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This is a three-part series on Baptism. Two this week, the third next week. Ah, you knew it was coming right? Infant Baptism. The quintessential Ordination question in the Bible Belt is always “will you uphold and practice infant baptism?” to weed out the Baptists and those without a Wesleyan understanding of baptism from theRead More
This is a three-part series on Baptism. Two this week, the third next week. In the Book of Worship, Baptism has three primary interactions: Pledges of fidelity by the baptizee (or the parents/representatives of the one being baptized) The congregation responds that they will participate in offering a loving community for the one being baptized.Read More
Mars Hill Church in Seattle (a steady supplier of this blog’s bad.hacks category) has a new home for one of its church sites. It’s a historical parish right in downtown Seattle. Oh, did I mention it’s a former United Methodist parish? In 2007, First UMC Seattle moved from its longtime home (pictured above) in the shadow of the high-rises toRead More
Matthew Paul Turner of Jesus Needs New PR has a rough story that just rips at my heart. A member of Mars Hill church was confronted about some of his actions by the MH leadership. And what follows is commonplace in rural fundamentalist Calvinistic churches…but I didn’t realize how intrinsic it was to the Neo-CalvinistRead More
