I would like to write about St. Mark’s Lutheran church, Atchison, Kansas. The history of the church is very unique. My first call was at this church and I also made new history by being the first woman pastor also a person of color. Time and place shape the formation of all institutions. This is certainly true of Atchison, Kansas and St. Mark’s Lutheran Church. In 1859 Abraham Lincoln came to Atchison to speak on the issues of the day. While Atchison had been founded as a pro-slavery area, it had rapidly evolved into a free state strong hold. In 1867 J.H. Talbot, a devout Lutheran, began efforts to organize a Lutheran presence. He wanted to establish a mission for the locals and provide transients with more then just equipment and provisions. …show more content…
H.E. Monroe, daughter of Rev. Earhart, moved to Atchison and established her school, The Atchison Institute. Father and daughter worked together to reestablish the Atchison congregation; their letters to the General Synod Headquarters resulted in Rev. W.I. Cutter, a retired missionary to India, accepting the Atchison mission. On the evening of August 8, 1880 a group of twenty-three met at the home of Henry Snell for the reorganization of St. Mark’s Lutheran Church. The Atchison Institute became their temporary worship site. From its re-founding in 1880, St. Mark’s embarked on a journey of spiritual and numeric growth. In chronicling events one tends to assign an accomplishment to the individual in charge at the moment of completion, but St. Mark’s was blessed to have pastors who would embrace the work of their predecessors and help bring the dream to reality. St. Mark’s was similarly blessed to have a congregation and lay leaders who demonstrated a constancy of purpose. Rev. Cutter enjoyed working with struggling congregations and moved on westward when the services of Rev. George Diven were secured in 1884. From there, a strong Sunday school was established, catechism classes began, and a church college was
Although the history of Haslett Community Church may not be as long and storied as other churches, it is nevertheless a rich history. The roots of our community church began to grow on March 23, 1954 when several persons met at the home of Conrad and Rose Haney to discuss the need for a new church in Haslett. An open meeting was held at the Township Hall on March 31, 1954 to plan for a church. At that meeting, forty-nine people elected a steering committee and planned for services. One month and two days later on April 25, 1954, and one week after Easter, one hundred forty five people attended the first worship service and Sunday school above the old Township Hall and fire station on the northeast corner of Haslett and Okemos Roads. For the first year or so, guest ministers provided most of the sermons. Occasionally there would be a fire call and the siren would blow, interrupting the service. This always delighted the young children.
The southern revivals settled the arrangements of authority some of them declared interest of some evangelicals to race and the bitterness of the slavery.During the 1830, the s...
Mormon Enigma: Emma Hale Smith. Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1984. Roberts, B. H.. A Comprehensive History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Born in Wright City, Missouri, June 21, 1892, he was educated at Elmhurst College, Elmhurst, Illinois; Eden Theological Seminary, Webster Groves, Missouri; and Yale Divinity School. In 1915 he was ordained in the ministry of the Evangelical Synod of North America and made pastor of the Bethel Evangelical Church of Detroit. He held that post until 1928, at which time he joined the faculty of the Union Theological Seminary, New York City, where he taught for 30 years. At the time of his retirement (1960) he held a chair of ethics and theology; he also served as dean (1950-55) and vice president (1955-60). After retiring he continued at Union as a lecturer.
Mead, Loren B. The Once and Future Church Reinventing the Congregation for a New Mission Frontier . The Alban Institute, Inc., 1991. Kindle eBook file.
This mass enterprise is reviewed through five traditions in the early nineteenth century: the Christian movement, the Methodists, the Baptists, the black churches, and the Mormons. Hatch explains that these major American movements were led by young men who shared “an ethic of unrelenting toil, a passion for expansion, a hostility to orthodox belief and style, a zeal for religious reconstruction, and a systematic plan to realize their ideals” (4). These leaders changed the scope of American Christianity by orientating toward democratic or populist ideals. Their movements offered both individual potential and collective aspiration, which were ideas ready to be grasped by the young and booming population. These early leaders had a vision of a faith that disregarded social standing, and taught all to think, interpret, and organize their faith for themselves. It was a faith of “religious populism, reflecting the passions of ordinary people and the charisma of democratic movement-builders” (5).
meetings at churches and preach sometimes at the cost of their lives. Quakers had many
The study of the leadership of these large groups is important because their growth has changed American culture. The success of conservative political candidates has proven that conservative Protestants were a dominant force in the American electoral demographic. This growth gave considerable influence and wealth to Protestant leaders, who could not only heavily support a variety of causes, but also throw their congregations behind them as well. These observations raise the question: Who was the most effective leader in bringing Protestantism into the modern era without completely sacrificing the core Protestant values? Though several Protestant leaders made significant contributions to the growth of mass worship in the modern era, Rick Warren was the most effective leader because he modernized his church and spread its influence without sacrificing the core Protestant values.
Started by the Presbyterians to train men for the ministry of being a pastor (Barton, (2004)). Students were expected to attend church, read the Bible and participate in religious activities (Barton, (2004)). The school was the first to train African American men in relation to the ministry. (Barton, (2004)).
The earliest occurrence of the American phase of this movement appeared among Presbyterians in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Led by Reverend William Tennent, the Presbyterians not only commenced religious revivals in those colonies during the 1730s but also established a seminary to train clergymen whose exhilarating style of preaching would bring sinners to experience evangelical conversion. Originally known as "The Log College," it is better known today as Princeton University.
As far as Dean's schooling went, he attended Brentwood Public School in Santa Monica, California. Several years later, his mother, whom he was very close to, passed away from cancer in 1940. Dean's father felt it would be good to send him back to Indiana to go live on his aunt and uncle's Quaker farm. He knew that Dean’s aunt and uncle would be better able to care for him than he could at the time. After moving back to Indiana, he was brought up under a Quaker background.
The original church was built in 1804 and was for both white men and Indians alike. The first preacher was Joseph Brady who was pastor for 17 years. It wasn't a greatly populated area but people came from miles around for the services. As the settlement grew so did the congregation and they soon built a new church on High Street in 1841. Even with the main church there were still occasional services held in the old one until is was blown down by a storm in 1866 (Hein, 957).
As I walked up the street toward the front of Grace Cathedral, I was in awe at the size and ornateness of this cathedral. It was tall and wide and looked very much like the churches we had been studying in class in the prior weeks. As I got closer and closer I began to make out The Ghiberti Doors, also known as the gates of paradise. These are the main cathedral doors made out of bronze, and are replicas of the originals which stood centuries ago at the east entrance to the Baptistry of Florence Cathedral (the Duomo) Italy. I approached and spent about fifteen minutes, just examining all the different engraved scenes within the ten sections in the two doors. After I had finished looking at the Ghiberti Doors, I entered through one of the side doors, since you are not able to use the Ghiberti Doors, because they weight too much. Before I stepped inside the cathedral, I pulled out my text analysis and read over it, so that when I entered I could examine whether or not this cathedral exuded the same sacredness as the cathedral in the text analysis. I feel this Cathedral really does exude not entirely the purity of heaven, but does seem to somewhat separate you from the outer world, as Abbot Suger spoke of. Also, it brings in some of the surrounding beauty from St. Denis, such as the sapphire and stained glass, as well as the gold plating.
The Salvation Army is well known around the world as a charity to help people living in poverty. Less known about The Salvation Army is that its original purpose was to become a form of religion. William Booth, the founder of The Salvation Army did not want the purpose of The Salvation Army to stray too far from the idea that all people are free to worship Christ. It was because Booth believed that the most efficient way to reach people living in poverty was to offer them food, clothing, and shelter while preaching to them. Booth was a very religious person from a very young age, more so after his family had lost their money and William had to work to get money for his family. Booth's understanding of life in poverty and his love for God would reflect in his life after he became a preacher. Soon after Booth had gotten his first full time preaching job, he met the love of his life and his partner in creating a faith, Catherine Mumford, who was also a very religious individual. He would also meet George S. Railton, who believed that God was more important than any worldly possessions. Railton would later become Booth's first lieutenant and a huge factor in the way the Salvation Army was run during the first years. --- William Booth believed that every person deserved to know Jesus regardless of their social class and that he should save everyone from Atheism.
For my observation trip, I decided to visit St. Ignatius Church in Oregon, Ohio. I visited a mass at 11:30 on Sunday November 19. I decided to visit a catholic church because my family has no religious background whatsoever, and I decided that I could go with one of my good friends that way if I need to ask questions, she was there to answer them for me.