Politics and the Church Politics and the Church – The Hypocrisy of Politics in the Church [Part 26] 27 Aug 2020 One of Methodism's first black bishops was Robert Jones, who was elected in 1920, and who spoke on human equality at Gammon Theological Seminary in Atlanta in 1951. "There is…
Politics and the Church Politics and the Church- The Hypocrisy of Politics in the Church [Part 25] 20 Aug 2020 In 1948 the Methodist Church was still dealing with the question of racism and segregation within the church. In that year 10,000 young people, including 500 "Negro" delegates, gathered at…
Politics and the Church Politics and the Church – The Hypocrisy of Politics in the Church – [Part 24] 13 Aug 2020 After World War II, Methodism struggled with racial relations and segregation, both within the church and within America. The 1939 reunification of the northern and southern churches had created a…
Politics and the Church Politics and the Church – The Hypocrisy of Politics in the Church [Part 23] 6 Aug 2020 In 1959, a Chicago Methodist minister mocked Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev's claims to be a "champion of peace" as an "ironic and ludicrous spectacle." (Imagine an icon of liberalism being…
