There are several reasons for congregations having two services on Sunday. One of them is growth. This has been going on for centuries. Rather than add on to the building's size to accomodate more people, a second (or more) services are hel...
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Martin Luther. By nailing the ninet-five theses to the churchdoor (which was commonly used as a bulletin board for important papers). He declared that he was prepared to challenge the Roman Catholic church concerning indulgences.
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First Reformed Protestant Dutch Church of Kingston, also known as Dutch Reformed Church and Old Dutch Church is a historic church designed by Minard Lafever in Kingston, New York. It was built in 1852. It was designated a National Historic ...
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Firstly in the Gospel of Matthew Jesus speaking to the Pharisees refers to the first disciples as priests. When asked why they were picking corn, Jesus makes a reference that priests were excempt from the law. Again Jesus said to St Peter, ...
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Read Luther's 95 theses, it will give you the basis of why protestants now ignore the authority of the Catholic church.
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What is considered the first Protestant Church in the USA? In 1534, King Henry VIII of England split from the Roman Catholic Church and created his own church hierarchy. Thus, Henry became the head of the church as well as the head of the ...
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In America, if that is what you mean, it began on plantations. Slaves often sat in the balconies of the white churches, but preachers began to emerge out of the company of slaves. Sometimes, the only opportunities for them to preach and for...
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