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...hand are those who argue that when there is a Methodist in the White House with Evangelical sympathies, it is smart politics to make friends with his friends--even if you disagree with them on every subject other than Israel. "Evangelicals have a unique role to play with this Administration and in the Republican Party that Jews can't," says Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein, who runs an interfaith alliance. "Jews today see Israel's survival at stake, so they are more willing to put aside domestic concerns." In this view, Evangelical support reflects many factors: shared security interests, a desire...
...raised Methodist. Now let's say I'm spiritual. It's Marin County. We're all Buddhists up here...
...raised Methodist. Now let's say I'm spiritual. It's Marin County. We're all Buddhists up here...
...Boston Church of Christ has arrived at its current state of notoriety from rather humble origins. The story begins with a man named Kip McKean. Born in Indianapolis in 1954, McKean first turned to religion as a high school student in Central Florida. There he joined a growing Methodist church that “encouraged a simple faith in the inspiration and inherence of the Bible,” he explains in an 1992 autobiographical essay entitled “Revolution Through Restoration.” A few years later, while a first-year student at the University of Florida...
There was a time in America when a spiritual journey meant a long, stormy crossing of the soul, an exploration mapped by Scripture and led by clergy through the family church. Catholic you were born and Catholic you died, or Methodist, or Jew... Today, a quiet revolution is taking place that is changing not only the religious habits of millions of Americans but the way churches go about recruiting members to keep their doors open. Increasing numbers of baby boomers who left the fold years ago are turning religious again, but many are traveling from church to church or faith...