Presbyterianism

I believed that most churches followed the same gospel as others. After learning what EPC meant I quickly realized what I had missed. Christianity has thousands of denominations within the region and Evangelical Presbyterians is just 1. Listening carefully to what the pastor said and the true meaning of what was being spoken helped me understand their beliefs system more. I wanted to really engage and understand why religion is so important to my friends and others. “They wanted to form a Church that took seriously the Bible, the theology of the historic confessions of the faith, and the evangelical fervor of the founders of American Presbyterianism.” (EPC), this is the doctrine from the official Evangelical Presbyterian Church website. The church was formed because they felt the Evangelical church was heading into a liberal direction. The core values of the type of Christianity help paint a picture for what I actually experienced at First EPC. The value of spreading and living by the word of God was the theme of the sermon. Emphasis on following the rules scripted in the Bible were prevalent to me before attending the church. I noticed how strict my friends had it and that they went to church twice a week every week and never missed a day. It seems that their entire lifestyle is shaped around how the church wants its congregates to live. The culture around the church is open…

Church Comparison For this spiritual growth project, I attended three fairly different Churches. For the first, I attended CCF, which is a non-denominational evangelical Church. The second was First Presbyterian Church of Siloam Springs, a Presbyterian Church USA member. Finally, I went to St. Mary’s Catholic Church, which is under the Diocese of Little Rock, which in turn reports to Rome. Growing up, I have been a part of several Churches, so I really did not have any expectations of what any…

Cass Community Social Services began has Cass Farm in 1880, it was built in a prestigious neighborhood of Cass Avenue and Third Avenue. During this time, a group of Methodists church members were living on Cass Farm and began a church of their own. In 1883 Cass Avenue Methodist Episcopal congregation was formed and a church sanctuary was added. Cass Church boasted on having a high membership rate and affluent members from the Detroit area. When members began to move away from the city, the…

Historical Context The Westminster Confession of Faith was written in the year 1646, titled “The Humble Advice of the Assembly,” in London, under the authority of King Charles I. During the period leading up to the Confession, in the battles of civil discontent with Scotland, the Royal Crown and Church of England had to quench the appeal for religious freedoms that the Episcopal Orthodox government of the past could not placate. Forty years prior, under King James I, the Puritan views which had…

Presbyterianism What kind of society does Presbyterianism hope for in the modern age? The Church of England called for corporate repentance but Scottish Presbyterians resisted this as they were individualistic in outlook. Their vision was the individual armed with the Bible and faith, each working out his or her own salvation. Throw in good works for the Common Good and salvation has a social dimension. The Presbyterian Church was right wing in stance and was outraged when the United Free Church…

Roman Catholicism and Presbyterianism are two religions that people in the world today participate in and live by. Each of them have stemmed from the time of Jesus Christ. Back then there was not a good way to create text to last forever for others to read. When the time came around for the word of the Lord to be recorded— the text was written in a language that not everyone could read or understand. So when things were converted for others, countless stories and preaching’s were translated…

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The Age of Exploration and the Protestant Reformation had made great influences on the spread of printing presses throughout Europe. The spread of printing presses influenced writers, explorers and artists. Before the press, everything was expensive and hand written. There were only a few copies of everything. Explorers in the 1400s and 1500s had few, hand drawn, unrealistic maps to base their travel and explorations off of. Although the printing press made major consequences on both exploration…

There were numerous reason as to why the English Civil War began. One reason was that James I and the Parliament already were on bad terms with each other. James believed in an absolute monarch which frightened the House of Commons and the Parliament. On the other hand, Parliament had money that James needed yet they wouldn’t give it to him. This resulted in James suspending Parliament and consequently they didn’t regroup for ten years. When his son, Charles I, came to the thrown he already had…

teachings opposed the Act of Supremacy, he was awarded the Lady Margaret chair of divinity and used his new position to protest against the government of the Church of England, arguing that bishops had not held this much power in the pure days of the primitive Christian. His teachings were radical and threatened the queens’ sovereignty, as his proposals to replace bishops with presbyteries was a direct challenge to her power to control the state. Although Cartwright did have supporters there is…