United Church survey unearths visions for the faith in 2025
Respondents were asked what will the denomination look and feel like in 2025, in the face of vast cultural, financial shifts
Michael Dowd, itinerant apostle, lives in van, preaches everywhere
He says the main way God communicates with us today is not through ancient texts but scientific evidence, cross-cultural evidence and historic
Three LGBTQ people explain what the United Church’s 1988 decision meant to them
Twenty-five years ago, the United Church said yes to openly gay and lesbian ministers. Three people who were caught in the storm
The best Moderator we never had, Peter Gordon White, shaped the church
He was editor-in-chief of the United Church New Curriculum, pressing his vision with patience, wit and Scottish charm
Ron Klusmeier, fabled composer, is on his last tour of churches
He's been a pioneering force in contemporary church music for decades and is committed to writing songs that people can actually sing
Sunday school is evolving at some churches, a nod to social change
Attendance in the long-time pillar of church life is shrinking dramatically and new efforts involve activities, props and play
John Swinton on why churches have disability ‘inclusion’ all wrong
'To include people in society is just to have them there.'
Obesity problem may be a crisis of faith, as well as of health
Does the rise of obesity have its roots in spiritual malaise, as some evangelical and fundamentalist Christian gurus say?
United Church and Anglicans are in talks again, 40 years on
The two denominations nearly united in the 1970s but Anglicans ultimately voted against it. Now, ecumenical discussions are beginning once more
Christianity can’t go back to what it was: Phyllis Tickle, author
The faith is in the Great Emergence, a time of irreversible upheaval and great possibility, she says in her new book
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