Reformist. Radical. Terms distancing the established state-condoned church during the religious reformation movement in Europe over 500 years ago. Out of the need to distill greater meaning from the ...
(RNS) — ‘Low’ or ‘free’ church Christians, raised on contemporary worship services with praise bands and dim lights, are seeking out ‘high church’ traditions replete with sacramental rituals and ...
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Recent articles in several religious journals have criticized the encroachment of a “liturgical movement” on the formerly “informal” denominations, such as the Methodist, Presbyterian, and Baptist ...