Exemplified by the Church of England,1 the statistics are shocking, projecting the loss of practitioners to a point where church disappears in 'a puff of smoke.'2 In England, the increase in female (often non-stipendiary) ministry cushioned the decrease in male (often stipendiary) ministry,...
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England, Church of The proper designation of this church since the Act of Union in 1801 is "The United Church of England and Ireland." The Reformed Church of England dates from the 16th century; but it is convenient to treat in this article of the rise of Christianity in England, and ...
In the past few years, churches and other places of worship have been turning to over-the-top (OTT) live-streaming technology to make services and events available over the internet. Here are a fewstreaming statistics and trendsfor why churches are opting to live-stream virtual services in 20...
guiding and governing the congregation. Karen Johnson and Tiffany Hesse are the incoming class of deacons and join Karen Marra, Sydney Story, Jenny Hammer, Rev. Gordon Grandberg. The ministry of the deacons is one of compassion, witness and service to members or persons in distress. The deacon...
" thus making the Bible the only ultimate fountain of authority in the settlement of religious questions; and when they revised the old Thirty-nine Articles of the Church of England, not changing their substance, but making them more distinctive, and adapting them to present phases of life and...
Plaza Baptist Church was founded in 1938 in a mill house in an area in north Charlotte, North Carolina now known as Noda. Most people in the community have moved out to other areas over the years. The church is a congregation of about sixty or seventy pe
I haven’t collected statistics, so I can’t call it a trend, but I’ve noticed it over just the last couple of years in a handful of churches in central North Carolina so I think it’s safe to deduce that it may be happening elsewhere as well. I wrote in part one that Of ...
PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CHURCH,in the United States, a part of the Anglican Communion, organized after the War of Independence by the scattered parishes of the Church of England which survived the war. It inherits from the Church of England, with which it is in communion, its liturgy, polity an...
mainline Protestant seminary and accredited graduate school of religion when the Bangor Theological Seminary closes in May. Three months later, Southern Baptists will open Northeastern Baptist College – the first SBC-affiliated pastor-training college in northern New England – in Bennington, Vt. .....