The life and religious experience of Jarena Lee, a colored lady, : giving an account of the call to preach the gospel. Revised and corrected from the original mss., /

Compare, Library Company of Philadelphia. Afro-Americana, 1553-1906, entry 5755.

Minutes.

Vols. for 1980- contain also 1981- statistics for the Presbyterian Church in the United States.

Minutes.

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UMA DÉCADA PARA SER LEMBRADA: 1970 - 1979 - ANÁLISE DO MOVIMENTO CARISMÁTICO NA IGREJA METODISTA CENTRAL DE LONDRINA-PR

Este trabalho tem por finalidade descrever o movimento wesleyano como um movimento carismático e de renovação. Através de pesquisas bibliográficas, conhecer historicamente o surgimento e o caminhar desse, com ênfase no Movimento Metodista, considerando a experiência religiosa de João Wesley e a repercuss��o de seu trabalho em todo o mundo. Após essa etapa introdutória, a pesquisa foi concentrada na trajetória do Movimento Metodista no Brasil, levando em conta a tese de Antônio Gouvêa Mendonça, de que o trajeto do protestantismo tenha seguido o mesmo rumo da expansão do café e, dessa forma, perceber os caminhos até focar o Estado do Paraná e especificamente a cidade de Londrina; para tanto, buscou-se documentos históricos da implantação da Igreja Metodista em Londrina, incluindo as divisões ideológicas, as circunstâncias sócio-econômicas e políticas, ocorridas durante esse início. A seguir pesquisa-se o surgimento do movimento de avivamento na Igreja de Londrina levando em conta a postura pastoral que teve a denominação, enquanto instituição, frente ao movimento carismático, que ocorria no Brasil, analisando as atas e documentos existentes, a fundamentação bíblica e o que foi discutido, acatado e implantado no Colégio Episcopal da Igreja Metodista, sobre o tema. O cuidado em colocar esse documento, chamado de Carta Pastoral, prende-se ao fato de que o mesmo foi ponto fundamental para manter a unidade da Igreja e evitar o que antes ocorrera - * divisões. Dedicou-se também ao cuidado de preservação deste documento, haja vista a possibilidade de extinção e conseqüente esquecimento da posição outrora tomada pela Igreja. Finalizou-se buscando conhecer, a origem, o conceito e vivência, bem como o ambiente onde o avivamento ocorreu. Analisou-se a dimensão de crescimento e expansão nas décadas futuras, observando assim se houve ou não um crescimento qualitativo e numérico, como conseqüência de tal fenômeno. Possibilita-se assim, que outros pesquisadores aprofundem o assunto, uma vez que o trabalho foi delimitado a apenas uma década e a Igreja em Londrina, necessitando assim mais pesquisas onde o mesmo fenômeno aconteceu em outras regiões do Brasil.(AU)

A COMUNICAÇÃO POPULAR NA CONSTRUÇÃO E PRESERVAÇÃO DA MEMÓRIA DAS LUTAS POPULARES NO BRASIL (décadas de 1970 e 1980)

Nas décadas de 1970 e 1980 houve a eclosão de experiências comunicacionais populares, em todo Brasil, com vasta produção de materiais, especialmente arquivados pelos centros de documentação. Em sua maioria, criados e financiados por setores progressistas da Igreja Católica e Protestante. Entre eles, o Centro de Pastoral Vergueiro (CPV) e o Centro de Comunicação e Educação Popular de São Miguel Paulista (CEMI) que também tiveram importante papel na construção e preservação da memória das lutas populares no período de reorganização social, no contexto de distensão da ditadura militar. No entanto, tais acervos estão em iminente risco, por falta de investimento e vontade política. O que seria um prejuízo histórico e científico para movimentos sociais atuais e à pesquisa acadêmica. O objetivo do estudo é identificar a que se deve este desinteresse. A abordagem se dá pelo método da história oral e como técnicas de investigação adotamos a pesquisa bibliográfica, documental e a pesquisa de campo, por meio da entrevista em profundidade. A falta de uma política pública que garanta a preservação dos documentos é sinal de que no Brasil predomina uma cultura que não privilegia a memória, sobretudo das camadas empobrecidas da população. Além do que, a memória pode ser subversiva. Afinal tais documentos expressam a força da participação popular no processo de transformação social e podem despertar novas ações, o que não interessa aos grupos que estão no poder.

Great characters of the New Testament /

"Reprinted June 1925"--T.p. verso.

Review of a sermon entitled, "The Christian bishop approving himself unto God, in reference to the present state of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States" : preached by Bishop Hobart at the consecration of Henry U. Onderdonk, D.D. assistant Bishop of Pennsylvania /

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Portraits of Protestant Teens: a report on teenagers in major U.S. denominations

Religious participation -- Religious beliefs -- Faith, practices, and experiences -- Sharing faith -- Evaluations of church -- Moral views and risk behaviors -- Civic activities.

A Catechumenate for the Korean Methodist Church: Ressourcement, Formation and a Response to Secularism and Korean Traditional Religions

Research by Korean sociologists of religion indicates that Korean Protestantism has lost much of the spiritual vitality of preceding generations and that it increasingly shows the influences of Korean shamanism, Neo-Confucianism, and Western secularism and consumerism. Suggestions in the areas of homiletics and Christian social ethics have been offered to help steer the Korean Protestant churches away from these worldviews toward a more biblically-based course. Drawing upon and expanding these earlier studies and proposals, the current work recommends another method for developing a biblically-based, spiritually-revitalized, baptismally-shaped and ministry-committed Protestantism in Korea: a pre-baptismal adult catechumenate, in this case one designed for the context of the Korean Methodist Church. In order to produce a renewed catechumenal structure for Korean Methodism, adult catechumenal processes as well as baptismal theologies and rites are examined and analyzed from three principal sources: the first five centuries of the Christian church, and especially the mystagogical literature of the fourth century; the Roman Catholic Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults developed after the Second Vatican Council; and the United Methodist Church in the United States, both texts officially authorized by the denomination's General Conference and unofficial materials, among them resources for an adult catechumenate in the Come to the Waters series. In addition, previous and current practices of preparation for baptism in the Korean Methodist Church are identified and critiqued. From these findings a set of principles is put forward that guide the proposed catechumenal structure.

Portraits of Protestant Teens: A Report on Teenagers in Major U.S. Denominations

This report examines the religious beliefs and practices of American Protestant teenagers using new, nationally representative survey data from the National Study of Youth and Religion (NSYR). The NSYR is a major study of the religious and spiritual lives of contemporary American teens, which recently produced a book on its major findings entitled, Soul Searching: the Religious and Spiritual Lives of American Teenagers (by Christian Smith with Melinda Lundquist Denton, Oxford University Press, 2005). In addition to broadly describing the religious outlook of Protestant teenagers today — and as a more detailed, descriptive follow-up to that book — this report highlights several positive and negative experiences and evaluations of teenagers in different Protestant denominations and groupings of denominations. In brief, this report presents the following findings in these areas of interest: ♦ Religious Participation: Protestant teenagers are relatively active in religious organizations and activities, both within and beyond their churches. About one-half of all Protestant teens attend church weekly, participate in Sunday school or in a religious youth group, pray and attend a religious summer camp or retreat, though less than one-third read the Bible each week. This also means, however, that substantial numbers of Protestant teens are not actively participating in their religious traditions. Teens from conservative denominations such as Southern Baptist Convention and Assemblies of God are especially likely to regularly attend church and participate in other religious activities. ♦ Theological Beliefs: Protestant teenagers are likely to hold many traditional Christian religious beliefs. The majority of Protestant teens say they believe in God, the afterlife, angels, demons, miracles, judgment day and they view God as a personal being involved in the lives of people today. Sizable numbers of Protestant teens, on the other hand, do not hold these traditional Christian religious beliefs. Teens from conservative and black Protestant denominations are more likely than mainline Protestant teens to hold these religious beliefs. ♦ Importance of Faith: The majority of Protestant teenagers report that their religious faith is very important in their lives. Most of them also say that their families talk about religion together, that they have shared their faith with someone not of their faith and that they have had a powerful worship experience. A large minority of all Protestant teenagers, and in the case of some denominations a majority of teenagers, do not report that religious faith is very important in their lives. Teens from conservative and black Protestant denominations are particularly likely to report that faith is important in their lives. ♦ Evaluations of Churches: The majority of Protestant teenagers express relatively positive views of their churches and fellow church members. They typically report that they would continue to attend church if it were totally up to them, that they would attend a similar church if given the choice and that their current church is generally warm and welcoming. Protestant adolescents, however, do have some reservations about and problems with their churches and fellow church attendees, as spelled out in the following pages, particularly with other teenage attendees.

Interior of a Protestant, Gothic Church, with a Gravedigger in the Choir

Emanuel de Witte; 1 ft. 5 33/64 in.x 1 ft. 1 3/16 in.; oil on panel

Interior of a Protestant, Gothic Church during a Service

Emanuel de Witte; 1 ft. 5 33/64 in.x 1 ft. 1 3/16 in.; oil on panel

A sermon, delivered at the consecration to the Episcopacy of the Right Rev. Wm. Meade, D.D. Assistant Bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the state of Virginia;

Publishers' advertisement on back cover.

A companion for the festivals and fasts of the Protestant Episcopal church in the United States of America : principally selected and altered from Nelson's Companion for the festivals and fasts of the Church of England ; with forms of devotion /

Advertisements on p. [1]-[2] at end.

Second letter to the Right Reverend John Henry Hobart, D.D. : Bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the Diocese of New York /

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