The work of the Holy Spirit defies human expectations with constant surprise. The work of the Holy Spirit in the Federated Church in Millbury, Massachusetts is one of those gems of God’s glory easily missed. My first trip to this UCC/Methodist congregation in the center of an aging Mill city forgotten by time, reinforced every [...]
Vineville Presbyterian Church
On Sunday, May 17th, the historic Vineville Presbyterian Church of Macon Georgia, worshiped for the last time in its old life. A congregation which had declined from 600 to less than 60 made the bold and Biblical decision to die to live. The desire of the aging white congregation to reach its now [...]
Among secular headlines heralding the demise of the church and internal Christian survey’s indicating that church decline has spread from the mainline denominations to the evangelical milieu, why do we believe in the future of the historic churches in North America? Why do we believe that it is these ‘mainline’ historic Congregational, Methodist, Baptist, Presbyterian, [...]