...
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