Westboro Baptist Church

Lincoln Cathedral is without a doubt a very well-established building which has received centuries of admiration, but perhaps generically towards its size and impressive dating alone. My subjective experience of the space both internally and externally made me realise that my appreciation and warming towards the structure was provoked from a relational feeling as if the cathedral possessed life-like qualities itself. The visual expression of structure, use of living materials, the sound it…

tithes and offerings, and hospitable invitation), which continues today with nearly 1,100 members. The Metropolitan Baptist Church was established in 1917 by Rev. J.F. Kirsh in a small, North Tulsa house. In 1919, under Rev. J.W. Bryant, the church moved to a converted apartment building at 1018 North Lansing. Six years later, the church went bankrupt and the doors of the church were closed. In 1925, the…

as the church building. With the advancement of women in the workforce and absentee fathers the church was needed more than ever for the development of families. Agencies and non-for-profits were created to support the youth because the adults were the sole focus of the church on at that time. The concept of children’s church was introduced and a major conflict of it was that parents believed that the responsibility of spiritual growth was now the church’s task. Also, there were church…

The Goolsby Chapel is located in Denton, TX at the University of North Texas. The chapel is a generous gift of UNT alum Tony Goolsby. The chapel is a non-denominational place of worship, reflection and peace that is open to everyone without exception. The chapel was dedicated in September of 2001. It is not as prestigious as the Chartres Cathedral, but it definitely exhibits the ideas and beliefs of Modern Americans.The chapel was planned to accommodate as many as 142 people. To begin…

Final Essay During the 1900’s, conservatism in America was the beginning of a new era. It was a time for conservatives to support religions, such as Christianity, support anti-communism, along with capitalism and free market. However, it was a time to re invent the country, in a way. The republican party began to rise. The movement was based in the Republican Party, although some Democrats were also important figures early in the movement 's history. The United States was at war as the decade…

The Church teaches that to reach spiritual enlightenment, one must have high ethical standards. The Church defines ethics as “rationality toward the greatest good for the greatest number of dynamics” (Reitman, 2013). These dynamics were one’s relationships with themselves, their families, social groups, society, plants, animals, the larger physical world, a supreme being, and, most importantly, the church. Having these ethics would discourage members from pursuing goals against the church, or as…

forced organized religion in the work of Leonardo Sciascia. The overall theme of disdain and contempt for organized religion is portrayed through both the Rector of Sant’Anna’s and old Professor Roscio’s thoughts regarding Catholicism and the Catholic Church itself in the novel, To Each His Own by Leonardo Sciascia. Disdain and contempt for organized religion is…

The Dangerous or Revolutionary Potential of Religion When I was a child, I was forced to go to church. I use the word “force” because, I didn’t understand the purpose of church. It seemed like something I had to do in order to avoid going to hell rather than something I wanted to do. In my mind, church was a requirement much like school. Like school, I tried to find joy in it where I could: I made friends; I sang; I entertained myself; and I slept, when I was young enough to get away…

New Dawn Baptist Church is a daughter church of New Estate Baptist Church, Surulere, Lagos. In 1983, New Estate Baptist Church implemented a cell church system under the leadership of the then pastor, Dr. Sola Aworinde. Several cells were created in different parts of the city of Lagos. Each of them became fellowship centers meeting primarily on Sunday evenings. They were called Home Fellowships. In due time, the Church decided on a policy of planting new churches using the Home Cells as the…

The Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission, or ERLC, is the public policy arm of the Southern Baptist Convention. Established in 1993, the ERLC has made its home in Washington, D.C. in a building named after John Leland, a pastor who’s fervor for teaching the gospel and defending religious liberty is what inspires the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission to continue their religious work, while their national headquarters resides in Nashville, Tennessee. The ERLC is an evangelical Protestant…