No, say members who dislike trend 3 Edition
Members of the United Church tend not to be very verbal about matters of faith and theology. They are quiet believers (and doubters) who worship in a mainline denomination because, as one woman put it to me, "I want to be part of the historic church, not just some sect." Now they discover...
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| Published in | The Vancouver sun (1986) |
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| Format | Newspaper Article |
| Language | English |
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Vancouver, B.C
Postmedia Network Inc
06.08.1988
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| Online Access | Get full text |
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| Summary: | Members of the United Church tend not to be very verbal about matters of faith and theology. They are quiet believers (and doubters) who worship in a mainline denomination because, as one woman put it to me, "I want to be part of the historic church, not just some sect." Now they discover that some of their leaders deny not only the morality which has been the rule of life of the Christian church since its inception but also the Scriptures which affirm this morality. People of the church hear central tenets of the Christian faith dismissed or scorned. The atonement, for instance - by which mankind's alienation from God through sin is understood to be remedied by Christ's self-sacrificial death - is called "unhelpful." The core message of the church, addressing the problems of guilt, alienation and despair, is thus dismissed - with a shrug. God as a Trinity, named in the ancient creeds as "Father, Son and Holy Ghost," is now under attack as "sexist." |
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| ISSN: | 0832-1299 |