Putting the “Protest” Back in Protestant: Reclaiming the Spirit of Resistance
…the most liberal and most conservative margins, refused to sign up for the new configuration in 1957. The more liturgical “German” Reformed wing (the old Evangelical and Reformed Church) mistrusted the Yankees and vice versa. Today’s UCC, at 1.3 million members, is small and getting smaller. The UCC can and should take pride in adopting a national stance for marriage equality and total LGBT inclusion in church and public life. But it doesn’t much…
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