Archives: 2011/01
- Generation gap bridged by festive sing-song
Over 150 Ely residents came together to take part in Sanctuary Hereward’s 12th annual Christmas Carol Service last week. The service, considered by many to be one of the highlights of the year, was led by The Reverend Alan Hulme at St Mary’s Church in Ely. Sanctuary staff and residents were joined by young children [...]
- White preacher looks back at 40 years at a black church
His preaching days over, the Rev. Sam Mann wants to set the record straight. Shame, the other way would make a great movie: White boy grows up in Alabama small town during the civil rights era, his father a hard-drinking racist. The son rejects dad, marches with King and becomes a hippie preacher. At a [...]
- One advantage Joy MCC is stop short of supporting gay marriage
One advantage Joy MCC has is that other gay-accepting churches stop short of supporting gay marriage, gay rights and gays in the pulpit. Young gays might be welcomed but not wholeheartedly embraced. Williams of St. Luke’s United Methodist concedes that might be a problem as the young gay members of her congregation grow older. “It [...]
- Heilig said one way for Joy MCC to prosper
Heilig said one way for Joy MCC to prosper is to address the need that young people, gay and straight, have to express their spirituality in ways far different from the traditional church service. It might be through interest groups or book clubs or services that start at 5 p.m. on Fridays or midnight spirituality-discussion [...]
- Nicky Aleshe attended Joy MCC after leaving the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Nicky Aleshe, a 25-year-old lesbian, said she attended Joy MCC after leaving the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, in which she grew up. The Joy congregation was welcoming and accepting. She felt a comfort level sitting in the pews beside her partner, holding hands when they felt like it, kissing without being stared [...]
- Mainline Protestant denominations
Mainline Protestant denominations such as Baptists, Episcopalians, Lutherans and Methodists are dealing with the same doomsday demographic of aging congregations. But the gay church faces not only fewer young people attending church, but also a greater acceptance of gays in other churches. Moreover, gay churches don’t have the built-in ability to attract families with children, [...]
- Generation gap imperils gay church
The pews were nearly full for the early Sunday service at Joy Metropolitan Community Church, but just about everybody in the sanctuary was male and most were middle-age. Started in 1979, the predominantly gay Orlando church is imperiled by its inability to attract a younger generation of gay and lesbian worshippers. Only about 20 of [...]
- Jacob have I loved, but Esau I have hated
What shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness with God? God forbid. For he saith to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion. Therefore hath he mercy on whom he will have mercy, and whom he will he hardeneth. Thou [...]
- Romans 9, the Awful and Terrible God, and Communion
When we first began attending Hope Baptist Church, we noted and appreciated that they observed the Lord’s Supper on a weekly basis. Six months later, I have come to the realization that my ability to under appreciate a sacrament knows no bounds. For the past three weeks, the elders have been leading the church through [...]
- A Sermon for Sunday: Closing the Generation Gap
If you have never heard Voddie Baucham preach, you are missing out on one of the truly great experiences of the 21st century. If you have heard him preach, but you have never heard his message, Closing the Generation Gap, then you have some work to do. Preaching in 2006 before a large group of [...]
