Roman Catholics, however, used it for all who claimed to be Christian but opposed Catholicism (except the Eastern churches). They therefore included Baptists, Quakers, and Catholic-minded Anglicans under the term. Before the year 1700 this broad usage was accepted, though the word was not yet...
(See Sidebar: The Founding Fathers, Deism, and Christianity.) Revivals also gave churches a new grasp on the loyalties of their congregations through lay participation in spreading the good word of salvation. This voluntarism more than offset the gradual state-by-state cancellation of taxpayer ...
Beginning with churches near the coalfields, more than 750 local and national religious leaders have put forth "A Call for Justice at Peabody Energy" that backs miners seeking to organize with the United Mine Workers of America. 'Mr. Peabody's coal train ...' National Union of Mineworkers ...
The article discusses The World Council of Churches (WCC) celebrates the 50th anniversary of the Leuenberg Agreement, a significant ecumenical agreement among Lutheran, Reformed, and United churches in Europe that recognized each other's baptism, ordination, and shared communion. The agreement...
From the Second Annual Brooklyn Bluegrass Bash to benefit the restoration of historic landmark, Old First Reformed Church in Park Slope, Brooklyn. Learn more: http://www.razoo.com/story/Old-First-R.. Marrriott Brooklyn Hotel New York City ...
Born again, biblical Christians are obligated to defend traditional, one-man one-woman marriage. And we very likely will face persecution as a result.HereWallace Henley has written a very insightful article entitled “Dear Churches in America: Prepare to Be Treated Like 1st Century Christians in ...
The Great Awakening represented a reaction against the increasing secularization of society and against the corporate and materialistic nature of the principal churches of American society. By makingconversionthe initial step on the road tosalvationand by opening up the conversion experience to all who ...