Politics Free Church?
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Anonymous
Any church doing this needs to be reported to the IRS |
Anonymous
I think when people say they want politics free they mean they want a church that embraces their political agenda disguised as religion. |
Anonymous
I haven’t been in awhile but at one point I would have described Table Church in DC as “aggressively liberal”. |
Anonymous
I am not religious. I did take religious courses at Duke Divinity school to get my humanities credits. An odd thing for someone with no religious beliefs or background. My adviser counseled me I I wouldn't hesitate to be both critical and analytical. The rare poor kid at Duke, it was indeed a place to shine In any event one of the courses I took was called the Historical Jesus. It was taught by the first Westerner to have access to the Dead Sea Scrolls. From a historical perspective and not a theological one, there was little doubt there was a man named by Jesus who had significant social impact. An examination of the Gospels alone and their conflicts and inconsistencies demonstrated how the Gospel writers strove to make the life of Jesus as a fulfillment of Old Testament prophecy, what you would do in trying to establish a religion. I don't know why anyone would deny the evidence of Jesus' existence as a man given the record. And I don't think calling him a preacher is accurate. It assumes Jesus thought he was establishing a religion which doesn't appear to be the case. He was a Jewish man with a call to seek justice in a turbulent time among one of the few generally literate cultures at the time Now theology - lots to argue about but thankfully not my thing. By the way the other two who received A's in the class - i always felt like an imposter being an ill prepared scholarship athlete -went to Yale and Oxford Divinity and both are very successful leading churches in the DMV area. I had it so easy because I could merely spot conflicts and inconsistencies and explicate the tension. But these two took it a step beyond and consistently reconciled there faith with what to me were rather obvious human created tensions. They were not my cup of tea but intellectually I respected them, even when not buying into their objectives. Having no parents or guidance, I thank the professor who really taught me tolerance. Never have been proselytized because I have a respectful presence which politely expresses no interest. I had no problem dealing with science either, taking a biology class on evolution which was ahead of its time. One thing Christians have going for the. The founder of their faith, even if unwitting or unintended, was not a warlord. |
Anonymous
Every United Methodist church I am familiar with is filled primarily with liberal Democrats. The issue for me is not that the church might be liberal. My issue is when a pastor is acting as a salesperson for the Democratic party (or for the Republican party, though I've never seen that happen). |
Anonymous
Sorry if this has been suggested already Saint Columba’s in DC - motto Live God’s Love. Have friends from both parties who attend the church but the sermons are not overtly political. |
Anonymous
| Falls Church Anglican |
Anonymous
lol |
Anonymous
+1 Biggest “lol” ever |
Anonymous
| Y’all this thread is several years old |
Anonymous
Also, Christian denominations are political -- that's why there are so many of them. Their ceremonies may be similar, but their politics, at least their politics when they broke away from each other, were very different. |
Anonymous
How is it political? I have been checking out sermons online and it doesn’t seem political. I would love to hear more since I am researching churches. |
Anonymous
| Hi OP, not sure if you are still looking. I made a similar post here several years ago and someone posted about 4th Presbyterian. My family joined the church for this reason. They also have excellent children’s programs. |
Anonymous
DP, but I have known so many happy 4th Pres families over the past few decades. People really love that church. |
Anonymous
They aren't political. Have people attending from all over the political spectrum. |